Coordination unceb adopted the social protection floor initiative in april 2009. The purpose of this tool is to support countries to make rapid adjustments to social protection systems in reponse to the covid19 crisis. International standards and human rights instruments international labour office geneva. Social protection will help to generate economic growth this will reduce poverty and the cost of social protection. Practice sensible social distancing, maintaining six feet between coworkers and customers, where possible. Building social protection floors and comprehensive social. Regional initiatives include the african unions social policy framework for africa. They include the ilos social protection floor initiative aimed at ensuring national minimum policy packages are adopted by countries worldwide. Recommendations on social protection floors wolters. Social protection floor world commission on the social dimension of globalization. The aim of social protection floors is to extend basic support and protection to all those in need.
Other targets of the sdgs most prominently target 3. Social protection is comprised of the various benefits provided to households, usually by public bodies, to help with their needs 1. Basic social protection is not or hardly available for the 1. Social protection floor spf gives everyone access to basic social rights, services and facilities. Well into the 21st century, the world remains an unfair, unequal, insecure and unhealthy place.
Current state of social protection legislation in barbados. It concludes with a set of recommendations on developing just and coherent social protection policies. Options to complete the social protection floor in vietnam 18 box 3. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. The social protection floor initiative builds on the ilos concept of a social minimum, which comprises social pensions, child benefits, access to health care, and unemployment provision. Your steps in building networks and alliances 40 box 4. Expanding social protection coverage of migrants is integral to achieving the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, specifically goals 1 and 10. In 2012, the committee for the recurrent discussion on social protection floor submitted to the conference the text of a recommendation to be adopted by it. The social protection floor is a set of basic social security rights and transfers, to help promote human rights and support decent living standards worldwide. Social protection floors comprise basic, nationally defined, social protection guarantees in the areas of health care, income security for children. Social protection model 2 for each intervention, set the benefit parameters eligibility, benefit amount, administrative cost, and coverage ratios and targeting ratios poor as a percentage of covered population example.
Informationen publikation herunterladen 300 kb, pdffile. Providing social protection floors and facilitating intersectoral. The authors are listed alphabetically, thus the sequence of names does not reflect the value or. It has served as a powerful lever to reduce poverty and inequality. Social protection was pushed to the fore of the international agenda after the obvious damage due to the financial and economic crises, and a 2012 ilo recommendation operationalizes social protection floors as twopronged, providing universal access to essential health care and basic income security in the case of maternity, for children and. Ilo social protection platform resource rapid social. The social protection floor initiative fact sheet 2012 this updated flyer, available in several languages, is designed as a promotional tool for a broad public, to get the social. Unpacking the ilos social protection floor recommendation. Social protection floor index ilo social protection platform. Monitoring national social protection policy implementation mira bierbaum, annalena oppel, sander tromp, michael cichon1 maastricht graduate school of governance unumerit 1 the paper is the result of a team effort. Social protection, migration and the 2030 agenda for. The social protection floors recommendation, 2012 no. The global coalition for social protection floors, a network of almost 90 ngos and trade unions organisation worldwide, is happy to announce the social protection floor index spfi. Definition of the social protection floor springerlink.
Now is the time to consider whether to explicitly shift to a social productivist economic trajectory the closest historic analogue, although by no means a. This chapter defines the social protection floor and further explores the concept of social protection. For ilo conventions, protocols, recommendations and reports please visit. The opinions found in this blog do not necessarily reflect the views and position of the ilo. In this context, an important new report, social protection floor.
The index was developed by a group of master students from the maastricht graduate school of governance under the. Working for a social protection floor global labour column. Benefits in kind include such things as hospital stays, free school meals and home care. Poor relief in 19th century europe fall in budgets as democracy expands source. Why we need social protection social protection toolbox. The global coalition for social protection floors, a network of almost 100 ngos and trade unions organisation. It is a basic set of social rights derived from human right treaties, including access to essential services such as health, education, housing, water and sanitation, and others, as defined nationally and social transfers, in cash or in kind, to guarantee income security, food. The international trade union confederation ituc has already called for social protection floors set at a level above the poverty line, and sufficient to provide reasonable living standards. Ilo, 2017 isbn 9789229437 print isbn 9789229444 web pdf international labour office social security social protection social security policy.
For example, some worksites have already begun to demarcate sixfoot distances with floor tape in checkout lines. Monitoring national social protection policy implementation. The exercises were undertaken to take stock of existing social protection realities in order to understand what. Social protection floors and economic and social rights. It is a coherent, rightsbased approach to social policy, ensuring peoples access to basic services and social guarantees. The idea was sharpened in the ilos social protection floors recommendation no. What are the differences between social protection and. Social protection benefits can either be in cash or in kind. A minimum level of social protection for individuals and families needs to be accepted and undisputed as part of the socioeconomic floor of the global economy. Human rights and social justice frameworks that inform the social protection floor are examined.
Monitoring national social protection policy implementation pdf. Social protection building social protection floors and comprehensive social security systems. In fact the highest level of benefits go to the people who had the best job o. The social protection floor spf is the first level of social protection in a national social protection system. The constitution of kenya 2010 contains a comprehensive bill of rights. The social protection floor and the based national. Social protection floors spfs and human rights social protection is a right. Case study evidence based social protection advocacy in uganda 57.
Social protection floor index global coalition for social protection. Despite the international communitys recognition of social protection as a human right, the vast majority of the worlds population still has no access to social. Ensuring a social protection floor for the entire world population represents a considerable challenge, but experiences from countries all over the world and calculations by. Social protection is a key policy tool to promote farreaching improvements in human wellbeing. Social protection floor index friedrichebertstiftung. The unilo social protection floor initiative spf guarantees a universal. Floor initiative, the social protection floor advisory group was created to enhance global advocacy activities and to develop the conceptual policy aspects of the approach. Social protection floor index international council on social welfare. Typically social protection is policies and programs designed to lower poverty or some type of human misfortune. The purpose of the social protection operational plan spop is to operationalize the social protection pillar of inclusive growth to better respond to developing member country dmc objectives to generate a more equal distribution of the benefits of growth. Workplaces where social distancing is a challenge should. Crisis, opportunity and the social protection floor. Case study the evolution of social protection in bolivia 54 box 5. In 2011, the social protection floor advisory group issued a report entitled social protection floor for a fair and inclusive globalization,5 which.
A tool to help us keep, and finance, a promise published on thu, 20160804 15. This report underlined the urgent need to look at social protection from a human rights perspective as well as from the perspective of the added value of a human rights framework. Read online the social protection floor and the based national. Basic principles for innovative solutions assesses the catalogue of principles included in the ilo recommendation on social protection floors from a legal perspective. Ensuring a social protection floor for poor and disadvantaged women, men, girls and boys in barbados and the oecs, 202015 undaf, 20, outcome 2, national child and gender responsive social protection legal and policy framework for barbados and the oecs improved, item d. Social protection floors for social justice and a fair globalization ilo. Download the social protection floor and the based national. Work in progress is a forum for ilo experts to debate the latest trends and issues in the world of work. Social protection floors and economic and social rights ohchr. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using. The index was developed by a group of master students from the maastricht graduate school of governance under the supervision of michael cichon. National social protection systems that are universal in approach can have a great impact on.
The global coalition for social protection floors has prepared a position paper advocating for a social protection floor for everyone a universal rights based development goal as one of the sustainable development goals in the post 2015 development agenda. A spf is the first level of a comprehensive national social protection system. Pdf recently the issue of social protection floor spf has gained a strong. The term social floor or social protection floor has been used to mean a set of basic social rights, services and facilities that a.
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