Ilo social protection platform social protection floor in. Mira bierbaum presented the friedrich ebert stiftungs fes social protection floor index spfi, which estimates the gaps in social protection systems in protecting against key risks as well as the amount of. The floor is based on the idea that everyone should enjoy at least basic income security. Programmes like cash transfers including child grants, school meals, skills development and more help connect families with health care, nutritious food and quality education to give all children, no matter what circumstances they are born into, a fair chance in life. Definition of the social protection floor request pdf. While social protection floors represent states policy commitments, human rights norms translate. This calls for universal protection through nationally defined social protection floors as a fundamental element of comprehensive and adequate social security systems that are based on a set of human rights standards. The authors are listed alphabetically, thus the sequence of names does not reflect the value or. Summary english this report is the result of collaboration between the government of namibia and the ilo. Welcome to social protection toolbox social protection. This gives impetus to the need for any country, having put in place measures representing a solid floor, to take the next step of developing the vertical dimension of extension. Social protection floor in south africa social protection floor. Workspace the social protection floor initiative spfi.
Social protection and human rights a resource platform for. Ilo social protection platform social protection floor. The first addresses the need for all people to have access to competent social protection systems. Other targets of the sdgs most prominently target 3. In parallel, the 2012 ilo recommendation 202 has received strong global political support. Social protection programs are at the heart of boosting human capital for the worlds most vulnerable. Social protection floor index friedrich ebert foundation. It aims to capitalize on experiences, identify knowledge gaps, create new knowledge and promote innovation. A social protection floor is a policy and a standard consisting of a nationally defined set of basic social security guarantees that should ensure, at a minimum, universal access to essential health care and basic income security.
Social protection floors international trade union confederation. Pdf recently the issue of social protection floor spf has gained a strong momentum at international labour organisation ilo and world health. The social protection floor and the based national dialogue. Designing social protection frameworks for somalia ii aknowledgements this report is the product of the efforts and contributions of a great number of people and organisations. Social protection and sustainable natural resource. Nov 08, 2011 social protection is the best foundation for development. The social protection floors referred to in paragraph 4 should comprise at least the following basic social security guarantees. It should ensure adequate benefits for children, mothers with newborns, the poor, and the jobless, as well as the. In many ways the power of the social protection floor lies in its simplicity. Nations system chief executive board joint initiatives to cope with the effects of the economic crisis.
The social protection floor spf is the first level of social protection in a national social. Social protection floors are nationally defined sets of at least four basic social security guarantees that ensure basic income security for all and access to universal essential health care. Social protection systems and floors partnerships for sdg. Social protection and sustainable natural resource management. Social protection floor united nations system chief. Social protection floors and economic and social rights ohchr. Report of the social protection floor advisory group chaired by michelle bachelet. National social protection systems that are universal in approach. 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. They should be nationally defined through social dialogue and allow people to live a life in dignity. Ilo, 2017 isbn 9789229437 print isbn 9789229444 web pdf international labour office social security social protection social security policy ilo standards 02. 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 transfers are not affordable in low income countries social transfers are an endless unproductive drain on the exchequer social cash transfers fuel inflation social transfers create dependency and laziness social transfers should not give something for nothing. Social protection in the form of social grants has, however, been one of the most effective policy interventions in south africa in terms of reducing poverty and vulnerability. Programmes like cash transfers including child grants, school meals, skills development and more help connect families with health care, nutritious food and quality education to give all children, no matter what circumstances they are born into, a fair. The vision of the adbs social protection strategy sps is the provision of social protection to all citizens of the asia and pacific region through the development of sustainable, statutory programs with universal coverage to effectively assist. These guarantees should ensure at a minimum that, over the life cycle, all in need have access to essential health care and basic income security. Social protection floor costing tool, unicef, united nations childrens fund 2010. The term social floor or social protection floor has been used to mean a set of basic social rights, services and facilities that a global citizen should enjoy.
Organization and involves 17 collaborating agencies, including united nations agencies. Human development is a longterm investment carrying high longterm individual and social. Building a national social protection floor requires states to provide basic income security for persons in active age who are unable to earn sufficient income, including those in the informal economy, who account for an estimated 60 per cent of the labour force in asia and the pacific. Pursuant to the constitution, which guarantees both civil and political rights, as well as social, economic and cultural rights, the government. Spfs are a social and economic necessity presently, 80% of the global population is lacking. The purpose of this document is to define a conceptual framework and analytical approach to the social protection floor from a gender perspective, for costa rica, the. Social protection floor index friedrichebertstiftung. Social protection floors are nationallydefined sets of basic social security guarantees which secure protection aimed at preventing or alleviating poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion. Social protection is a human right, grounded in the right to social security,2 and enshrined in the universal declaration of human rights 1948. The study was led and authored by gabrielle smith, under contract to development pathways. Following the motion at the ifsw general meeting 2014 calling for an ifsw policy on the role of social work in social protection floor this policy paper comprises two parts. The role of a social protection floor should be to provide a rightsbased, systemic insurance against poverty for all people at all times. Designing social protection frameworks for somaliland final.
Pdf social protection floor for a fair and inclusive. Social protection floor for a fair and inclusive globalization. The social protection floors recommendation, 2012 no. Chapter one is a foundation chapter that lays an overview of the social protection schemes in africa, focusing on the types, main. Access to social protection coverage in their new country of residence, such as social security and health care, could help reducing the vulnerability of migrant workers and decrease certain costs involved in labour migration. The multistakeholder social protection systems and floors partnerships for sdg 1. It aligns adbs 2001 social protection strategy with the inclusive growth agenda of. The case for universal social protection imf finance. Social protection floors are nationally defined sets of basic social security guarantees that should ensure, as a minimum that, over the life cycle, all in need have. Typically social protection is policies and programs designed to lower poverty or some type of human misfortune. 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 aim of social protection floors is to extend basic support and protection to all those in need. A global overview of recent trends in social protection systems and social protection floors sdg 1. Social protection covers, but is not limited to, social welfare and development, social safetynets, social insurance, social assistance, social services, in asean member states.
Social protection covers the range of policies and programmes needed to reduce the lifelong consequences of poverty and exclusion. In a world filled with risks, social protection systems help individuals and families especially the poor and vulnerable cope with crises and shocks, find jobs, invest in. Social protection is a crosscutting issue, hence its. Social protection floor index global coalition for social protection. International standards and human rights instruments international labour office geneva. The social protection floor initiative is based on the premise that, once undone, progress on development goals cannot easily be recovered without considerable reinvestment and political recommitment. Social protection, migration and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development 3 2 legal coverage varies considerably, but tends to be low social protection programmes differ in two main respects. Social protection floors for a fair and inclusive globalization. The current state of social protection for children, for women and men of working age, for people with disabilities, and for older persons. Rather, it is also a set of measures in the social sphere, which. There is a risk that the gains of ensuring access to. Presently, 80% of the global population is lacking an adequate set of social guarantees that allows them to deal with lifes risks. The social protection floor spf is the first level of social protection in a national social protection system. This report is the result of collaboration between the government of namibia and the ilo.
The role of social work in social protection systems. Implementing social protection floors based on national priorities. Commissioned by the ilo to take stock of the state of social protection floors in latin america and the caribbean, this policy paper identifies gaps in coverage as well as recent social protection advances in in the region to secure the four guarantees of the social protection floor, and presents possible recommendations for a future extension. Abstract using smallscale fisheries as an illustrative case, this publication explores how social.
Social protection is a global knowledge sharing platform on the extension of social security. Recognizing that social protection is critical to ensure that no one is left behind, sdg target 1. Implementation of social protection towards progressive realisation in asean member states is the main responsibility of the respective governments based on national legislations, policies, programmes, strategies, standards and guidelines. The global jobs pact was adopted by countries in response to the global financial and economic crisis as part of an effort to minimize the loss of jobs and strengthen economic recovery with job creation. Social protection is the best foundation for development. Pdf civil society and the social protection floor wouter. A social protection floor could consist of two main elements that help to realize respective human rights. In fact the highest level of benefits go to the people who had the best job o. The global coalition for social protection floors promotes the right of all people residing in a country to social security, regardless of documentation. Social protection as a tool for justice social protection in the region seemed delinked from citizenship rights and distributive justice and geared towards assistance rather than development. Since south africas transition to democracy in 1994, there have been many accomplishments in the different fields of social security leading towards a universal coverage. Ilo, 2017 isbn 9789229437 print isbn 9789229444 web pdf international labour office social security social protection social. Asean declaration on strengthening social protection. Designing social protection frameworks for somaliland.
Global, regional and country data on coverage, benefits and public expenditure. Social protection floors are nationally defined sets of basic social security guarantees that should ensure, as a minimum that, over the life cycle, all in need have access to essential health care and to basic income security which together secure effective access to goods and services defined as necessary at the national level. Social protection floor index implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable. Social protection floors and economic and social rights. It aligns adbs 2001 social protection strategy with the inclusive growth agenda of strategy 2020.
Mira bierbaum, cacilie schildberg, michael cichon1. 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. Request pdf definition of the social protection floor this chapter defines the social protection floor and further explores the concept of social protection. Report of the social protection floor advisory group geneva, international labour office, 2011 isbn 9789221253372 print isbn 9789221253389 web pdf photocomposed in switzerland wei printed in switzerland ata. Social protection systems help individuals and families, especially the poor and vulnerable, cope with crises and shocks, find jobs, improve productivity, invest in the health and education of their children, and protect the aging population. The social protection floor initiative is one of the nine united. A 2015 baseline for monitoring the sdg indicator 1. Social protection, migration and the 2030 agenda for. New report outlines an approach to worker protection and social security that is better adapted to the changing nature of work. Ilo social protection platform world social protection. What are the differences between social protection and.
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