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The SPF and the need for
coordination mechanism at global
and national level
Technical Workshop on ‘Integrating Social Policies
and the Delivery of Social Protection Floors’
Siem Reap, Cambodia, 29-31May 2013
Christine Bockstal
ILO Social Protection Department, Geneva
The global (UN)
Social Protection Floor Initiative
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Created in April 2009 by the UN CEB
as one of nine joint crisis response
initiatives
Global coalition of various agencies and
development partners
Objective: Promote universal access to
– essential services (health, education,
housing, etc.)
– social transfers in cash or in kind, to ensure
income security, food security, adequate
nutrition, and access to essential services.
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High-level advisory group chaired by
Michelle Bachelet
Report: Social protection floors for a fair
and inclusive globalization, 2011
Global lead agencies: ILO, WHO.
Coalition Members: UNESCAP,
UNCEPAL, UN Habitat, UNAIDS,
UNDESA, UNDP, UNESCO,
UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF,
UNODC, UNRWA, UNWOMEN,
WFP, WMO, FAO, OHCHR,
UNFPA, IMF, World Bank, Asian
Development Bank, European
Commission, OECD, SIDA
(Sweden), the Netherlands,
Luxembourg, France, Finland,
GIZ (Germany), GIP SPSI,
Education and Solidarity
Network, HelpAge International,
International Council of Social
Welfare, NGO Committee for
Social Development, Save the
Children, Concern...
Social Protection Inter-Agency
Cooperation – Board (SPIAC-B)
• Responds to the G20 call (2012) for enhancing global coordination on social protection
and for international cooperation in country demand-driven actions
• Light, lean and agile interagency coordination mechanism
• Chaired jointly by the ILO and the World Bank
• Composed by representatives of IOs , bilateral institutions, as well as international
NGOs (as observers):
• IADB, IMF, FAO, OECD, UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF, WFP, (… ), Australia, Belgium, EU,
Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, US, UK (…) ISSA, FES, ITUC, Save the
Children, Helpage (….)
The Board agreed to work together to promote the role of social protection to achieve
in a consistent and coherent way objectives related to poverty eradication, creation of
decent jobs, reduction of inequalities, food security, health and to create more
inclusive and sustainable development pathways.
Social Protection Inter-Agency
Cooperation – Board (SPIAC-B)
Areas of cooperation and possible outcomes:
• International cooperation in country demand-driven actions:
 National action plans in self-selected partner countries
 Developing common assessment tools - SPARCS (Social Protection
Assessment of Results and Country Systems) framework serving as a
platform for interagency cooperation at the national level, including tools
developed by different agencies participating agencies
 Social Protection Matrix: Inventory of Country-led cooperation activities
• Social protection data harmonization
• Knowledge sharing and capacity building
• Global coordination, research and advocacy – The inter-agency group
discussed a roadmap for positioning social protection within the post-2015
agenda
Social Protection Inter-Agency
Cooperation – Board (SPIAC-B)
Achievements:
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Cooperation:
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More harmonized understanding of the concept of SP
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Real commitment to collaborate at national, regional and global level on SP issues
BUT recognize decentralized organization structure
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Vision: SPF concept in strategies/frameworks (SP a priority)
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Advocacy: SP on the international agenda (MDG summit 2010, G20, UNCSOCD
resolution 2011, ECOSOC AMR 2012,…)
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Involvement civil society
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Knowledge sharing (data harmonization, tools,)
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Inter-Agency cooperation at the country level: Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam,
Mozambique,…
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Communication: videos, gateway website, …
Social Protection Inter-Agency
Cooperation – Board (SPIAC-B)
SPARCS - Social Protection Assessment of Results and Country
Systems:
A framework serving as a platform for interagency cooperation at the
national level, including tools developed by different agencies
participating agencies.
• To improve the performance of Social Protection and Labor (SPL)
systems by creating an “open source” platform for collaboration,
based on defining and assessing key system metrics and outcomes.
• A set of assessment tools and assessment data to help identify the
strengths and weaknesses of SPL systems and to guide their
improvements.
•First workshop in June 2013, Washington – organized by WB
MONGOLIA
National Advisory Committee
(co-chaired by MOLSW & ILO)
UN / RTG joint team
EXAMPLES OF
COORDINATION AT
THE NATIONAL LEVEL
(GOVERNMENT &
DEVELOPMENT
PARTNERS)
IWG, P4H
UN SPF WORKING GROUP
PACIFIC COUNTRIES
The UN/RTG joint team on SP in the
framework of the UNPAF on Social
Protection, Thailand
UN/RTG Team on social protection
UN SPF Team
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ILO (co-chair)
UNICEF
UNDP
UNFPA
WHO
UN WOMEN
UNESCO
UN RCO
• FAO, WB, IOM,
UNHCR
Royal Thai Government group
• MSDHS (co-chair)
• Ministries of Labour, Public Health,
Education, Finance, Budget Bureau
• NESDB
• National Commission on Social
Welfare
• Statistics Office
Academia, Civil Society,
Workers and employers
representatives
Main achievements
of the UN/RTG in Thailand
• Social Protection Assessment report
• Capacity building & awareness
raising
• Coordination of the UNPAF on social
protection
• Now jointly supporting the
implementation of the
recommendations from the
Assessment report
Coordination mechanisms on social
protection in Cambodia (examples)
NSPS
Concept
NSPS
Design,
costing, ROR,
etc.
Support to the
pilot-testing
I.W.G.
WFP (cochair)
UNICE
FWB ILO
GIZ
UND
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NSSF
INTERMINISTERIAL
TASKFORCE
(health, interior,
social affairs,
labour, planning,
education,
NCDD)
CARD
P4H
WHO
ILO AfD
GIZ
MOL/
NSSF
South-South and triangular
cooperation to support
countries with the
implementation of gender
sensitive Social Protection
Floors
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Origins
In April 2009, the UN Chief Executive Board
established the Social Protection Floor (SPF)
Initiative as one of 9 initiatives
Nairobi Outcome Document on South-South
Cooperation
Increased collaboration ILO - Special Unit for
South-South Cooperation and greater ILO
involvement in South-South cooperation …18
case studies on SPF, South South
development expo,…
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Design and implementation
The project provide country-tailored support through
facilitating South-South and triangular cooperation
between countries and other partners that have acquired
expertise in a particular area related to the design and
implementation of Social Protection Floors (SPF),
with those countries that are currently seeking for
assistance to overcome a particular challenge in their
efforts of reforming, designing or implementing their SPF
policies.
Where?
Cambodia, Lao PDR, Benin, Burkina Faso, Togo…
Partners from the South
Representatives from China, Brazil, India, Pakistan, 13
Aims
To improve access of the population,
particularly vulnerable groups, to a basic level
of social transfers and services
Strengthen national capacities of
technical ministries and their partners,
to plan, design, deliver or implement
selected SPF components
Stakeholders in the
various participating
countries use the
internet platforms for
evidence based policy
Improve South-South
cooperation through
facilitating the sharing
of experiences
Raise awareness and
provide evidence base
Build national
technical capacities
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Aim of activities in Cambodia and Lao PDR
In 2012 and 2013 , the South South project is facilitating SouthSouth sharing to support for example :
Cambodia
• The design of a coordination mechanism or Single Window
Service (SWS) called also SSDM
• The development of a digital Management Information
System for the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Health
Insurance System.
Lao PDR
• The extension of social protection (a Social Protection
Assessment Based National Dialogue Assessment, costing
and development of policy options and scenarios).
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Aim of activities in West Africa
In West Africa the project is facilitating South-South sharing to
support:
Togo
• The national committee on social protection in charge of the
elaboration of the National Social Protection Strategy with the
development of coordinated social protection schemes.
Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal
• The development of strategies to extend health protection
coverage (in collaboration also with WHO) .
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For more information :
GESS (Global Extension of Social Security):
http://www.social-protection.org
GSSD (Global South-South Development Academy):
http://academy.ssc.undp.org
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