Transcript Flagship Social Protection Floor Report

Social Protection Floor
Advisory Group and the
Social Protection Floor
Global Report
Vinicius Pinheiro, Fabio Bertranou, Christian Jacquier
International Labour Organization
2nd Inter Agency Technical Meeting on the CEB
Social Protection Floor Initiative
Geneva, 22-23 November 2010
Political Economy of the Social
Protection Floor
Fiscal Space
Political Space
Social
Protection Floor
Social Protecion Floor Initiative (SPF-I)
UN High Level Commitee of Programmes
(Joint Crisis Initiatives)
SPF-I (ILO/WHO)
Social Protection Floor Advisory Group
Global technical cooperation network of
focal points from collaborating agencies,
donors and major NGOs
(Coalition)
National task forces
Social Protection Floor Advisory Group
- Chairperson and Members Chairperson
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H.E. Ms Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile (2006 -2010), Minister of
Defense (2003- 2005) and Minister of Health (2002-2003).
Members
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Mr Aurelio Fernández, Chair of the European Union Social Protection
Committee
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Mr Ebrahim Patel, Minister of Economic Development of South Africa,
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Ms Eveline Herfkens, Founder of the MDGs Campaign, Executive
Coordinator for the MDGs Campaign (2002-2008), Minister of Development
Cooperation of the Netherlands (1998-2002)
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Mr Kemal Derviş, Vice-Chair of the Brookings Institution (since 2009),
Administrator of the UNDP (2005-2009) and Minister for Economic Affairs of
Turkey (2001-2002)
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Ms Margaret Wilson, Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of
Waikato (New Zealand), Minister of Labour (1999-2005).
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Mr Martin Hirsch, Former High Commissioner for Active Solidarities against
Poverty and for Young People of France (since 2010), former President of
Emmaüs (2002-2007).
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Ms Sudha Pillai, Secretary of the Planning Commission of India (since
2007), former Secretary of Labour and Employment.
Ex-officio members
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Mr Juan Somavía, Director-General of the ILO
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Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO
Social Protection Floor Advisory Group
- Objectives 
Provide general guidance and intellectual
leadership on
• the feasibility, applicability and adaptability of the SPF
concept
• and its implementation in different socioeconomic and
institutional contexts at the global, regional, national
and local levels
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Help to identify good practices and contribute to
catalyzing exchanges
• between developed and developing countries,
• and among developing countries including through
South-South cooperation
Social Protection Floor Advisory Group
- Functions 
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To coordinate the preparation of a flagship Global Social Protection Floor
Report, that will serve as an advocacy tool and give general guidance on
global and regional policies and strategies to support the implementation
of the social protection floor in developing countries and address poverty
issues in developed countries;
To provide inputs to the adaptation of the global concept of the social
protection floor to regional, national and local needs, priorities and
constraints;
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To encourage international dialogue among key actors and stakeholders
on appropriate policy issues;
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To advise on policies and strategies to increase the fiscal space and assure
financial sustainability and affordability of the social protection floor
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To participate in resource mobilization / fund raising actions
Social Protection Floor Advisory Group
– Expected Outcomes 
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The SPF concept is recognized worldwide as a major social policy
coherence approach
SPF policies are proved to be effective tools to accelerate the
achievement of the MDGs
The IMF and the MDBs take into account the SPF concept in their
policy advice and technical assistance to countries
G20, G8, EU and G77 Summits and other international and
regional fora refer to the SPF in their political communications and
decisions
UN agencies, Funds and Programmes, including regional
commissions and development banks, coordinate at the global,
regional and national levels, policy advice and technical assistance
to support countries in the implementation of the social protection
floor
The donor community including donor countries, international
organizations, the EC and OECD-DAC, as well as South-South
cooperation, consider the social protection floor as part of their
development cooperation strategy
Selected countries implement social protection floor policies.
Communication strategy...
• Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet heads global panel to
promote social protection
13 August 2010 - Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet presided
over the first meeting of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group,
held in Geneva on 11 and 12 August and convened by the ILO DirectorGeneral, Juan Somavia.
• BBC Mundo - Internacional - Bachelet: "Garantizar protección social
para todos es posible"
• Le Monde - Un "socle de protection sociale" à l'échelle mondiale? Le
chemin sera long, mais Martin Hirsch y croit
• Michelle Bachelet dice que "el crecimiento económico no basta sin
políticas sociales"
• Bachelet dirigirá comisión para mejorar la protección social en el mundo
• Réunion du Groupe consultatif mondial
L'ancienne Présidente du Chili, Michelle Bachelet, a présidé la première
réunion du Groupe consultatif mondial sur le socle de protection sociale,
qui s'est tenue à Genève, les 11 et 12 août courant.
Bachelet: "Garantizar protección social para todos es posible"
Bachelet preside el grupo asesor de la Iniciativa Piso de Protección
Social, impulsada por la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) y
la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) con el apoyo de las otras
agencias del sistema de Naciones Unidas.
Social Protection Floor Report
Who should be targeted?
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National policy and decision makers
International policy makers
Opinion makers
Social actors
Think tanks
Academic institutions
NGOs
What we should avoid….
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"the ( XXX Employment Outlook) 308-
page report is a dense mass of
impenetrable jargon, a frustrating way to
treat a subject so vital to the average
citizen ".
The Economist, 8 July 2010.
Objectives of the report
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Introduce the social protection floor concept in the
framework of the overall social policy debate, including
its feasibility, applicability and adaptability to different
regional and national contexts
Enhance its recognition as a major global concept for
social policy coherence.
Discuss the main economic, social and political
arguments for the implementation of the social protection
floor, including policies and strategies to increase the
fiscal space and assure financial sustainability and
affordability
Objectives of the report (2)
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Present some key issues related to the design and
implementation and operation of the social protection
floor at different stages of development.
Identify expected outcomes and possible impacts of the
SPF at the individual and household level, at the social
protection system level and some broader perspectives
at the national level.
Review cases of successful implementation of social
protection mechanisms that support resilient and
inclusive growth, especially in developing countries,
Identify lessons learned and best practice guidelines.
Social Protection Floor Global Report
Proposed Table of Contents
PART I: Overview
Chapter 1:
Social Protection Floor: origins and development of the concept
PART II: Making the case for the social protection floor
Chapter 2:
Chapter 3:
Theoretical background and the economics of the social
protection floor
Political and social dimensions of the social floor
PART III:
Implementation
Chapter 4:
Chapter 5:
Political and fiscal space, sustainability
Design, institutional and administrative arrangements
PART IV:
Evidence and case studies
Chapter 6:
Case studies, best practices
Conclusions and vision:
Recommendations and guidelines in implementing the social protection floor to support
resilient and inclusive growth
PART I:
Overview
Chapter 1: Social Protection Floor: origins and
development of the concept
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Origins and development of the SPF concept: roots of the concept in
the UN declaration of Human Rights, the difference between the
safety net approach and the rights-based social floor initiative. Other
conceptual issues: prevention, protection and empowerment.
The SPF components (transfers and essential services) in a life
cycle perspective. The importance of adopting a comprehensive
strategy that aims to put all the components in place.
Three main issues: policy coherence, gradualism and national
adaptation (i.e. “no one-fits-all-solution”).
Story line of the concept: starting from the World Summit for Social
Development Copenhagen 1995 to the emergence of UN policy
concepts such as the MDGs, the Decent Work agenda, the report of
the World Commission on the Social Dimension of the Globalization,
the UNCEB Social Protection Floor Initiative, the Global Jobs Pact
and ECOSOC documents.
PART II:
Making the case for the social protection floor
Chapter 2: Theoretical background and the
economics of the social protection floor
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“Social floor economics”: how the floor can unlock economic potential
and the resulting impact on productivity.
SPF as an economic stabilizer and a framework for economic resilience
and inclusive growth. The capacity of social protection systems to
deliver adaptive responses to external and internal risks that otherwise
could embody severe welfare losses.
At the individual level, the floor contribution to the strengthening of
economic resilience by helping workers and families to utilize the
resources to cope with adverse effects.
Possible impact of the floor on precautionary savings, labour markets
mobility and formalisation.
Relationship with other important policy challenges as climate change,
innovation, and demographic change.
Contributions to adaptation and ensuring smooth structural transitions.
Relationship to how the growth-equity relationship is conceptualized.
PART II:
Making the case for the social protection floor
Chapter 3: Political and social dimensions of the
social floor
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Conceptualization of SPF as a rights based approach with
citizenship and political stability as core component.
Links with democratic support; governance (including
transparency, accountability and participation); institutional
credibility; peace and security, prevention of social unrest;
fragile states; and electoral response.
Channels and mechanisms through which the SPF
contributes to social cohesion
Poverty, inequality and vulnerability dimensions.
Links to the Millennium Development Goals agenda
highlighting particularly relevant topics such as how the floor
can make a difference for women and child development.
PART III:
Implementation
Chapter 4: Political and fiscal space, sustainability
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Conditions and mechanisms to build the required political will at
global, regional and local level. Support from social partners.
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Specific issues: development cooperation; national development
plans; the required co-operation with national leaders; the ONE UN
process; and the requirements for a successful communication
strategy.
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Fiscal space and costing. An important dimension for ensuring the
feasibility of the floor is its financing. A major challenge for the
initiative is presenting solid arguments of how sustainable fiscal
space can be created. Evidence of the cost of national social floor
policies will be provided. The potential role of national, donor and
global funding inter alia through alternative sources, will be also
tackle
PART III:
Implementation
Chapter 5: Design, institutional and administrative
arrangements
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SPF design, institutional and administrative arrangements:
• prioritization (i.e., what are essential services in education,
health, employment services, etc.);
• combination of universal and targeted provisions;
• definition of entitlement conditions and benefit levels;
• interaction between social transfers and work incentives;
• gender dimension;
• specific needs for the youth, the disabled and migrant persons.
• intersectoral coordination (for instance, education, health and
labour market policies); overlapping of existing policies and
programs;
• beneficiaries’ identification; access and quality; monitoring and
evaluation; information technology and systems and improving
collection mechanisms for the contributory components that are
linked to the floor
PART IV:
Evidence and case studies
Chapter 6: Case studies, best practices
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Review successful experiences with the implementation
of social protection policies in developing countries, in
particular in LICs and analyse the “state of the art” in
terms of the advancing the establishment of social
protection floors in developed and developing countries.
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Regional and countries examples, including the use of
reliable data evidence. Identification of best practices in
developed and developing countries, focusing more on
national experiences rather than in programme cases
that constitute components of the floor.
Conclusions and vision:
Recommendations and guidelines in implementing
the social protection floor to support resilient and
inclusive growth
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Focus on the potential role of the SPF in social and
economic development, achieving the MDGS and
creating a human face for globalisation and on how on
this process can be promoted and accelerated through
the UN system as whole.
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Conclusion will also bring a set of recommendations to
facilitate cross-country knowledge sharing and
programme replication or expansion.
Time line
November 2010:
Start up
- 2nd Inter Agency Technical Meeting on the CEB
Social Protection Floor Initiative
- Definition of inter-agency cooperation mechanism for
the report elaboration
March 2011:
First draft
July 2011:
Final Report
September 2011:
Global Launch