Socialprotection.org Webinar - Making public finance management work for social protection, lessons learned from Senegal and Nepal

This webinar will present concrete experiences on innovative options for reaching increased and sustained social protection financing. It will provide insights on the "Improving Synergies between Social Protection and Public Finance Management" (SP&PFM) programme, funded by the European Union (EU) and jointly implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO), UNICEF and the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF). The programme provides support to 18 low-income countries to strengthen their social protection systems. Speakers will share country experiences presented by the SP&PFM programme teams in Nepal and Senegal, focusing on methodologies, tools, lessons learned and current challenges.

More specifically, the Programme supports broad national dialogue with evidence gathered through diagnostic of social protection systems, gap analyses, cost simulations, fiscal space analyses and financing options assessments. The Programme also supports countries in linking public financial management to social protection throughout the budget cycle.  

This will be followed by country experiences presented by the Programme teams in Nepal and Senegal. These presentations will focus on methodologies, tools, lessons learnt and current challenges on

• How to improve the link between Social Protection and Public finance management, especially in the current context of COVID-19 crisis and recovery?;
• How to accompany the national decision-making process to identify priorities and financing options towards a universal and adequate social protection coverage, including a social protection floor?;
• How to strengthen the role of social partners and civil society organizations to strengthen social protection budgeting and financing?