Dear colleagues, socialprotection.org has just released one more episode of our Social Protection Podcast. We would like to invite you all to listen to the episode on adaptive social protection, where we discuss the importance of...
The Horn of Africa is currently suffering from adverse drought, and severe famine troubles which have prompted countless social ills and unconducive living environments, especially among pastoral communities in the region...
Workers in the informal economy do not usually benefit from social protection because they - or their employers - do not contribute to any scheme or fund. It is no surprise, then, that extending social protection has become...
Fragility, conflict and climate change have all contributed to more widespread migration and forced displacement. As of 2021, 27.1 million refugees were officially registered 1, and the overall number of migrants was estimated at...
Digitalisation is a facilitator of strong social protection systems. The information systems used by social protection programmes are an invaluable resource for monitoring, managing, and delivering social protection benefits and...
COVID-19 has had an unprecedented socio-economic impact on populations and devastating consequences for the poor and vulnerable worldwide – eroding progress made in recent years. 1 The effects are wide-ranging and long-lasting. In...
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on ILO Recommendation 205 31 October — 25 November 2022 Jointly organized between the ILO and ITCILO, this Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) explores ILO Recommendation 205 on Employment and...
Urbanisation is a global mega-trend that will continue to characterise the 21st century. In 2018, 4.2 billion people lived in urban areas – around 55% of the global population. This figure is set to peak at 2.5 billion by 2050 –...
Have you heard abou the UN Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions? The UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a Meeting of Heads of State and Government to discuss progress and next...
The GIZ, the WFP and the Ministry of Planning of Cambodia are promoting a webinar to first present the main features of the IDPoor database and recent changes that improved the database for shock-responsive social protection...
