Social Protection in the 2030 Agenda and Global Initiatives

ILO Flagship Programme on Social Protection Floors Geneva, 26 October 2016

Isabel Ortiz Director Social Protection Department International Labour Organization Social Protection: A Human Right and SDG

. Article 22 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states “Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security”

. Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) . The Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202), endorsed by the UN and the G20

. The Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 1.3 “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 in the SDGs

• Goal 1. End in all its forms everywhere • Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture • Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages • Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all • Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls • Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all • Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all • Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and for all • Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation • Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries • Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable • Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns • Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts* • Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development • Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss • Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels • Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development Indicator proposed for SDG 1.3

• Target 1.3: Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable • Indicator 1.3.1: Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children, unemployed persons, older persons, persons with , pregnant women, newborns, work-injury victims and the poor and the vulnerable • Approved by UN ECOSOC IN 2016. In Sept 2017 by the UN General Assembly. • Available through ILO Social Security Inquiry, developed for decades by governments, reflected in ILO’s World Social Protection Report • This administrative data can be complemented with

household surveys 4 A Story of More than 100 Years: Building Social Security Systems

Source: World Social Protection Report 2014-15, ILO Developing countries rapidly expanding social protection Many achieved universal social protection schemes:

• • Guyana • Samoa • Armenia • • Seychelles Example: China • Azerbaijan • Kazakhstan • Expansion of old-age • Belarus • Kiribati • pension coverage over Swaziland 2001-2013 • Bolivia • Kosovo • • Botswana • Kyrgyz (Zanzibar) Number of people covered (in millions) • Republic • Thailand 900 • Brunei • Lesotho • Timor-Leste 700 • Cabo Verde • Maldives • Trinidad 500 • Chile • Mauritius Tobago 300 • China • Mongolia

• Ukraine 100

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 • Cook Islands• Namibia • Uruguay 2001 • Georgia • Nepal • Uzbekistan Source: universal.social-protection.org …and many development partners working together to promote Universal Social Protection Systems

See: www. universal.social-protection.org The Social Protection Inter-Agency Cooperation Board (SPIAC-B) • The Social Protection Inter-Agency Cooperation Board is a light, lean and agile inter-agency coordination mechanism— composed of representatives of international organizations and bilateral institutions—to enhance global coordination and advocacy on social protection issues and to coordinate international cooperation in country demand-driven actions. • The establishment of the Board responds to a request from the G20 Development Working Group. • Co-lead by the ILO and the • Meets once or twice a year since 2012 • Inter-Agency Social Protection Assessments (ISPA) Tools https://ispatools.org/ Universal Social Protection across the life-cycle Recommendation 202 Social Protection Floors

Children Working age Old age

Child Support for those without jobs Old Age Support Maternity Work Injury Pension, Benefits Survivors Access to Health

Safety nets for the poor ILO technical assistance on social protection in 136 countries in the different areas 14. How We Work Together to Improve Social Protection Systems/Floors? Formulating national social security strategies SPF Guarantees Existing Gaps Reccomend When formulating and implementing social security extension strategies, ations Members should (para. 14 of Recommendation 202):

HEALTH • (a) Start national dialogue: what objectives reflect national CHILDREN priorities? ELDERLY

WORKING • (b) identify gaps in social protection; AGE

• (c) determine appropriate social protection schemes, whether contributory or non-contributory, or both, as well as the time frame and sequencing for the progressive achievement of the objectives

•(d) Cost selected schemes, identify potential fiscal space

• (e) Discuss financial and human resources with Ministry of Finance

• (f) Agree national strategy through social dialogue 11 One-UN Social Protection Floors

. One-UN national Social Protection Floors Teams working with partners . Assessment-based national dialogue (ABND) . Policy advice on social protection needs and gaps, costing of schemes, including financing strategies . Including Social Protection Floors in National Development Strategies and UNDAFs . Building up data and national statistical capacities . UNDG Chair call 2014 • Building SPFs as One Website: www.un.social-protection.org Ongoing Planned 1. Egypt 1. Chad 2. Democratic Rep Congo 2. Kyrgyz Republic 3. Gabon 3. Lao PDR 4. India (3 states) 4. Malawi 5. (update) 5. Mozambique 6. Lesotho 6. Niger 7. Pakistan (KP) Completed 7. Palestine 8. Paraguay 1. Indonesia 8. Philippines 9. Sao Tome and Principe 2. Myanmar 10.Tajikistan 9. Tanzania 3. Mongolia 11.Thailand (update) 4. Thailand 10.Timor Leste 5. Vanuatu 11.Tunisia 6. Viet Nam 12.Zambia ILO Flagship Social Protection Strategy Endorsed by All World Countries, by the G20 and the UN

• June 2012: Recommendation 202 Social Protection Floors was adopted at the 101st session of the International Labour Conference by world governments, unions and employers. . June 2012: G20 Leaders commit to establishing nationally- defined social protection floors . March 2014: One-UN Social Protection Floors Country Teams • Sept 2015: SDG 1.3 Thank you

Contact: Isabel Ortiz, Director Social Protection Department, International Labour Organization. Email: [email protected] Visit: www.social-protection.org http://www.ilo.org/