Version 01a Social Protection Floor Initiative The sixth initiative of the CEB on the global financial and economic crisis and its impact on the work of the UN system Manual and strategic framework for joint UN country operations Developed by the Group of Co-operating agencies and development partners International Labour Office and World Health Organization Geneva, November 2009 Contents Page Abbreviations and acronyms............................................................................................................. v Foreword ........................................................................................................................................... vii 1. Introduction............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1. Background to the CEB Social Protection Floor Initiative........................................... 1 1.2. Definition of the Social Protection Floor concept ........................................................ 1 1.3. The nature and objective and of the Social Protection Floor Initiative ........................ 4 2. General framework of activities.............................................................................................. 7 3. Country operations – Modus operandi.................................................................................... 9 3.1. Objective....................................................................................................................... 9 3.2. Activities....................................................................................................................... 10 3.3. Available tools.............................................................................................................. 12 3.4. Integration of the SPF-I into national, regional and global planning processes ........... 12 3.5. A tentative implementation framework ........................................................................ 13 3.6. Funding......................................................................................................................... 15 4. Gobal activities ....................................................................................................................... 17 4.1. Information sharing and knowledge management........................................................ 17 4.2. Advocacy ...................................................................................................................... 18 4.3. Capacity building, Training, Education........................................................................ 20 4.4. Monitoring and evaluation............................................................................................ 22 Annexes I. CEB Communiqué, 5 April 2009, Paris, France..................................................................... 25 II. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) – Articles 22, 25, 26.................................... 29 III. The Convention on the Rights of the Child - Selected Articles.............................................. 30 IV. Concept Note on the CEB Social Protection Floor Initiative (May 2009).............................. 333 V. Overview of relevant policy instruments of collaborating agencies ....................................... 354 VI. Overview of existing tools ordered by activities of SPF approach......................................... 376 VII. Tentative check-list of data for the country assessment and costing of the Social Protection Floor ................................................................................................. 40 VIII. Participants.............................................................................................................................. 45 References ......................................................................................................................................... 51 SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR INITIATIVE.doc iii iv SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR INITIATIVE.doc Abbreviations and acronyms ADB Asian Development Bank APRM African Peer Review Mechanism AU African Union CCA Common Country Assessment CHOICE Choosing Interventions that are Cost Effective DAC POVNET Development Assistance Committee Poverty Network DOCO Development Operations Coordination Office DRR Disaster Risk Reduction EFA Education for All CEB United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GIVAS Global Impact and Vulnerability Alert System IHP International Health Partnership ILO International Labour Organization IMF International Monetary Fund IPC-IG International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth ISDR International Strategy for Disaster Reduction ITC International Training Centre of the ILO (Turin) NGO Non-Governmental Organization NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development OASIS Organizational Assessment for Improving and Strengthening Health Financing OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights P4H Providing for Health PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PSIA Poverty and Social Impact Analysis SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR INITIATIVE.doc v SP Social protection SPF-I Social Protection Floor Initiative U5MR Under 5 Mortality Rate UN United Nations UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework UN-DESA United Nations – Department of Economic and Social Affairs UNDG United Nations Development Group UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHLCP United Nations High Level Committee on Programmes UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNSG United Nations Secretary General UNU-WIDER United Nations University – World Institute for Development Economics Research WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organization WMO World Meteorological Organization vi SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR INITIATIVE.doc Foreword Objectives and scope of the manual 1 This manual provides guidance for a Social Protection Floor Approach at country level, led by governments with support from the UN system and other collaborating agencies and aiming at supporting existing or defining and implementing newly developed sustainable social protection policies. The manual gives an overview of steps to take and tools to use for country operations of UN agencies and other institutions that might want to join SPF initiatives. The manual offers a checklist for possible country activities rather than a prescription for action. The definition suggested in section 1.2. is thus only a starting point for the development of a national framework. Each country will develop its own Social Protection Floor approach that builds on existing policies and frameworks and best suits the social, cultural, political and economic context as well as the technical, financial and administrative capacities. Therefore, this manual offers only a generic benchmark for the definition of country-based activities and a starting point for a comprehensive dialogue within countries to define the nature of the co-operation with the UN System and other collaborating agencies. As elaborated in this document, a Social Protection Floor concept promotes nationally defined strategies that protect a minimum level of access to essential services and income security through sustainable and integrated approaches that address gaps in supply and demand in the current context of financial and economic crises and beyond. This manual is proposing a framework for joint work of UN agencies and UN country teams. In the CEB Concept Note of May 2009, the following activities, amongst others, were envisaged under the SPF initiative: (1) develop a compendium of existing technical tools of all UN agencies that can be used at a country level to establish the feasibility of national Social Protection Floor concepts that are age and gender responsive; (2) support a national dialogue-based country assessment of what a national development objective could be to move towards the Social Protection Floor; (3) develop a strategy for concerted and complementary support action of all participating agencies, as well as Regional Commissions, on a country level within a common planning framework (e.g. UNDAF); (4) assess the role of the financial crisis on health, education, food security and social protection systems, as well as the financing of essential services; (5) appoint joint technical teams for all countries requesting such assistance. The manual sets out how a SPF approach can meet these challenges. 1 A draft version of the manual was discussed in the context of the Inter-Agency Technical meeting on the Social Protection Floor Initiative in Turin on 13-15 October 2009 . This version manual will be further enhanced with the views and further comments of cooperating UN agencies. SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR INITIATIVE.doc vii Audience The main audience of the this manual are UN co-operating agencies