EXECUTIVE COURSE International Labour Office Social Security Department Education, Training and Capacity Building

2 International Labour Office Social Security Department the global crisis: the response of the ILO and the UN

CONTENT 3 1. Crisis responses 2. The first structural crisis of globalization 3. The global financial crisis and its impact on the work of the UN system 4. What is the Social Protection Floor initiative? 5. What are the key principles of the SPF initiative? 6. Who participates in the SPF initiative? 7. Implementing the SPF initiative 8. SPF Agenda 9. The Social Protection Floor Advisory Group

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New York, USA Wall Street crash 1919 Paris and Versailles, FRANCE Constitution of the International Labour Organization, adopted by the Peace Conference 1944 Philadelphia, USA The Declaration of Philadelphia “Declaration concerning the Aims and Purposes of the International Labour Organization” 1942 Beveridge Report (Social Insurance and Allied Services) Served as the basis for the post-World War II welfare state

6 CRISIS RESPONSES 1945 New York, USA Foundation of the United Nations The International Labour Organization becomes member of the UN 1948 Paris, FRANCE Universal Declaration of Human Rights Art. 22 “Everyone, as member of society, has the right to social security” 1952 Geneva, SWITZERLAND ILO Convention 102 “Social Security (Minimum Standards)

EVENTS AND CRISIS 1989 Berlin, GERMANY The fall of the “Berlin Wall” The end of the Cold War MEXICO, BRAZIL, RUSSIA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA Economic crisis 1998 Geneva, SWITZERLAND Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 1999 Geneva, SWITZERLAND Decent Work Agenda

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10 THE FIRST STRUCTURAL CRISIS OF GLOBALIZATION Professor Joseph STIGLITZ addresses the Governing Body of the ILO “… social protection is economic stabilizer …”

11 THE FIRST STRUCTURAL CRISIS OF GLOBALIZATION ILO Summit on the Global Jobs Crisis June 2009 “ We have abruptly moved from an era of changes to a change of era ”. Juan SOMAVIA, Director General of the ILO

12 THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WORK OF THE UN SYSTEM On April 2009, the UN Chief Executives Board (CEB) have agreed on nine joint initiatives to confront the crisis, accelerate recovery and pave the way for a fairer and more sustainable globalization: 1.Additional financing for the most vulnerable 2.Food Security 3.Trade 4.A Green Economy Initiative 5.A Global Jobs Pact 6.A Social Protection Floor 7.Humanitarian, Security and Social Stability 8.Technology and Innovation 9.Monitoring and Analysis

13 WHAT IS THE SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR INITIATIVE? THE SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR INITITIATIVE The SPF Initiative aims at ensuring access to essential services and social transfers for the poor and vulnerable. It includes: − A basic set of essential social transfers, in cash and in kind, to provide a minimum income and livelihood security for poor and vulnerable populations and to facilitate access to essential services, such as health care − Geographical and financial access to essential services, such as health, water and sanitation, education, social work

14 WHAT ARE THE KEY PRINCIPLES OF THE SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR INITIATIVE? Social protection for all (instead of “for more”), starting with the poor and vulnerable Social protection needs are huge and resources limited Social protection measures are interrelated (e.g., water and sanitation, health) SPF is a concept with documented experience UNIVERSALITY CHOICES BASED ON COST- EFFECTIVENESS COORDINATION AT COUNTRY AND GLOBAL LEVELS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT KEY PRINCIPLES

15 WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR INITIATIVE? Country level: Joint-SPF task force (Government, social partners, social security institutions, Un agencies, NGOs, donors, academia, etc) Global level: Coordination of UN agencies (ILO, WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, UNDESA, UNAIDS), donors, international NGOs, governments and other social partners which set up a Global Technical Advisory Network JOINT SPF TASK FORCE GLOBAL TECHNICAL ADVISORY NETWORK Support

16 IMPLEMENTING THE SPF INITIATIVE: ACTIONS OF THE JOINT SPF TASK FORCE  Country differences: scope and level of social protection coverage, effective coordination among actors, fiscal space, political willingness, technical and financial support needs.  Nonetheless, the following implementation process can be applied to all countries. CONTINUOUS ACTIONS Building a national consensus on a SPF Rapid Assessment Implementation Scaling up Resource mobilization, documentation of the process, monitoring and evaluation, coordination of all actors involved JOINT SPF TASK FORCE

17 IMPLEMENTING THE SPF INITIATIVE: ACTIONS OF THE GLOBAL TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP GLOBAL TECHNICAL ADVISORY NETWORK FIVE DIMENSIONS: − Advocacy: dialogue with governments, organization of events, publication on the SPF progress, promotion of country examples; − Knowledge management: Interactive Internet Platform to track the SPF progress, share experience, do a mapping and display a compendium of existing tools and methods; − Technical support & resource mobilization: a network of experts, production of methodologies and tools to design, cost, implement, scale up the SPF; − Monitoring & evaluation (country & global levels): database of indicators, annual reports; − Coordination of the initiative at the global level.

18 SPF AGENDA October 2009, Turin, ITALY Coordination meeting of UN agencies (ILO, WHO, UNICEF, UNDESA, UNESCO, UNAIDS, etc.), international NGOs and social partners

Jun GENEVA  101 st Session of the International Labour Conference Nov CANNES  Sixth meeting of the G-20 heads of government SPF AGENDA 19 Sep PARIS  Presentation of the Report of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group by Mrs. Michelle Bachelet Jun-Jul GENEVA  Social security for social justice and a fair globalization (Report VI)  100 th session of ILC Committee Report (Conclusions)  Summary Report on Law and Practice – Social Protection Floors

20 THE SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR ADVISORY GROUP 21 March 2011, Geneva, SWITZERLAND Ms. Michelle BACHELET on social protection floors as a response to demands for social justice