1. GTT Social Protection 15-17 March 2017
Understanding SDG Indicators on Social Protection
GTT Social Protection
15-17 March 2017

2. From the Milenium Development Goals 2000-2015 to the Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2030
SDG Summit at the United Nations
in New York, September 2015

3. Social Protection in the SDGs
Goal 1. End poverty 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 decent work 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

4. SDGs –focusing on Social Protection

5. Indicator proposed for SDG 1.3
Indicator 1.3.1: Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children, unemployed persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, newborns, work-injury victims and the poor and the vulnerable
Available through ILO Social Security Inquiry, developed for decades by governments, reflected in ILO’s
World Social Protection Report

6. Metadata – rationale Rationale:
Population covered by social protection systems/floors;
Bi-dimensional strategy of SPF framework
Universal coverage vs targeted
Capturing different classifications/dimensions of SP: sex, children, active age, old-age, persons with disabilities
Level of protection
Higher levels of social security to more people
Social protection systems include contributory and non-contributory schemes for children, pregnant women, people in active age, older persons, victims of work injuries and persons with disabilities. Provide at least a basic level in all main contingencies along the life cycle, as defined in the Social Protection Floors Recommendation 2012 (no. 202).

7. Metadata – indicators Currently building on a set of indicators:
Share of children receiving social assistance benefits
Share of elderly receiving old-age pensions
Share of women receiving maternity benefits
Share of (working age) persons with disabilities receiving benefits
Share of the unemployed receiving unemployment benefits
Total population covered by social protection systems
Share of the poor covered by social protection systems
Share of the vulnerable covered by social protection systems.
Vulnerable are being considered: (1) children; (2) elderly without contributory pensions; (3) working age not contributing for social insurance.

8. Metadata - Collection The Social Security Inquiry
ILO’s periodic collection of administrative data from national Ministries of labour, social security, welfare, finance and an others, as well as from social security institutions;
Households surveys might be also used to complement the administrative data
Some examples of data collected:
Old-age contributors ratio
Old-age recipients ratio above statutory pensionable age
Unemployed receiving unemployment benefits
Total public social expenditures
Public social protection expenditures on old-age and survivors benefits
Public social protection expenditures on benefits for children
Public social protection expenditures on benefits for the working age (including general assistance) ;
And others as can be accessed at the SSI website.

9. Metadata – Data availability
The Social Security Inquiry
The Social Security Inquiry database includes data on 183 countries, as far as 1940;
Results are reflected in ILO’s World Social Protection Report, published every two years;
As of March 2017, ILO is processing the 2016 Social Security Inquiry. Data for 100 countries have been updated and work is ongoing.

10. Some challenges
Complexities associated to defining coverage in a comprehensive manner
Diversity of schemes and responsible agencies
Comparability (different national definitions of social protection, different classification of schemes/programmes)
Lack of administrative data (low income countries)
Availability and fragmentation: When it exists, data is produced and collected by different government agencies/ministries. National statistics offices with limited role in consolidating data on SP
Data collection process at SOCPRO: Complexity of interactions with the field (specialists, governments, social protection institutions)

11. Moving Forward
ILO Leading UN work on reporting for SDG indicator on social protection
Strengthening ILO capabilities to collect, process and disseminate data on SP: HQ + Field
Establishing linkages with regional and national initiatives to monitor SGDs on SP: taking advantage of synergies between work at global and country level. Field-HQ collaboration is fundamental
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