1. Introduction of GESS (GLOBAL EXTENSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY)
Social Protection Floor initiative
Introduction of GESS (GLOBAL EXTENSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY)
Jo, Hyung Kyu
Social Security Officer
15 Nov. 2010
Decent Work for All ASIAN DECENT WORK DECADE

2. Structure What is GESS? What can GESS offer you? GESS connected to SPF
How to participate?

3. 1. What is GESS?
A trilingual global knowledge sharing platform to promote the extension of social security;
Run by the ILO Social Security Department and involved by users from some 130 countries;
A key tool of the Global Campaign on Social Security
for All(91th ILO, 2003);
Designed to capitalize on experiences in the field, produce and disseminate knowledge, and facilitate the exchange of information and ideas.

4. 2. What can GESS offer you? NEWS
A selection of news and information about country developments, new publications, events and training.
RESOURCES
A library with over 2000 social security resources (policy papers, technical country reports, manuals…etc.); a statistics section with access to social security data from different sources (e.g. Social Security Inquiry)
Regional & Country Profiles
A comprehensive overview of regional and national social security system, activities and results to date etc.
Workspace & G-Forum
Professionals and experts can communicate directly about their work and get in touch with each other via the online forum, or by creating workspaces to collaborate on tasks such as technical cooperation projects.

5. 2. What can GESS offer you?
Access to comprehensive overview of regional & national social security system, activities etc. (including nat’l implementation of SPF).
Access to generic info on the SPF initiative

6. Access to SPFJT workspace
3. GESS connected to SPF
Case of SPF Joint Team in Thailand (nat’l implementation of SPF)
Access to SPFJT workspace

7. 3. GESS connected to SPF
Case of SPF Joint Team in Thailand (nat’l implementation of SPF)

8. G-Forum for SPFJT: Success story & DCS
3. GESS connected to SPF
Case of SPF Joint Team in Thailand (nat’l implementation of SPF)
G-Forum for SPFJT: Success story & DCS

9. 4. How to participate?
Register today to benefit from the full range of services available on GESS and to be able to actively participate by creating workspaces etc.
To start using GESS, simply click on Sign up here, fill in the form and register!

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