1. R-UNDG ECA Working Group on Social Protection
Origins and way forward
R-UNDG Europe and Central Asia Issue-based Coalition Second (2017) meeting of focal points
Istanbul, 17 April 2017

2. SOCIAL PROTECTION? FOOD SECURITY PENSIONS CASH TRANSFERS
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CASH TRANSFERS
INCOME SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
FOOD SECURITY
SOCIAL INSURANCE
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL SECURITY
PENSIONS
EMERGENCY RELIEF
CHILD PROTECTION
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3. SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR
2009: UN Social Protection Floor Initiative (UN SPF-I) two components:
Social transfers: a set of social transfers, in cash and in kind to provide a minimum income security and [financial] access to essential health care.
Essential services: access to essential services (such as water and sanitation, adequate nutrition, health and education).
2012: ILO Recommendation 202, including four lifecycle guarantees:
access to essential health care including maternity care
basic income security for children providing access to nutrition, education, care
basic income security for persons in active age unable to earn sufficient income
basic income security for persons in old age

4. SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOORS: A RENEWED MANDATE
“Strong and concerted UN support has played a role in helping countries across regions to formulate national social protection floors.”
- UNDG Chair Helen Clark and ILO Director-General Guy Ryder
March 2014
2014: Endorsement by UNDG and reaffirmation by ILO, and call for national team formation, national dialogues and assessments, UNDAF integration and statistical support.
2015: Endorsement by DOCO, and call for continued One UN SPF-I efforts.
2015: SDGs prioritize social protection (SDGs 1.3, 3.8, 5.4, 8.5, 10.4), including “social protection systems and measures for all, including floors” …”
“… within your national context, [take] the necessary steps to support countries in extending national floors of ‘social protection for all’ in the Post-2015 period...”
- UN DOCO Director, Kanni Wignaraja in letter to all UNRCs/UNCTs
March 2015

5. 1 2 3 Level/venue Activity examples Output examples
Create regional Thematic Working Groups on SP/SPF
Jointly develop knowledge products and guidelines
Integrate SP/SPF into regional UNDG work plans
Support UNCTs/UNRCs
Create national SPF Task Teams
Conduct joint activities at national level (e.g. dialogue, gaps assessment, coordinated delivery mechanisms, etc.)
Integrate SPF into UNDAFs, SDG implementation plans
Include SPF in UN staff and national delegate trainings
Develop global knowledge/guides
Develop and maintain a global social protection database based on administrative data
UNCTs
NATIONAL 
REGIONAL 
UNDG REGION
UNDG/DOCO
GLOBAL
Regional policy messages, tool-kits, best practice guides, and training events
Global policy messages, guidelines, training packages and monitoring for SDG 1.3
Extension of national SPFs, increased coverage levels
IMPLEMENTATION OF SDG 1.3 1 2 3

6. 1 2 3 Level/venue Activity examples Output examples
Create regional Thematic Working Groups on SP/SPF
Jointly develop knowledge products and guidelines
Integrate SP/SPF into regional UNDG work plans
Support UNCTs/UNRCs
Create national SPF Task Teams
Conduct joint activities at national level (e.g. dialogue, gaps assessment, coordinated delivery mechanisms, etc.)
Integrate SPF into UNDAFs, SDG implementation plans
Include SPF in UN staff and national delegate trainings
Develop global knowledge/guides
Develop and maintain a global social protection database based on administrative data
UNCTs
NATIONAL 
REGIONAL 
UNDG REGION
UNDG/DOCO
GLOBAL
Regional policy messages, tool-kits, best practice guides, and training events
Global policy messages, guidelines, training packages and monitoring for SDG 1.3
Extension of national SPFs, increased coverage levels
IMPLEMENTATION OF SDG 1.3 1 2 3

7. WORKING GROUP ON SOCIAL PROTECTION IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
Creation by UNDG ECA on 8 May 2015
TORs developed by ILO/UNICEF/UNDP and approved by the R-UNDG ECA directors
2 objectives:
Support coordinated country work
Contribute to UN reform and SDG implementation
3 types of activities:
Develop a joint position and advocacy
Provide technical support to country initiatives
Knowledge development and sharing (document and share examples of social protection reforms)

8. ACTIVITY TO DATE Nomination of 18 national, 8 regional focal points
FAO, ILO, UNDP, UNFPA UNICEF, UN Women and WFP
Web site
Survey on social protection priorities in ECA
May 2016 focal points’ virtual meeting
Tools
Country experiences
Joint advocacy messages

9. ALBANIA ARMENIA NOT REPRESENTED REPRESENTED MOLDOVA MACEDONIA FYR
MONTENEGRO
MACEDONIA FYR
AZERBAIJAN
UZBEKISTAN
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
KYRGYZSTAN
UKRAINE
SERBIA
BELARUS
TURKMENISTAN
TAJIKISTAN
KOSOVO*
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
TURKEY
KAZAKHSTAN
CROATIA
GEORGIA

10. SOCIAL PROTECTION PRIORITIES IN ECA
Survey on social protection priorities in ECA - results:
Improving policy coordination
Strengthening social work provision and case management
Addressing social protection financing issues
Enhancing social service provision
Monitoring and evaluation
Conduct of assessment-based national dialogues for national strategy development

11. IN 2017 … After first meeting, the Group agreed:
A Joint UN Position Paper for social protection in Europe and Central Asia
Showcasing on-going UN cooperation on social protection at the country level
Transformation from Working Group to “Issue-based Coalition”

12. TOWARDS AND ISSUES-BASED COALITION
The issues-based coalition will gradually engender greater coherence among UN and non-UN entities in:
Developing common positions and advocacy
Exchange knowledge, experiences and good practices
Joint efforts for resource mobilization
Core TWG SP ECA will follow a “Road Map,” with gradual expansion to wider range of stakeholders
Phase 1: Consolidation of core group
Phase 2: Redoubled engagement with UN members
Phase 3: Broader outreach to identify and engage Coalition

13. R-UNDG ECA Working Group on Social Protection
Thank you.
R-UNDG Europe and Central Asia Issue-based Coalition Second (2017) meeting of focal points
Istanbul, 17 April 2017