SEASON GREETINGS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015!

From the ILO Social Protection team, warm wishes to all for the festive season and the New Year.

HIGHLIGHTS: Here a summary of recent major social protection international events/publications in November and December 2014:

• Social protection trends 2010-2015. From fiscal consolidation to expanding social protection. Key to crisis recovery, inclusive development and social justice, ILO Report
  Read the press release >>
   
• World Economic and Social Councils, the main institutions in charge of national dialogue, discussed social protection through national dialogue, 20-21 November, which led to the Seoul Declaration >>
   
• Global Wage Report 2014/15, ILO Report
   
• 12 December the United Nations celebrates the Universal Health Coverage Day
  See the ILO Policy Paper Addressing the Global Health Crisis. Universal Health Protection Policies >>
  Read the press release >>

Publications

Country brief: Colombia. Universalizing health protection, ILO, December 2014
Social protection for older persons. Key policy trends and statistics, ILO, October 2014
Policy brief: Pensions and other social protection benefits for older persons, ILO, November 2014
Country brief: Uruguay. Monotax: Promoting formalization and protection of independent workers, ILO, November 2014
Country brief: Brazil. Cadastro Único: Operating a registry through a national public bank, ILO, October 2014
El papel de los pisos de protección social en América Latina y el Caribe. La estrategia de desarrollo de los sistemas de seguridad social de la OIT, ILO, October 2014
Universal Health Protection: Progress to date and the way forward, ILO, September 2014
Namibia Social Protection Floor Assessment, ILO, September 2014
Mozambique: Actuarial Review of the National Social Security System (NSSS), ILO, September 2014
Mozambique: Actuarial Review of the Civil Servants and State Agents Social Protection System, ILO, September 2014
Análisis actuarial, legal, de cobertura y gobernanza del sistema de seguros sociales de Honduras. Resumen de conclusiones y recomendaciones, ILO, September 2014
Recibir y brindar cuidados en condiciones de equidad. Desafíos de la protección social y las políticas de empleo en Argentina, ILO, Buenos Aires, 2014

Data & Tools

• Main statistical resources >
• Statistics & indicators of the World Social Protection Report 2014/2015 >
• Social protection assessment based national dialogue: A good practices guide >
• The ILO/UNICEF Costing and Assessment Tools >
• Social protection assessment based national dialogue. A good practices guide >
• Social Protection Floor Initiative: Manual and Strategic Framework for Joint UN Country Operations >
• Social protection assessment tools >
• Financing social protection >
• Actuarial practice in social security >