Highlights

• The ILO launches its World Employment and Social Outlook, Trends January 2015.
• Recovering from Ebola crisis: High Level Conference in Brussels;
  A Summary Report by United Nations agencies including ILO, World Bank and others.
• Civil society organizations launch a Campaign for the Social Protection Floors: Join the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors!
• Financing for Development FfD3 process starts with discussion on social protection floors including a possible Global Fund for Social Protection and mention of the possibility to use corporate compliance with social security contributions as a condition of bidding in government procurement tenders; also a proposal to commit to a minimum spending package for social services

More Publications

• Country brief: Cabo Verde. Universal pensions for older persons, ILO, March 2015
• Country brief: El Salvador. Reduciendo la desigualdad a través de la protección social universal, ILO, February 2015
• Bangladesh: Rana Plaza Compensation Scheme. Technical report on the scheme design and operationalization, and lessons learnt, ILO, January 2015
• Country brief: Colombia. Universalizing health protection, ILO, December 2014
• Social protection global policy trends 2010-2015. From fiscal consolidation to expending social protection: Key to crisis recovery, inclusive development and social justice, ILO, November 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
• Social protection for older persons. Key policy trends and statistics, ILO, October 2014
• Country brief: Brazil. Cadastro Único: Operating a registry through a national public bank, ILO, October 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

News

• US: Obama Cites Health Plan Tally of 11.4 Million, nytimes.com (17.02.2015)
• Liberia: UNDP Commits US$ 2 Million To Liberia's Social Protection Program, gnnliberia.com (17.02.2015)
• Maroc: Les indépendants auront aussi leur assurance maladie au Maroc, h24info (16.02.2015)
• Kenya Boosts Help for the Poor, Vulnerable, allafrica.com (27.01.2015)
• Myanmar: A crucial step for Myanmar: Launch of social protection strategy, devex.com (26.01.2015)
• US: President Obama proposes paid leave for pregnancy and sickness, fastcompany.com (15.01.2015)
• Egypt: National project for social protection launched in Egypt's villages, dailynewsegypt.com (10.01.2015)
• Ghana: Gender Ministry launches project for aged, ghanaweb.com (07.01.2015)
• España: La protección a los desempleados cae a niveles de hace una década, elpais (05.01.2015)
• Maurice: le nouveau gouvernement augmente les salaires et les pensions, réunion 1ère (28.12.2014)
• Austerity to shrink U.K. government spending to 1930s levels, CNN (09.12.2014)

Training

• Strengthening financial governance and management of pension schemes in Arab States, 7 - 17 April 2015
• ILO international Training Centre: Training catalogue 2015

Insights

• A remedy for inequality, by Janine Berg, ILO Senior Economist
• Social protection is a right!, by Valérie Schmitt, Chief of the ILO Social Policy Branch, and Helmut Schwarzer, Former ILO Senior Expert, Current Secretary of Bolsa Familia, Ministry of Social Development, Brazil
• Social protection and the sustainable development Goals, by Gabriele Köhler, Development Economist
• Global wage growth down since the financial crisis with no sign of recovery, by Sandra Polaski, ILO Deputy Director General
• The extension of social protection in Argentina in the context of an inclusive development model, by Ofelia Cédola, Social Security Secretary, Argentina