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The CSO statement calls out the failures of World Bank and EU-backed means-tested social security that covers just 20% of the population, in a context where over 70% experience multidimensional poverty. The statement calls on the World Bank, IMF, international donors & the government to adopt a rights-aligned approach instead.
Read here the Statement submitted by the GCSPF the “Road to the Summit Discussion Series” held on 31 July 2024.
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Read here the Statement on the importance of Universal Social Protection for the Pact of the Future at the “Road to the Summit Discussion Series”, held on 25 July 2024.
Read here the Statements of the GCSPF to Consultations of the Preparatory Process for the Summit of the Future held in July 2024.
The GCSPF and the Social Security Campaign provided comments and inputs to the IDA21 Regional Forum for Europe and Central Asia. The Forum will take place on July 24, 2024.
The recording of the event is online. The event took place during the HLPF on July 16, 2024.
The virtual side event “Is the Debt Crisis killing the SDGs?” will be held on July 16, 2024. The event will be held during the HLPF.
Se encuentra disponible el video del Evento Público “Justicia Social y Arquitectura Financiera Internacional” que tuvo lugar en Chile el 25 de junio de 2024.
Invitación al evento que tendrá lugar el martes 25 de junio de 4 pm a 6 pm en la OIT - Chile. Organizan LATINDADD, Social Watch y GCSPF.
UN Geneva, 112th ILC MMM and GCSPF contributed to the discussion on the ILO D-G’s report calling for a new social contract.
Read the CSO statement to the World Bank, calling for a human rights-aligned approach to social security, education, and health in the World Bank’s IDA 21 in Nepal.
Read the joint CSO letter addressed at the World Bank, calling for a human rights-aligned approach to social security, education, and health in the World Bank’s IDA 21.
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This policy brief argues for a strategic use of climate funding, and in particular for its use in strengthening rights-based social protection systems. Social protection is an important mechanism in managing climate-change related risks and their social and economic consequences as a short-term response to extreme weather events, but also supports people in adapting to climate change in the long-term.
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The recording of the side event on social protection is now online. The side event took place during the 2024 UNCSC in Nairobi, Kenya on May 9, 2024.
The hybrid event "Why Universal Social Protection is essential for inclusive development, peace and security in the present and future" will take place on May 9, 2024 at the 2024UNCSC.
The video of the webinar on the "UN Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions" is now online. The webinar took place on April 26, 2024.
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Watch the recording of the session that was organized by the Global Campaign for the Right to Social Security during the CSPF. The session took place on April 17, 2024.
Human rights, faith-based, and economic justice organizations wrote to the World Bank and IMF Executive Directors to express concerns that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) are failing to promote the human right to social security for all.
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The Global Campaign for the Right to Social Security invites you to join our session at the CSPF that will take place on April 17, 2024.
The Working Group on Financing Social Protection of the GCSPF and the INSP!R network are inviting you to participate in a webinar to discuss the UN Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions. This webinar will take place on Friday, April 26th at 1 pm UTC.
Members of the GCSPF participated at the 2024 UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development.
The Joint Statement was developed by the co-organizers and participants of the workshop series “Toward Universal Social Protection: Health, Social Protection and Equality“ that was held in Kathmandu on 17 February 2024 during the World Social Forum 2024.
The video of the side event “Unlocking Gender Equality: The Power of Universal Social Security Programs” is now online. The side event was held on March 14, 2024 during the CSW68.
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The virtual event will be held on March 14th, 2024 during the CSW68.
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Read here the statement of the GCSPF to the preparation of the zero draft of the Global Digital Compact.
The video of the side event “The transformative potential of expanding the coverage of child benefits to eliminate child poverty” is now online. The side event was held on February 14, 2024 during the 62nd Session of the CSocD.
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The virtual event “Advocating Universal Social Protection Floors for Asian Countries” will be held on February 21, 2024 during the 11th APFSD.
The side event “The transformative potential of expanding the coverage of child benefits to eliminate child poverty” will be held on February 14, 2024 at 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm EST at Conference Room 11, UNHQ, New York. The event will be held during the CSocD62.
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The organisations that jointly advocate for the Right to Social Security, welcome the opportunity to provideinput regarding Human Rights Council Resolution 52/11 on the question of the realisation in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights, with a focus on the right to social security. This submission presents research on social security across 16 countries, conducted by the signing organisations from 2019 and 2023.
Read here the inputs of the GCSPF to the preparation of the Zero Draft of the Pact for the Future.
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Read here the contribution of the GCSPF to the Informal consultations with stakeholders on the Summit of the Future.
The Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors calls for Building Social Protection Systems to deal with "Loss and Damage" and welcomes the decision to establish a Loss and Damage Fund. It is an important step towards climate justice.
The Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF) demands the use of climate funding to invest into social protection system building, as this will facilitate more sustainable and transformative support than humanitarian aid and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure alone.
The Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF) delivered a written statement at the 62nd session of the Commission for Social Development 2024.
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The video of the event "Building a New Eco-social Contract and Advancing Social Security in Times of Debt and Austerity" is now online. The event took place on Friday, October 13, 2023 during the Civil Society Policy Forum of the WBG-IMF Annual Meetings 2023 held in Marrakech, Morocco.
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Members of the GCSPF participated at the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings 2023 held in Marrakech, Morocco, from 9 to 15 October, 2023.
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The session “Building a New Eco-social Contract and Advancing Social Security in Times of Debt and Austerity” will take place during the Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF) of the WBG-IMF Annual Meetings 2023 in Marrakech, Morocco.
Watch here the video of the launching of the Campaign “Social Security for All“ held on 4th October 2023.
Groups Press Governments, IMF, World Bank for New Eco-Social Contract
The GCSPF presented a statement to support the Study “Inequality, social protection and the right to development" (A/HRC/54/83) published by the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development that was released at the 54th regular session of the Human Rights Council.
The session “Social Justice: Social Protection and Health, People’s Vaccine” coorganized by GCSPF, GCAP Asia, GCAP Africa, PVA and Africa Japan Forum was held during the Global People’s Assembly (GPA) 2023 on 17th September at the UN Church Centre.
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The hybrid Global People’s Assembly 2023 will be in New York – at the UN SDG Summit and the UN General Assembly, September 17-18, 2023. The GCSPF is coorganizing the session “Social Justice: Social Protection and Health, People’s Vaccine”.
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Many members of the GCSPF participated in the International Symposium, convened by the ILO, UNICEF, the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF) and the European Union.
Dr. Magdalena Sepúlveda spoke on behalf of the GCSPF in the opening session “Towards social protection for all in the face of multiple global crises”.
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The International symposium "Improving synergies between social protection & public finance management" co-hosted by the ILO, UNICEF, the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, and the European Union will take place on 27 - 28 June, 2023.
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The GCSPF acknowledges recent initiatives taken by the ILO, World Bank, and other development cooperation partners to direct greater international financing towards supporting social protection programs in the context of the ILO Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection.
The video of the session “IMF's strategy on social spending facing austerity: new direction or bandaid?” is now online. The session was held on Wednesday, April 12th, 2023. Civil society welcomed the IMF's new policy on social spending in 2019. However, we are concerned that spending on social protection, health and education is still not […]
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The hybrid session “IMF's strategy on social spending facing austerity: new direction or bandaid?” will be held on Wednesday, April 12th, 2023, from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm EDT in the IMF HQ2-03B-768B meeting room. Simultaneous interpretation will be available to Spanish, French, and Arabic for those participating online. Registration is not needed for those […]
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The webinar “Be an expert universal social security advocate” was moderated by Lena Simet, Senior Researcher and Advocate, Human Rights Watch. Stephen Kidd, CEO, Development Pathways (download his presentation), and Holly Seglah, Social Protection Officer, Development Pathways (download her presentation) were the speakers. Richard Obiga (Programme Officer, Social Protection Secretariat, Kenya) and David Tumwesigye (Global […]
Barry Herman made an intervention on behalf of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, a member of the GCSPF and also on behalf of the GCSPF at the UN's Development Cooperation Forum. His intervention (see here) was part of the interactive discussion that followed the panel presentation. The UN's Development […]
The side event “Progress through Social Protection - Current initiatives and financing at national and international level” took place on Monday, March 6th 2023 during the Civil Society Forum of the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) that was held in Doha, Qatar. Speakers at the event were Massimiliano La Marca […]
The side event "Progress through Social Protection - Current initiatives and financing at national and international level" will take place on Monday, March 6th from 5 to 6:30 pm at Civil Society Forum of the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5). Moderator: Martha Bekele, Development Initiatives Speakers: Social Protection: An investment […]
In this webinar, Development Pathways and Act CoS present a new report, or rather a guide for advocators: Advocating for universal social security: how to win hearts and minds.
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The video of the side event: On the Road to 2025: A New Social Contract with Universal Social Protection and Full Employment and Decent Work for all is now online. The event took place on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, during the 61st Session of the Commission for Social Development CSocD61.
The event was dedicated to the memory of Prof. Michael Cichon. Michael was the inspiration behind and driver of Recommendation 202, founder of the GCSPF and he has been an inspiring example to so many people around the world.
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Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 Time: 1:15 pm – 3:00 pm EST (Confirm your local time here) Please register at: http://bit.ly/3D3Dek7 The side event will be in English. French and Spanish interpretation will be provided. Organized by the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF). Co-organized by Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), Gray […]
Winifred Doherty of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd prepared the position paper. International KOLPING, International Presentation Association, Social Justice in Global Development, JusticeMakers Bangladesh, and Free Trade Union Development Center Sri Lanka, all members of the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors endorsed the paper. ************* Download pdf version. […]
The ILO Social Protection Department invited the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors to contribute to a blog on the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) and the 10th anniversary of the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202) to accelerate progress towards Universal Social Protection. […]
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The Covid-19 pandemic and its related shocks have revealed the value of public services and social protection floors. Institutions tasked with ending poverty like the World Bank are increasingly under pressure to support vital public services and play a key role in wider universal social protection (USP) discussions. The World Bank recently released its latest […]
The video of the webinar “Progressive realisation: Building inclusive social protection systems in low- and middle-income countries using the principle of universality” is now online. The webinar was held on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Speakers Daisy Sibun, Social Policy Specialist at Development Pathways, author of ‘Can a leopard change its spots? A critical analysis of […]
Response from the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors to the World Bank’s new Strategy for Social Protection. Download pdf version. With this statement, the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF), representing more than 120 civil society organisations and trade unions from all over the world, intends to react to the World Bank’s new […]
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The webinar will be held on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 from 1 to 2 pm UTC. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpduytrT4iHtbO32hiC4pBLg0g0sH4AkEy Background There is broad consensus that expansion of social protection is a necessary response to the global food and economic crises. But an immediate reaction when universal social protection is proposed is often that “it is […]
TALLER PRESENCIAL FORTALECER LOS CUIDADOS Y LA SEGURIDAD SOCIAL APORTES A LA DISCUSIÓN SOBRE PROTECCIÓN SOCIAL EN AMÉRICA DEL SUR Como cierre de este ciclo realizaremos un Taller Regional presencial “Protección Social, Cuidados e Igualdad de Género: Desafíos frente a las Políticas de Austeridad” se realizará el miércoles 9 de noviembre de 2022 en Buenos […]
The slide presentation and the webinar's recording of the webinar the “Work Bank, IMF and Universal Social Protection following COVID-19: The Good, the Bad and the Unclear” are now available. The webinar took place on 20 October, 2022. In the webinar World Bank, IMF and Universal Social Protection following COVID-19: The Good, the Bad and […]
CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS: “FORTALECER LOS CUIDADOS Y LA SEGURIDAD SOCIAL” APORTES A LA DISCUSIÓN SOBRE PROTECCIÓN SOCIAL EN AMÉRICA DEL SUR English version available below. Lo que la pandemia nos dejó, transformaciones necesarias En el contexto de la pandemia por COVID 19, Ciedur, Social Watch y la Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, con el […]
CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS FORTALECER LOS CUIDADOS Y LA SEGURIDAD SOCIAL APORTES A LA DISCUSIÓN SOBRE PROTECCIÓN SOCIAL EN AMÉRICA DEL SUR English version available below. Con el objetivo de fortalecer la incidencia política de la sociedad civil en favor de la protección social en América del Sur realizaremos un ciclo de conferencias con la participación […]
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There is broad consensus that expansion of social protection is a necessary response to the global food and economic crises.
But an immediate reaction when universal social protection is proposed is often that “it is impossible, because it is too expensive!”
CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS:“FORTALECER LOS CUIDADOS Y LA SEGURIDAD SOCIAL”APORTES A LA DISCUSIÓN SOBRE PROTECCIÓN SOCIAL EN AMÉRICA DEL SUR English version available below. Cuando el Estado falta a la cita: la (in)sostenibilidad de la vida La desprotección social en que vive la mayoría de la población mundial quedó visibilizada en el escenario de la pandemia […]
CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS FORTALECER LOS CUIDADOS Y LA SEGURIDAD SOCIAL APORTES A LA DISCUSIÓN SOBRE PROTECCIÓN SOCIAL EN AMÉRICA DEL SUR English version available below. Con el objetivo de fortalecer la incidencia política de la sociedad civil en favor de la protección social en América del Sur realizaremos un ciclo de conferencias con la participación […]
CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS: APORTES A LA DISCUSIÓN SOBRE PROTECCIÓN SOCIAL EN AMÉRICA DEL SUR English version available below. Los cuidados comunitarios en tiempos de COVID 19 El ciclo de conferencias, organizado por Ciedur, Social Watch y la Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, con el apoyo de la Red de Género y Comercio, se enmarca […]