For every child Health, Education, Equality, Protection ADVANCE HUMANITY 1 Update on UNICEF’s contribution to the SPF-I Inter-Agency Meeting on the Social Protection Floor Initiative Geneva, November 2010 Richard Morgan, Director UNICEF Policy and Practice

For every child Health, Education, Equality, Protection ADVANCE HUMANITY Social protection: UNICEF engagement 124 programmes in 76 countries 2 For every child Health, Education, Equality, Protection ADVANCE HUMANITY

For every child Health, Education, Equality, Protection ADVANCE HUMANITY UNICEF and the Social Protection Floor For every child Health, Education, Equality, Protection ADVANCE HUMANITY Voluntary insurance Mandatory social insurance/social security benefits of guaranteed levels for contributors THE FLOOR : essential guarantees Access to essential healthcare and education for all income security (children) assistance (unemployed and poor) income security (elderly and disabled) 4 main areas of work Technical & policy support at country level Applied and policy research Partnerships at global and national level International advocacy 3 main objectives Increase gender- and child-sensitivity of SP in order to ensure maximum benefits for vulnerable women and children. Collaborate, convene and support participation of partners in national dialogue and international policy. Support to the SPF Promote and support govt’s in the creation, expansion and consolidation of SP in order to ensure children's rights. 3

 Active partner on the SPF at national level  Including lead agency in a number of countries: Burkina Faso, Haiti  Support government development of national social protection systems  Supporting national dialogue on policy priorities and options  Support to design, scale-up, execute and monitor cash and non-cash transfers  Access to services, e.g. removal of education user fees  Strengthening social protection systems & capacity, including social welfare services  Strong programmatic links to child protection and HIV/AIDS For every child Health, Education, Equality, Protection ADVANCE HUMANITY Technical & Policy Support at Country Level

 Joint UNICEF-ILO Social Protection Costing Tool  User-friendly costing tool which allows policy makers to quickly cost different policy options under different scenarios  Documentation on social protection systems and financing in developing countries(ongoing)  in 2011, production of tools on: 1.Tracking changes in national SP systems over time 2.Typology of SP financing options 3.Roadmap of policy options and key factors in developing and expanding For every child Health, Education, Equality, Protection ADVANCE HUMANITY Applied & Policy Research  Translating into policy tools

 UN Social Protection Floor Initiative  World Bank – agreed areas of collaboration in SP, e.g. data collection, strengthening SP systems in low-income countries, HIV/AIDS & SP  HelpAge International, Save the Children  ILO-ITC, IDS, EPRI, University of Maastricht – training For every child Health, Education, Equality, Protection ADVANCE HUMANITY Partnerships

Key advocacy areas  Various presentations in international fora on the SPF – ADB SP meeting (Manila, April 2010), Social Development Advisors Meeting (New York, February 2010), SP Show and Tell (Geneva, May 2010), World Conference International Council of Social Welfare (Hong Kong, June 2010), UN ESCAP Regional SP Conference in Asia (October 2010), China- ASEAN Conference on Social Assistance (Beijing, October 2010), Poverty Reduction and Development Forum (Beijing, October 2010)  Expansion of social protection coverage  Promoting social protection which better addresses the needs of children and women (Joint Statement on Advancing Child- Sensitive Social Protection)  Protecting social protection and social spending within context of continued crisis shocks – Recovery with a Human Face For every child Health, Education, Equality, Protection ADVANCE HUMANITY International Advocacy

For every child Health, Education, Equality, Protection ADVANCE HUMANITY Intervene as early as possible where children are at risk, in order to prevent irreversible impairment or harm to children Consider the age and gender specific risks and vulnerabilities of children throughout the life-cycle Mitigate the effects of shocks, exclusion and poverty on families Make special provision to reach children who are particularly vulnerable and excluded Consider intra-household dynamics that may affect how children are reached; pay particular attention to power dynamics between men and women Include the voices and opinions of children, their caregivers & youth Principles of child-sensitive social protection 8

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