OECD-POVNET Guidelines (2009) and future work on SOCIAL PROTECTION Dr. Timo Voipio MFA-Finland AU/EU Partnership on Social Protection Nairobi March,
ICSW Global Conference, Brasilia July, 2006 Entry points for ICSW to promote Social Justice in PRS-processes 3 SOCIALECONOMIC RIO-1992 RIO-2012: Sustainable dev’t = Balanced dev’t ECOLOGICAL
UN-DESA UNRISD
’Rich Country Club’ DAC = ’Donor brainstorming forum’, e.g. 0,7% GDP, aid untying, ’ownership’, ’aid coordination’, ’aid harmonization’, (Paris/Accra) POVNET = Poverty Network 1998 – GENDERNET + ENVIRONET + GOVNET
Poverty is context-specific, and…
…Poverty is multi-dimensional (OECD) PROTECTIVE risk, vulnerability social protection / social risk management POLITICAL rights freedoms voice & influence SOCIO- CULTURAL status respect, dignity ECONOMIC consumption income assets HUMAN health education hunger, thirst GENDER + ENVIRON- MENT
Tähän maapallo ja lapsia Mbeleni - Future - Tulevaisuus UN 2000 – Millennium Declaration and MDSs Ms. Tarja Halonen, President of Finland Chair of the Millennium Summit
UN Millennium Development Goals = Multi-dimensional
Helsinki Process Roundtable Dar es Salaam 15 Nov, 2006 Timo Voipio, MFA-Finland 11
Helsinki Process Roundtable Dar es Salaam 15 Nov, 2006 Timo Voipio, MFA-Finland 13
Timo Voipio, MFA-Finland 14 DEVELOPMENT and PovReduction ? ~ growth + redistribution, if any...? ~ redistribution of opportunity...? OLD NEW All the other sectors where poor people work ’Growth Sector’
SP-strategies of Africa + POVNET Tunis, June, 2005 Timo Voipio, MFA-Finland 15 …with trust and social protection, people dare to move… In African small holder agric. the growth potential is 6 x larger in domestic markets than in overseas export markets. Redistribution If any… Dynamic structural change from sector to sector
Helsinki Process Roundtable Dar es Salaam 15 Nov, 2006 Timo Voipio, MFA-Finland 16 Credible Social Protection needed for poor people to be able to participate in and contribute to growth
POVNET Plenary Paris 17 April, 2007 Timo Voipio, MFA-Finland 17 OECD- POVNET: Social Protection is Good for Pro-Poor Growth
POVNET Plenary Paris 17 April, 2007 Timo Voipio, MFA-Finland 18 Why Social Protection ? Pro-poor growth helps avoid shocks that derail growth promotes innovation, risk taking and entrepreneurship counteracts irreversible asset depletion asset accumulation + broadening tax base aggregate demand in the economy/world Rights-based Art UDHR MDGs, basic needs human development global socio-economic ‘floor’ /’compact’ (minimum standards) democratic participation sustainable dev’t lifecycle and inter- generational thinking + Fastest way to achieve MDGs
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948): “Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security...” (Art 22) “Right to work... freely chosen...under just conditions and remuneration...and to join unions...” (Art 23) “...and to a decent standard of living.” (Art 25)
OECD-POVNET
Donor policy + Guidelines on: SOCIAL PROTECTION: - Cash transfers - Growth-impacts - Informality - Affordability - Life-cycle risks - Health, HIV/AIDS - Gender - Fragile states - Climate change adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction OECD-POVNET
The ILO Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All Social Protection Floor towards higher level services and protection…
Key: Our Concept of Development and Progress Should we measure progress in terms of GDP growth? Or in terms of numbers of women and men, young, old and disabled who have gained decent jobs, sustainable livelihoods or reliable social protection? …and who are therefore able to participate as active citizens and economic actors in the ’transformative’ processes…
1) Guidelines on EMPOWERMENT and Pro-Poor Growth soon…( ) 2) Making Green Growth Pro-Poor ) Food Security/Access to Food ) Social Protection Floors Task Team Coordinate with EU/AU + UN-SPF-I ! Social policy / social protection analytic capacity + staff training !! Social protection statistics (DAC-codes?) POVNET WORK
MOVING TOWARDS ACTION: Important now to show DEMAND and require BUDGETS and ACTION by EUC/AUC + MSs + Network of EU and African Experts (+ POVNET + UN SocProtFloor Initiative)