Archive for the Activities Category

GCSPF Commitments towards achieving Universal Human Rights-Based Social Protection Systems and Floors

On 26th November 2019 / Activities, Events, ILO, Statements

Our Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors comprises over 100 non State actors, civil society organizations and trade unions. We work towards the implementation of universal, residence and human rights-based social protection systems and floors – in line with human rights instruments, international labour standards, ILO Recommendation […]

Strategy Meeting of the Core Team of the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors

On 25th November 2019 / Activities, Events, ILO

The Strategy Meeting of the Core Team of the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors took place on November 24 and 25 during the Global Social Protection Week. The aim of this meeting was to bring together the members of the Core Team in order to share […]

SDG 1 – Applying human rights standards for the governance of social protection will unleash its transformative potential

On 8th July 2019 / Activities, Publications

The article “SDG 1 – Applying human rights standards for the governance of social protection will unleash its transformative potential”, by the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors is published on the Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2019: Reshaping governance for sustainability. Global Civil Society Report on the […]

Monitor new IMF commitments in your country

On 25th June 2019 / Activities

On June 14, 2019 the International Monetary Fund launched a new policy on the IMF and social spending two years after a critical assessment by its Independent Evaluation Office of the impact of IMF on social protection in member countries. The Managing Director of IMF, Christine Lagarde, launched […]

The legal, political, economic and moral imperatives to finance social protection for all

On 10th April 2019 / Activities, Events, ILO, Statements

Read the Executive Summary, pdf version available here. Read the Statement, pdf version available here. 11 April 2019 Executive Summary Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF) Download the Executive Summary (pdf version) The first Sustainable Development Goal of the global agenda for development adopted for the […]

100 Years of International Labour Organization, 100 Years of Commitment to Social Security

On 9th April 2019 / Activities, ILO, Member News, Statements

The ILO established the right to social security and today recommends Social Protection Floors. That move is crucial, says Ebenezer Durojaye. To celebrate 100 years of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors launched a statement outlining the path towards universal social […]

Accountability dimension: social protection as a tool for the reduction of inequalities

On 7th March 2019 / Activities, Events

This side event “Accountability dimension: social protection as a tool for the reduction of inequalities” was organised both to discuss emerging challenges on social protection as a tool for the reduction of inequalities and to look at both conceptual issues and practical solutions. The presenters explored the […]

GCSPF Newsletter #20 – February 2019 – CSocD57

On 11th February 2019 / Activities, Publications

GCSPF at the 57th Session of the Commission for Social Development Members of the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors will participate in the fifty-seventh session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD57). The CSocD57 will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from […]

Statement of the GCSPF to the Conference USP2030

On 11th February 2019 / Activities, Statements

Download here the pdf version of this Statement. Thank you very much for the opportunity to contribute to this conference and to share some thoughts on behalf of the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors. The Global Coalition is a network of over 100 civil society organizations, […]