Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors
- The Civil Society Training Manual on Public Financial Management for Social Protection by Barry Herman and Gemma Adaba published on May 2021.
This manual on PFM is part of the programme Improving Synergies Between Social Protection and Public Finance Management (SP&PFM) which provides medium-term support to multiple countries aiming to strengthen their social protection systems at a national level and ensure sustainable financing. Funded by the European Union (EU), the initiative is implemented jointly by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Unicef, and the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF), in collaboration with national partners and EU Delegations in each country. - “We are only as safe as the most vulnerable among us” – Strengthening public health and social protection systems in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, by Mira Bierbaum, Thomas Gebauer and Nicola Wiebe, Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2020, Shifting policies for systemic change Lessons from the global COVID-19 crisis.
- “SDG 1 – Applying human rights standards for the governance of social protection will unleash its transformative potential, by Sylvia Beales and Nicola Wiebe, Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors; Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2019: Reshaping governance for sustainability”. Global Civil Society Report on the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. The report is also available in Spanish, read the article “ODS 1. La Aplicación de las normas de derechos humanos a la gobernanza de la protección social permitirá aprovechar su potencial transformador”.
- Policy Brief “Social Protection: an essential building block to reduce inequality” was published in the framework of the HLPF on July 2019.
- Article “Hardly anyone is too poor to share” by Michael Cichon was published on the December 2018 edition of the IMF quarterly Finance & Development, which was dedicated to the theme “Rethinking the Social Contract”.
- Article “Reporting on SPF implementation to UN Organizations: Opportunities for national platforms” by Wouter van Ginneken on October 2018.
- Discussion paper “Sustainably Financing Social Protection Floors” Toward a Permanent Role in National Development Planning and Taxation by Barry Herman, the Global Coalition and Brot für die Welt, April 2018.
- SDG 1: Mobilize the financial means for social protection systems for all. By the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors
Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2018
Exploring new policy pathways. How to overcome obstacles and contradictions in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
Report by the Civil Society Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The report is also available in Spanish, read the article ODS 1. Financiar los sistemas de protección social para todos and in Arabic.
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)
- Social Protection Floor Index 2020.
- Video Social Protection Floor, Video with interviews Social Protection Floor.
- From international ivory towers to national realities: The challenge of creating national social dialogues for social protection floors. (2019). The book is available in English.
- Social Protection Floor Index. Update and Country Studies (2017). The SPF Index is available in English.
- Social Protection Floor Index: Monitoring National Social Protection Policy Implementation (2016). The SPF Index is available in English and Spanish.
- Civil Society Guide for National Social Protection Floors (SPFs) (2015). The guide is available in English, Spanish and French.
International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Social Protection Floors Recommendation, (No. 202) (2012)
- Building Social Protection Systems – International Standards and Human Rights Instruments (2017)
- Fiscal Space for Social Protection – Options to Expand Social Investments in 187 Countries, Isabel Ortiz, Matthew Cummins, Kalaivani Karunanethy, ESS Working Paper no. 48 (2015)
- World Social Protection Report 2014/2015
- Report IV(1): Social protection floors for social justice and a fair globalization (2012)
- Report IV(2A): Social protection floors for social justice and a fair globalization (2012)
- Report IV(2B): Social protection floors for social justice and a fair globalization (2012)
- Bachelet Report on Social Protection Floor (2011)
European Union (EU)
- Public Consultation:Social Protection in EU Development Cooperation Issues Paper (2011)
- Social Protection in EU Development Cooperation: Report on the Key Results of the Consultation with Stakeholders (2011)
Programme on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (PWESCR)
- Women and Social Security and Protection in India (2013)
- Social Security- A Woman’s Human Right (2008)
- Women & Social Security (2007)
Unicef
- Chapter 1: Integrated Social Protection Systems Enhancing Equity for Children
- Chapter 2: UNICEF’s Approach and Principles-SP
- Chapter 3: Addressing Economic and Social Vulnerabilities: Four key social protection components
- Chapter 4: Integrated Social Protection Systems
- Chapter 5: Key Policy Issues and Challenges in Implementing Integrated Social Protection Systems
- Chapter 6: Inclusive Social Protection
- Chapter 7: Key Emerging Areas for Social Protection
- Chapter 8: The Road Ahead
UNDP
- Social Protection in the Arab Region: Emerging Trends and Recommendations for Future Social Policy (2014)
World Bank
- The State of Social Safety Nets (2018)
- The State of Social Safety Nets (2014)
- The World Bank’s Social Protection and Labor Strategy (2012)
World Bank in cooperation with Human Development Africa