e-Newsletter GCSPF #123 - WSSD2

e-GCSPF # 123 - October 2025 - WSSD2
   
 

The Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors at the World Summit

   
 

We are are pleased to share with you some important information about the GCSPF and its members engagement at the Second World Summit for Social Development, that will take place in Doha, Qatar, from 4 to 6 November 2025.

   
   
   
 

Political Declaration

   
 
   
   
   
 

Programme

   
 

The Official Programme of the Summit will take place from 4 to 6 November 2025.

The Parallel Programme will take place from 3 to 6 November, 2025.

Please check the full programme.

Events related to SOCIAL PROTECTION.

   
   
   
 

Civil Society Forum

   
 

The Civil Society Forum will take place from 5 to 6 November 2025. The Forum will be livestreamed on UN Web TV.

The Opening Panel, from 9-10am on 5 November. Please click here for the program.

The Featured Events: ten events running consecutively over 5 & 6 November, each corresponding to a Commitment of the 1995 Copenhagen Declaration & Programme for Action. Please click here for the program.

The Closing Panel on 6 November from 2-3pm. Please click here for the program.

   
   
   
 

GCSPF at the WSSD2

   
 

The Global Coalition contribution to the outcome document of the WSSD2.
Achieving Global Social Justice. Key messages and recommended policies to achieve universal social protection and its financing

SIDE EVENTS. The Global Coalition will co-host sessions with members, allies and civil society.

   
   
   
 

Online panel discussion: Shifting the paradigm: centring care society and social protection for social development

   
 
This virtual event will explore how universal social protection and strong care systems are essential to building inclusive, resilient societies.
This official solution session is jointly organised by Make Mothers Matter, GI-ESCR, CIPPEC, and OHCHR, with support from Human Rights Watch, the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF) and the Global Alliance for Care. Read more
Monday, November 3rd
16:00-17:30 Doha / 14:00-15:30 Paris / 8:00-9:30 New York
Online - Registration
   
   
   
 

“Universal Social Protection for a Just, Sustainable and Inclusive Future- Financing, Implementation, and Intergenerational Solidarity”

   
 

Join us for the official virtual solution session that will build on that momentum, positioning Universal Social Protection systems and their foundation of Social Protection Floors (USPFs) not as a standalone technical goal for the Summit outcome and also but as the transformative pillar for climate resilience, gender equality, intergenerational solidarity, and inclusive economic recovery. Read more
Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
3:00 to 4:30 pm, Qatar Time Virtual - Online - Registration

   
   
 

"Decent work and employment opportunities: Action-oriented approaches to empower future generations of women and girls"

   
 

Join us in the Solutions Session (Side-Event) "Decent work and employment opportunities: Action-oriented approaches to empower future generations of women and girls" at the second UN World Summit for Social Development, Doha Qatar (November 4-6, 2025)
Thursday, November 6th, 2025
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm (Doha Time)
Room 1 (Exhibition Hall 5), QNNC Read more

   
   
   
 

Our members' side-events at the WSSD2

   
 

“Disability-Inclusive Social Protection across Generations: Advancing Social Inclusion and Poverty Eradication”

   
 

CBM’s event will introduce the concept of informal social protection and explore ways to integrate it with formal systems. It will address the diverse and intersecting barriers faced by persons with disabilities of all ages and highlight inclusive strategies from various national contexts. The panel brings together government representatives, practitioners, and self-advocates, offering a range of perspectives and expertise.
Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
4:45–6:00 PM in Room 1 QNNC - Read more

   
   
   
 

“Cross-Sectoral Partnerships and Solutions to End Child Poverty: Lessons and Actions”

   
 

The co-chairs of the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty, UNICEF and Save the Children, invite to this session that will spotlight lessons from Bangladesh, Brazil, China and South Africa, and aims to mobilize collective action among governments, multilateral agencies, and civil society to scale up cross-sectoral solutions and coordination to tackle and end child poverty. A key focus will be on the role of social protection, particularly child benefits, in driving positive impacts across sectors such as health and education.
Wednesday, November 5, 10:00-11:15 (GMT+3)
QNCC, Exhibition Hall 5, Room 3) - Read more

   
   
 

Driving inclusive growth - Policy levers for full and productive employment

   
 

Decent Work for Social Justice and Gender Equality. ITUC side-event at the World Summit for Social Development.
Wednesday, November 5- 1 pm (UTC+3), Room 14, CSO Forum - Read more

   
   
   
 

Beyond Symbolism and Rhetoric: Ensuring meaningful and deliberative participation and partnerships with the people furthest behind

   
 

The International Movement ATD Fourth World and UNRISD invite you to watch the webinar. espite the decades-old attempts towards the eradication of extreme poverty, progress is fragile and unequal, with many policies and programmes failing because they often neglect the voices and experiences of people living in poverty. Lack of participation is now recognized as one of the main causes of ineffectiveness of these policies. Read more
Wednesday, November 5 - 3 pm to 4:30 pm CET
Register here

   
   
   
 

GCAP events

   
 

GCAP will co-host several sessions. Read more

   
   
   
 

Putting Ageing at the Heart of Social Development at the Doha World Summit

   
 

HelpAge International and the HelpAge global network will be in Doha to make one simple point: social development will only succeed when older people are fully included.
HelpAge will speak at and co-host sessions with allies across the UN system and civil society to turn commitments into action. Read more

   
   
 
 

INSP!R Network’s Statement

   
 

INSP!R Network’s Statement on the road to the WSSD2.
Read more

   

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Civil Society Call for a Global Fund for Social Protection

Civil society organizations and trade unions unite to call for a Global Fund for Social Protection to protect the most vulnerable.

Social Security for All

Civil society organizations and trade unions call governments and international financial institutions to make a commitment to create social security systems that enable everyone to realize their rights. Governments and financial institutions should end policies that have been failing millions of people.

SP&PFM Programme

The programme Improving Synergies Between Social Protection and Public Finance Management provided medium-term support to multiple countries aiming to strengthen their social protection systems at a national level and ensure sustainable financing. The programme aimed to support countries in their efforts towards achieving universal social protection coverage.
This initiative was implemented jointly by the ILO, Unicef, and the GCSPF.

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