The recording of the official virtual solution session “Universal Social Protection for a Just, Sustainable and Inclusive Future- Financing, Implementation, and Intergenerational Solidarity” is now available. The solution session took place on November 4th, 2025 in the framework of the WSSD2.
Speakers
Moderator: Paul Ladd, former Head of UNRISD (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development) and currently Director of Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region.
Isabel Ortiz - Director Global social justice "Advancing Global Social Justice: Solutions to Tackle Inequality and Finance Universal, Inclusive Social Protection"Background and Rationale
UN Deputy Secretary-General or other high-level UN representative – Global leadership and multilateral commitments.
Mr. Lok Bahadur Thapa, Ambassador of Nepal to the UN - “Regional Leadership and Multilateral Support for Social Protection in LDCs”
Government Representative from Tanzania - “National Pathways to Achieving Universal Social Protection: Policy, Practice, and Political Commitment”
Christina Behrendt – ILO “The role of the ILO in advancing the implementation and monitoring of social protection systems, including floors"
Prof. Sony Pellissery, Professor at NSLIU, Bangalore - “Universal Social Protection in South Asia: Challenges, Innovations, and the Way Forward”
Gray Panthers - “Social Protection Across Generations: Dignity for Older Persons and Intergenerational Solidarity”
Beena Pallical – Co-Chair Global Forum on Communities Discriminated by Work and Descent (GFoD) - “Innovative and Ethical Financing: Towards a Global Fund for the Most Marginalized”.
Organiser: Government of United Republic of Tanzania
UN Organisations: International Labour Organization (ILO), Universal Social Protection 2030 Partnership (USP 2030)
Co-Organisers: Awaz Centre for Development Services, LDC Watch, Global Forum of communities Discriminated by Work and Decent (GFoD), African Platform for Social Protection (APSP), NGO Federation of Nepal (NFN), CIVICUS, Tax Justice Network, Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), Asia Dalit Rights Forum (ADRF), South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE), Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF), Pakistan Development Alliance, Global Social Justice (GSJ), Asia Development Alliance.
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