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• Action plan for the Yaoundé Tripartite Declaration on the implementation of the Social Protection Floor - 149 Kb
  Following the discussions during the 2nd African Decent Work Symposium in 2010 and those during the 100th ILC in 2011, this document sets out a plan of action as requested by the Yaoundé Tripartite Declaration, to be reviewed by ILO delegates at the 12th African Regional Meeting.
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• Report IV(1) - Social protection floors for social justice and a fair globalization - 1337 Kb
  The Governing Body has placed a standard-setting item on the agenda of the 101st Session (2012) of the International Labour Conference (ILC) on social protection (social security), with a view to the elaboration of an autonomous Recommendation on the social protection floor (single discussion). This summary report provides information on the law and practice concerning the establishment of a social protection floor or elements thereof at national level, including an overview of the main developments and emerging trends worldwide. This report, accompanied by a questionnaire, was communicated to governments of the member States of the ILO which were invited to send their replies to the Office no later than 1st November 2011.
• International Labour Conference ends with a commitment to establish national social protection floors
  The extension of social security to all has moved a decisive step forward. At its 100th Session, the International Labour Conference has adopted a Resolution on social protection (social security) which reconfirms the role of social security as a human right and a social and economic necessity for countries at all levels of development. The Conference noted the need for a new Recommendation complementing existing ILO international social security standards "that would provide flexible but meaningful guidance to member States in building Social Protection Floors within comprehensive social security systems tailored to national circumstances and level of development."
• Report VI - Social security for social justice and a fair globalization - 3402 Kb
  This report seeks to inform the debate during the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference in 2011 by providing: an overview of the present state of social security around the world; an identification of the main social security challenges; an overview of national and ILO responses to the challenges; and suggestions for the direction of future ILO action.

Highlights

• Social Protection Floor For All: An Interview with Her Excellency, Michelle Bachelet
  21 March 2011 - Mrs Michelle Bachelet, Chairperson of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group and Executive Director of UN Women, discusses how the implementation of social protection floors can offer an effective response to the increasing demands for social justice in many countries. Mrs Bachelet was the key speaker during a workshop organized at the International Labour Office about the Social Protection Floor (SPF). She was also in Geneva to chair the second meeting of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group.
• Social Protection: An Interview with the ILO's Social Security Director, Michael Cichon
  16 November 2010 - With the launch of the ILO's World Social Security Report 2010, ILO TV interviews Michael Cichon, Director of the ILO Social Security Department. The report examines the current state of social security across the world and the positive impact that a social protection floor can have as a social and economic stabilizer, particularly in times of crisis. Michael Cichon argues that all countries can put some basic social protection measures in place. 'We have a saying in the social security department: there is nobody too poor to share,' he says.

Key resources

• Social Security Policy Briefings
  The Social Security Policy Briefings series is produced in the framework of the Global campaign on social security and coverage for all; it aims to set out the views of the Social Security Department in areas of particular importance, and so provide guidance to ILO member countries in the formulation of their social security policies.