Resources on social protection

  1. Making climate change socially just

    12 April 2022

    This presentation was jointly prepared by the ILO and the OECD for the 1st G7 Employment Task Force meeting under the German presidency. It highlights the role of social protection in making climate change socially just, as it can address some negative effects of climate change, as well as the intended and unintended consequences of climate change response measures. After drawing on some country experiences, it gives policy considerations for G7 countries regarding how to ensure a socially just transition.

  2. World Social Protection Report 2020-22: Regional companion report for Latin America and the Caribbean

    11 April 2022

    This regional companion report is intended to complement the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2020–22.

  3. Presentation of the Office Report on Decent work and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) - March 30, 2022 version

    04 April 2022

  4. Discussing the process followed in developing the Social and Solidarity Economy policy in South Africa

    01 April 2022

    On the 23rd March, the ILO, together with partners the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic), Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Government of Flanders, launched a report benchmarking the process followed in developing the social and solidarity economy policy, against international best practice.

  5. ILO and partners launch report into the Social and Solidarity in Economy in South Africa

    01 April 2022

    The results of a South African study conducted during consultations for the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Policy process, was launched by the ILO on the 28th March 2022 together with the South African government’s Department of Trade Industry and Competition, the Industrial Development Corporation and the Government of Flanders.

  6. ILO reflects on the Social and Solidarity Economy’s contribution to digital inclusion in Asia

    01 April 2022

    The ILO participated in a webinar organized by the Asian Roundtable for Social Protection, to discuss the intersection of digital technology, social and solidarity economy, and social protection in Asia and the Pacific.

  7. South Africa’s social and solidarity economy: Alignment of the policy with national, regional and international frameworks

    31 March 2022

    Social economy

  8. South Africa’s social and solidarity economy: An evaluation of the policy development process

    31 March 2022

    Social Economy

  9. EU action plan on social economy is launched with references to the work of the ILO and the UNTFSSE

    31 March 2022

    On 9 December 2021, after a process of consultation with citizens and stakeholders, the European Commission (EC) published the Social Economy Action Plan « Building an economy that works for people: an action plan for the social economy”.

  10. South Africa’s social and solidarity economy: A study of its characteristics and conditions

    28 March 2022

    Social Economy