Resources on social protection

  1. The ILO BRMM Programme Digital Publication

    05 October 2023

    The ILO Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) Programme Phase I progress review, from September 15, 2021, to June 30, 2022

  2. Advancing decent work for social justice – a high-level event in Tashkent

    21 February 2023

    Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent hosted a high-level event with the participation of the representatives of the International Labour Organization (ILO), government, workers’ and employers’ organizations to touch basis on achievements, challenges and plans for improvement in ensuring decent work for social justice in Uzbekistan.

  3. ILO holds kick-off briefing session for the project on the social and solidarity economy in Kyrgyzstan

    20 December 2022

    The briefing session was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to introduce the Strengthening the Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia project to the ILO Constituents and social and solidarity economy (SSE) partners. The participants in the session included representatives from related government ministries, workers’ organizations, SSE institutions, and other relevant stakeholders.

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    The new EU Directive on minimum wage sets a dual goal

    16 November 2022

    In seeking to reduce working poverty and inequality, it focuses on improving the adequacy of statutory minimum wages as well as the promotion of collective bargaining.

  5. ILO participates in the conference “Social Economy: Primacy of People”

    29 July 2022

    The first event of the Monitoring Committee of the Luxembourg Declaration under the Italian Presidency took place in Trento at the presence of national, European and international organizations’ representatives.

  6. ILO and Portugal sign cooperation agreement on Social Protection

    17 June 2022

    On Tuesday 14 June in the framework of a High-Level Conference organized by the ILO Office in Lisbon and the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security of Portugal, the International Labour Organization has signed a cooperation agreement with the Strategic and Planning Office of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security of Portugal to implement the Phase 3 of the ACTION/Portugal project on “Strengthening of Social Protection Systems in the PALOP and Timor-Leste".

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    Albania faces a growing need of long-term care for its elderly population

    07 June 2022

    According to a recent ILO study, at least 91 thousand elderly in Albania are in need of long-term care. Less than 2 percent of them are currently receiving formal long-term care services and most of them rely on family members, in particular unpaid female carers. With a rapidly ageing population and continual out-migration, Albania is facing an imminent challenge to ensure access to affordable and quality care services for all elderly in need.

  8. ILO and UNTFSSE participate at Catalysing Change Week 2022

    17 May 2022

    The Director of the Enterprises Department of the ILO and Chair of the UN Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE), Mr Vic Van Vuuren has participated in the Catalysing Change Week 2022, an international event to unlock and accelerate the potential of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE).

  9. Select References - Decent Work & Social and Solidarity Economy

    04 May 2022

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    Social protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina at a crossroads: Challenges and key policy issues

    03 May 2022

    The recent ILO report says that the social protection system in Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing formidable challenges stemming from insufficient investment in closing the social protection gaps, inefficient resource allocation, and persistent inequalities, particularly in terms of gender. The COVID-19 pandemic has further underscored the critical importance of building a comprehensive and resilient social protection system.