Resources on social protection

  1. Improving Occupational Safety and Health and Access to Social Protection for Workers in the Agri-Business Sectors

    23 November 2023

    The project funded by Eni supports the improvement of occupational safety and health and access to social protection, in particular in the area of health, for workers in the agri-business supply chain of Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire.

  2. Estidama++ Fund – Extension of Coverage and Formalization in Jordan

    01 August 2023

    The Estidama++ Fund supports informal workers by aligning with international labor standards, providing subsidies and rewards, and enhancing social security inclusion for vulnerable workers.

  3. Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers: Exploratory Research and Policy Dialogue in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries

    11 June 2023

    Advancing the agenda of extending social protection to migrants in GCC countries by increasing knowledge of existing coverage gaps, facilitating dialogue between stakeholders in countries of origin and destination, and providing technical assistance to ongoing policy reforms.

  4. Expanding Social insurance for agricultural workers in the Arab region

    04 January 2023

    Creating space for dialogue between agencies and governments in the Middle East and North Africa is critical to identify options for the expansion of social protection for agricultural workers in the region.

  5. Understanding and improving women's work on digital labour platforms

    02 February 2022

    The project explores the experiences of women on digital labour platforms in multiple sectors of the economy in India, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda. It builds evidence on the emerging opportunities and challenges platforms create to provide guidance for ensuring decent working conditions on platforms.

  6. Promoting and Building Social Protection in Asia (Viet Nam - 4th phase)

    15 March 2021

    The project builds on the achievements made by the ILO/Japan project on 'promoting and building social protection in Asia (3rd phase): Extending social security coverage in ASEAN (2016 – 2019)' as well as other development cooperation projects.

  7. Improving Synergies between Social Protection and Public Finance Management

    01 October 2020

    This project aims to support the Government of Sri Lanka in extending social protection coverage to workers, both men and women, in the tourism sector.

  8. Dignità in campo in Italy

    28 July 2020

    The main aim of the project is to prevent new forms of labour exploitation in the agricultural sector and to promote new practices in social economy through pilot actions in two territories in Italy.

  9. JEUN’ESS: Promotion of Social and Solidarity Economy and Creation of Decent Jobs for Tunisian Youth

    11 May 2020

    The JEUN’ESS project aims to create decent jobs for young people in disadvantaged areas and support the transition to the formal economy through the promotion of the social and solidarity economy (SSE). The project proposes an approach based on the promotion and strengthening of collective entrepreneurship through SSE organizations and mechanisms.

  10. JEUN’ESS: Promotion of Social and Solidarity Economy and Creation of Decent Jobs for Tunisian Youth

    11 May 2020

    The JEUN’ESS project aims to create decent jobs for young people in disadvantaged areas and support the transition to the formal economy through the promotion of the social and solidarity economy (SSE). The project proposes an approach based on the promotion and strengthening of collective entrepreneurship through SSE organizations and mechanisms.

  11. HIV and AIDS - Unified Budget Results Accountability Framework (2018 – 2019)

    31 March 2020

    The ILO is a Cosponsor of the Joint Programme on HIV and AIDS which comprises the UNAIDS Secretariat and eleven UN Cosponsors. The Global overarching strategy of GED/ILOAIDS invests the limited resources most efficiently to achieve maximum impact. For the 2018 – 19 biennium, GED/ILOAIDS utilised its limited resources in a focussed manner, prioritising areas of work where concrete outcomes could be achieved.