Accelerating universal social protection for achieving the SDGs and ending poverty through strengthened governance and digital transformation
Reference
PDF-SDG-2022-02
Implementing Entity/ies
UNDESA, ILO
Collaborating Partners
UNRC system, UNCTs, ITC-ILO, national governments of China, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Tajikistan
Duration
June 2023 – May 2025
Location
Global, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Tajikistan
Approved Budget
$1,282,412
Description
Making the goal of universal social protection a reality is still a long way ahead. At the global level, 69.4 per cent of the world population does not have adequate social protection, and 53.1 per cent has no social protection at all. In Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Tajikistan, the exclusion is even larger with 87.9 and 73.4 per cent of the population having no income security in cases of old age, maternity, unemployment, and other life cycle and socioeconomic risks. Poor governance, lack of integrated policy responses, and insufficient and unsustainable financing of social protection are key issues for countries, including Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Tajikistan in their efforts to extend the coverage of social welfare to all.
The main objective of the project is thus to accelerate and extend universal social protection through strengthening policy design, administrative governance, and digital transformation of social protection systems in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Tajikistan, and promote lessons learned to benefit other countries in the Global South. The project will pursue a two-fold strategy. In the two focus countries, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Tajikistan, technical support will be provided through the ILO country offices to strengthen governance, social security administration and services, and technical capacities of institutions and practitioners, including through the promotion of connectivity and digitalization. In parallel, the project will develop a knowledge base of good practices as well as hands-on training modules on the digital transformation of social protection planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. These knowledge products will be useful for all countries and disseminated widely through the UNRC network, DESA and ILO websites, seminars/workshops, and training sessions as part of the course offer of the ILO International Training Centre in Turin.
The main objective of the project is thus to accelerate and extend universal social protection through strengthening policy design, administrative governance, and digital transformation of social protection systems in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Tajikistan, and promote lessons learned to benefit other countries in the Global South. The project will pursue a two-fold strategy. In the two focus countries, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Tajikistan, technical support will be provided through the ILO country offices to strengthen governance, social security administration and services, and technical capacities of institutions and practitioners, including through the promotion of connectivity and digitalization. In parallel, the project will develop a knowledge base of good practices as well as hands-on training modules on the digital transformation of social protection planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. These knowledge products will be useful for all countries and disseminated widely through the UNRC network, DESA and ILO websites, seminars/workshops, and training sessions as part of the course offer of the ILO International Training Centre in Turin.