"Social protection systems are a crucial fundament of society. Since consumption continues after retirement, particularly as individuals may be confronted with significant spending on medical treatment and other forms of care, saving for this consumption...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNECLAC
An integral part of the road to development is social development and protection, and when correctly integrated, the outcome wouldtransform all aspects of social relations. In order to have healthy and strong transformation, social safety net programs...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNECLAC
The CARICOM Agreement on Social Security was signed in Georgetown, Guyana on 1 March 1996 and came into effect on 1 April 1997. From this date persons can thus apply for benefits under the Agreement. The Agreement isintended to protect CARICOM Nationals’...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: Caribbean Community, CARICOM
Globally, the number, duration, and size of disasters and crises are on the rise. At the same time, the cost of emergency responses has been increasing, thus exerting further pressure on already limited resources. Concurrently, there is growing global...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: World Food Programme, WFP, Oxford Policy Management, OPM
The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) has described Latin America and the Caribbean as “a laboratory for climate action,” as world leaders gather in Madrid, Spain for the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25). But it is not just...
The 6th edition of the living paper is out! (For download: Country SP COVID responses_April23 ) As of April 23, 2020, a total of 151 countries (18 more since last week) have planned, introduced or adapted 684 social protection measures in response to...
Five United Nations agencies in the Eastern Caribbean are working together under the guidance of the UN Resident Coordinator on the Joint Programme entitled “Universal Adaptive Social Protection to Enhance Resilience and Acceleration of the Sustainable...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: International Labour Organization, ILO, United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, World Food Programme, WFP, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN Women, SDG Fund Joint Programme on Universal Adaptive Social Protection in the Eastern Caribbean
This is the official document describing the Joint Programme that contributes to the development of an adaptive1 and universal social protection system in Saint Lucia and Barbados through integrated policy development, programme design and service...
Instituciones y agencias involucradas: Saint Lucia - Government Profile, Barbados - National Insurance Scheme, NIS, International Labour Organization, ILO, United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, World Food Programme, WFP, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN Women, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, OECS, SDG Fund Joint Programme on Universal Adaptive Social Protection in the Eastern Caribbean
Every country in the world has been touched by COVID-19. Countries of the Eastern Caribbean, like many other Small Island Developing States, are especially vulnerable to the social and economic impacts of the crisis that is affecting all segments of the...
Editorial: SDG Fund Joint Programme on Universal Adaptive Social Protection in the Eastern Caribbean
The Caribbean is the most indebted region in the world and highly vulnerable to large-scale shocks including economic crises, public health emergencies, displacement and climate-related disasters. In a region where one in four people (24%) live in...
Organizador: Saint Lucia - Government Profile, Barbados - Central Bank of Barbados, International Labour Organization, ILO, United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, World Food Programme, WFP, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN Women, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, OECS, SDG Fund Joint Programme on Universal Adaptive Social Protection in the Eastern Caribbean