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Welcome to the EU-SPS pages at Socialprotection.org ! To access the EU-SPS Guidance videos and Briefing notes on social protection related capacity development, please click on the ‘Community Resources’ menu below.

The EU-SPS work on social protection capacity development was managed by THL, Government of Finland’s expert institute on health and social protection. THL conceived the EU-SPS as an ‘Innovation Fund’. The programme gave an opportunity to innovate, test and document various new approaches that could potentially be scaled up by the EU-Commission and EU-Member States to support the systematization of capacity strengthening among domestic social protection professionals and their institutions. The EU-SPS videos (almost 100 in total) give a voice to well over 100 of them. Please take a listen!

When supporting capacity development, the EU-SPS Programme did not seek to implement 'best practices' in partner countries without sensitivity to context. Instead, it worked with local experts and stakeholders to find feasible and sustainable solutions for the specific country in question. This approach to capacity building could be described as a 'best-fit' approach.

The approach of EU-SPS to social protection was to promote comprehensive social policies. This means that social policy should be understood as the complete system made up by social assistance, social insurance, active labour market measures, and access to essential social services and care. To learn more, see the 'EU-SPS approach' page under 'Community Resources'.

See also the THL-Finland EU-SPS website

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EU-SPS overviews

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Capacity Development: Lessons Learned

Universal Access to Social Protection

The EU-SPS approach

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Tue, 30/04/2019 - 11:26

Comprehensive social policies with Whole-of-Government approach: Lessons learned and guidance to development partners from the Case of Namibia

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Fri, 26/04/2019 - 13:17

Overview of guidance and testimony documents (briefs and videos)

An overview document of EU-SPS guidance and testimony documents (both briefs and videos).

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Wed, 24/04/2019 - 11:16

EU-SPS overviews Systematization of Capacity Development for Social Protection in Africa and Asia: THL-Finland work under the EU-Social Protection Systems Programme Systematization of Capacity Development for Social Protection in Africa:...

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Tue, 23/04/2019 - 11:29

The EU-SPS approach

The key areas of action of the EU-SPS were the following: Social protection assessments and research The EU-SPS worked with national expert institutions in order to develop, adjust and apply analytic tools and approaches responding to...

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Wed, 17/04/2019 - 13:18

Experiences on TRANSFORM

Extracts from TRANSFORM Master Trainer testimonies, available on the EU-SPS/Outset YouTube channel .

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Wed, 17/04/2019 - 13:17

Experiences from Social Protection Curriculum Development (MA, BA, professional) at African Universities

Extracts from testimonies available on the EU-SPS/Outset YouTube channel .

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Mon, 15/04/2019 - 09:13

On this page you can find videos on different social protection topics: EU-SPS overviews The TRANSFORM programme Social protection curriculum development Inclusion of informal workers Seminars and webinars held under the EU-SPS programme...

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Mon, 15/04/2019 - 09:04

Disability Inclusion and Baby Box: EU-SPS support to social protection related capacity development in Kyrgyzstan 2017-2018

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Mon, 15/04/2019 - 09:03

Social protection for informal construction sector workers: Case Cambodia

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Mon, 15/04/2019 - 09:02

Creating social protection curricula in Zambia, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, for Africa regionally and online

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Mon, 15/04/2019 - 09:00

Systematization of Capacity Development for Social Protection in Africa: Lessons learned from the EU-Social Protection Systems Programme (EU-SPS)

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Fri, 12/04/2019 - 10:04

Universal Access to Social Protection

On this page will be updated EU-SPS insights on how universal access to social protection can benefit society as a whole and the diverse needs of individuals. Social protection for gender equality Universal and comprehensive social...

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Fri, 12/04/2019 - 10:03

Capacity Development: Lessons Learned

Whole-of-Government approach Access to social protection is a human right. Governments have the ultimate responsibility to ensure equal access, though they do not need to produce all the services alone. It is understood that eradication of...

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Fri, 12/04/2019 - 09:49

Research and Assessment

Social Protection in East Africa: Harnessing the Future This OECD report (April 2017) discusses the long-term financing of social protection in six East Africa countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The report...

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Fri, 12/04/2019 - 09:48

Systematization of Capacity Development for Social Protection in Africa and Asia: THL-Finland work under the EU-Social Protection Systems Programme

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Thu, 11/04/2019 - 11:06

EU-SPS overviews

These documents provide an overview of the actions taken under the EU-SPS programme. Systematization of Capacity Development for Social Protection in Africa and Asia: THL-Finland work under the EU-Social Protection Systems Programme...