Social protection responses to COVID-19 [Task force] | socialprotection.org

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The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and its consequences across the world are truly unpresented: health care systems are becoming increasingly under pressure; countries are closing down their borders; public life is being brought down to a minimum; economies are experiencing significant slow-downs, threatening especially the survival of small businesses and those in the informal sector; schools and child care centres are being closed, calling for alternative care; and many more.

The wide-ranging consequences of COVID-19 require responses that go far beyond the health sector, including measures to assist people in need and protect them against falling into poverty due to the pandemic. Against this background, social protection measures become once more important. The virus will be a test for the world´s social protection systems, raising questions such as: how can social protection programmes help cushion the loss of income, especially among those that were already working in precarious jobs? How can social protection assist those who are more likely to get seriously ill due to COVID-19, such as the elderly? Also, how can the food security of millions of children be secured when they are not receiving school meals due to the shut-down of schools?

Against this background, this Online Community was created to compile the latest responses to these questions, show casting how countries across the world are responding to the COVID-19 crisis through social protection measures. The community also offers a space to discuss what else needs to be done in order to make countries´ social protection systems more responsive in crisis contexts in more general.

This joint effort was initiated by the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of Australia. We welcome anyone interested in the topic to join and share their thoughts and relevant materials.

Learn more on how to collaborate here.

Community Resources

1. How can I support the COVID-19 task force? |EN| |ES| |FR|

2. Webinar Series: Social protection responses to COVID-19

3. Related webinars: COVID-19 and social protection

4. Newsletter: Social protection in times of COVID-19

5. News and resources from: East Asia & Pacific

6. News and resources from: Europe & Central Asia

7. News and resources from: Latin America & Caribbean

8. News and resources from: Middle East & North Africa

9. News and resources from: North America

10. News and resources from: South Asia

11. News and resources from: Sub-Saharan Africa

12. Global news and resources

13. Links to other mappings, assessments and resources

14. Expert advice helpline (SPACE)

15. Collaborators in this initiative - a thank you note

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Thu, 28/05/2020 - 19:08

Social Protection in times of #COVID19 | Issue #10 is available!

Dear colleagues, We invite you to access here the last edition of the Social Protection in times of #COVID19 Newsletter. On this edition, we would like to highlight a new page on our related Online Community. It features the Social...

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Thu, 28/05/2020 - 12:26

[Available!] Recording and PPT Webinar #12: Impact of COVID-19 on public works programs: policy options in the short and medium-term

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Wed, 27/05/2020 - 06:49

Q&A Webinar #10: Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Coronavirus Crisis – Challenges and Responses: maintaining essential health services while responding to COVID-19

Please see below the questions and comments from the audience. We invite you all to send your comments and let us know if you have any further questions on the topic. Question 1: Concerning UHC in South Korea: is there a user-fee exemption...

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Tue, 26/05/2020 - 18:40

Register for Webinar #13: Identification and registration of beneficiaries for SP responses in the wake of COVID-19: challenges and opportunities

Dear colleagues, Join us for the Webinar #13 : Identification and registration of beneficiaries for SP responses in the wake of COVID-19: challenges and opportunities. It will happen on 2 June, 2020 at 09:00 GMT+2 .Click here to register...

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Thu, 21/05/2020 - 15:57

Social Protection in times of #COVID19 | Issue #9 is available!

Dear colleagues, We invite you to access here the last edition of the Social Protection in times of #COVID19 Newsletter. This week, we would like to highlight and thank everyone involved, including those who are mapping important materials...

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Wed, 20/05/2020 - 18:13

15. Collaborators in this initiative - a thank you note

Collaborators to this initiative—a ‘thank you’ note The COVID-19 outbreak has affected the world in unprecedented ways and its ramifications are still not fully known. As social protection is being increasingly recognised as an essential...

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Tue, 19/05/2020 - 18:31

Register for Webinar #12: Impact of COVID-19 on public works programs: policy options in the short and medium-term

Dear colleagues, We invite you to register to Webinar #12 : Impact of COVID-19 on public works programs: policy options in the short and medium-term, to occur on 26 May, 2020 - 08:00 EDT/GMT-4 . Click here to register. The webinar will...

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Tue, 19/05/2020 - 18:01

[Available!] Recording and PPT Webinar #11: Impacts of COVID-19 on care politics

The recording and the PPT presented during the Webinar #11 : Impacts of COVID-19 on care politics are available. Please, visit the OC's Webinar Series page to acess them.

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Tue, 19/05/2020 - 03:21

Q&A Webinar #8: COVID-19 Experience of Countries ahead of the Global Curve: Country-to-Country Learning and South-South Cooperation

Please see below the questions and comments from the audience. We invite you all to send your comments and let us know if you have any further questions on the topic. Cluster 1: Questions on national/regional level response to COVID-19...

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Mon, 18/05/2020 - 19:14

14. Expert advice helpline (SPACE)

Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19 – Expert advice helpline (SPACE) Are you representing a government department that is working to deliver social protection responses to COVID-19? Would unbiased expertise and evidence help you make...

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Fri, 15/05/2020 - 05:29

Q&A Webinar #9: Social protection financing in the wake of COVID-19 and beyond.

Please see below the questions and comments from the audience. We invite you all to send your comments and let us know if you have any further questions on the topic. Question 1 (Meried Mengesha): In my opinion the big challenge to finance...

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Thu, 14/05/2020 - 17:43

Check the May newsletter (Special Edition COVID-19) - Formal and informal workers’ crisis response in the face of COVID-19

Dear colleagues, Take a time to read the May edition of our monthly newsletter! Click here to access it. This month, our newsletter is dedicated to formal and informal workers worldwide, who have probably faced the most adverse...

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Wed, 13/05/2020 - 19:49

Register to the Webinar #11: Impacts of COVID-19 on care politics

Dear colleagues, On Tuesday, 19 May, 2020 - 09:00 EDT/GMT-4, participate with us in the webinar ' Impacts of COVID-19 on care politics '. You can click here to register. The current Covid-19 crisis is having and will continue to have clear...

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Mon, 11/05/2020 - 12:56

Register to the Webinar #10: Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Coronavirus Crisis – Challenges and Responses: maintaining essential health services while responding to COVID-19

Dear colleagues, On Tuesday, 12 May, 2020 at 08:00 EDT/GMT-4, we invite you to participate in the webinar "Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Coronavirus Crisis – Challenges and Responses: maintaining essential health services while...

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Thu, 07/05/2020 - 14:34

Social Protection in times of #COVID19 | Issue #7 is available!

Dear colleagues, We invite you to access here the seventh edition of the Social Protection in times of #COVID19 Newsletter. Please, also note that we are looking for volunteers for being involved in the task force initiative! You can find...

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Thu, 07/05/2020 - 06:45

Q&A Webinar #6: Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on employment: (potential) solutions for informal/self-employed workers

Please see below the questions and comments from the audience. We invite you all to send your comments and let us know if you have any further questions on the topic. Question 1: Why does PR China have such a large group of informal...

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Tue, 05/05/2020 - 13:25

Q&A Webinar #7: Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on formal sector workers: (potential) social protection and employment responses

Please see below the questions and comments from the audience. We invite you all to send your comments and let us know if you have any further questions on the topic. Q1: What can work for developing countries or middle income. countries...

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Mon, 04/05/2020 - 18:05

Register to the Webinar #9: Social protection financing in the wake of COVID-19 and beyond.

Dear colleague, Participate in our next webinar, Social protection financing in the wake of COVID-19 and beyond. It will happen on 5 May, 2020 at 09:00 EDT/GMT-4 . Please, click here to register. The webinar will discuss the following...

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Mon, 04/05/2020 - 11:45

Q&A Webinar #5: Lessons learned and Opportunities: Linking social protection systems to humanitarian cash in a pandemic

Questions and comments from the audience. We invite you all to send your comments and let us know if you have any further questions on the topic. Please note that questions are a mix of ‘regular’ cash and voucher assistance (which have...

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Thu, 30/04/2020 - 15:10

Social Protection in times of #COVID19 | Issue #6 is available!

In this recent issue you will find a variety of sources which bring the social protection responses for the crisis that the disease has caused worldwide. Please, click here to access it.

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Wed, 29/04/2020 - 15:10

Register to the Webinar #8: COVID-19 Experience of Countries ahead of the Global Curve: Country-to-Country Learning and South-South Cooperation

Dear colleagues, Joins us for the COVID-19 Experience of Countries ahead of the Global Curve: Country-to-Country Learning and South-South Cooperation webinar by clicking here . It will occur on Thursday, 30 April, 2020 - 08:00 EDT/GMT-4...

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Mon, 27/04/2020 - 12:05

Register to the webinar #7: Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on formal sector workers: (potential) social protection and employment responses

Dear colleagues, We invite you to register to the 7th webinar of the “Social protection responses to COVID-19” webinar series, Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on formal sector workers: (potential) social protection and employment responses...

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Thu, 23/04/2020 - 10:21

Q&A Webinar #3: Social protection responses to COVID-19: Actions that can make a difference for older people

Please see below the questions and comments received during the webinar and their respective answers. We invite you all to send your comments and let us know if you have any further questions on the topic. Q1 (Sahra Mohamed) What about the...

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Tue, 21/04/2020 - 07:31

Q&A webinar #4: G2P Payments in COVID-19 context: Key areas of action and experiences from country emergency actions

Please see below all questions and comments received during the webinar and their respective answers. We invite you all to send your comments and let us know if you have any further questions on the topic. Q1 (Gabriel Fernandez) How did...

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Mon, 20/04/2020 - 18:52

Register to the webinar #6: Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on employment: (potential) solutions for informal/ self-employed workers

This webinar will occur on 21 April, 2020 - 09:00 EDT/GMT-4. Please, click here to register. It aims to discuss how the different groups of informal workers and self-employed are being impacted by the crisis. Moreover, the different social...

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Thu, 16/04/2020 - 19:31

Webinar #5: Recording and PPT available

The recording and the PPT of Webinar #5 : Lessons learned and Opportunities: Linking SP systems to humanitarian cash in a pandemi are available! Take a time to access the OC's page Webinar Series: Social protection responses to COVID-19 to...

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Mon, 13/04/2020 - 12:46

socialprotection.org webinar: G2P Payments in COVID-19 context

Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to attend the webinar part of the “Social protection responses to COVID-19” webinar series , " G2P Payments in COVID-19 context: Key areas of action and experiences from country emergency...

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Mon, 13/04/2020 - 01:30

Q&A Webinar #2 "How can social protection systems respond to the COVID-19 crisis?"

We are posting here 12 questions that were not answered by the panellists during the Webinar on "How can social protection systems respond to the COVID-19 crisis?" so that we can start a discussion around them. Question 1: Hello, could you...

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Wed, 08/04/2020 - 12:42

Social Protection in times of #COVID19 | Issue #3 is available!

In this issue of our COVID-19 special newsletter (NL), you will find news, legal documents, reports and other relevant materials from all over the world on social protection initiatives dealing with the disease’s social and economic...

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Wed, 01/04/2020 - 16:54

Socialprotection.org Webinar - How can social protection systems respond to the COVID-19 crisis?

Dear members, We would like to invite you for the second webinar of the “Social protection responses to COVID-19” webinar series , to occur on April 7 at 06:00 EDT/GMT-4: How can social protection systems respond to the COVID-19 crisis? To...

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Fri, 27/03/2020 - 21:54

Informal hangout on SP and CVA in the context of COVID-19

Dear SP.org members, As much as we would love to get everyone off their screens, this is our new reality…. …as is the proliferation of information on the cash and social protection side in the context of COVID-19. For a very quick round up...

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Thu, 26/03/2020 - 19:31

13. Links to other mappings, assessments and resources

Africa Center for Strategic Studies Mapping Risk Factors for the Spread of COVID-19 in Africa Asian Development Bank (ADB) COVID-19 Effects BRAC University Global COVID-19 pandemic CaLP CVA and COVID-19: key resources Cambridge University...

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Tue, 24/03/2020 - 20:41

Explore the 'Social protection response to COVID-19' OC!

Welcome to the joint and collaborative initiative “Social protection response to COVID-19”. We invite you to explore the materials available within this Online Community by navigating through the different pages placed on the "Community...

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Tue, 24/03/2020 - 13:45

12. Global news and resources

Global Blog Fiscal Policies to Protect People During the Coronavirus Outbreak | 05 March | International Monetary Fund From pandemics to poverty: the implications of coronavirus for the furthest behind | 10 March | Overseas Development...

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11. News and resources from: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa Angola Brief Impacto Socioeconómico da Pandemia Covid-19 Em Angola | April 2020 | UNDP News Article Nações Unidas reprogramam 12,5 milhões de dólares para combate à pandemia em Angola | 14 April | África 21 Digital Cabo...

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10. News and resources from: South Asia

South Asia Bangladesh Blog How BRAC Microfinance is responding to the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh | 05 April | BRAC Bangladesh - COVID-19: corona testing kits and food distribution | 09 April | Asia Network on the Right to Social...

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Mon, 23/03/2020 - 14:45

9. News and resources from: North America

North America Canada Government Information The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) | 11 April | Government of Canada News Article Trudeau unveils $27-billion in aid, $55-billion of tax deferrals in coronavirus response | 18 March | The...

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8. News and resources from: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa Afghanistan Government Information Press Realease | April 2020 | Afghanistan’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations News Article Afghanistan’s surging unemployment triggered by Coronavirus outbreak | 18...

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7. News and resources from: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean Antigua & Barbuda Government Information Extension of School Closure | 25 March | Ministry of Education Argentina Brief Impacto Social y Económico de la COVID-19 y Opciones de Políticas en Argentina | 06...

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Mon, 23/03/2020 - 14:43

6. News and resources from: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia Albania News Article Coronavirus in Albania Poses Challenge to People without Savings | 13 March | Albanian Daily News PM Signs Order to Postpone Payment of Loans | 17 March | Albanian Daily News Armenia News...

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Mon, 23/03/2020 - 14:40

5. News and resources from: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific Australia Government Information Coronavirus (COVID-19) information and support | 23 March | Australian Government - Department of Social Services $1.1 billion to support more mental health, medicare and domestic...

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Mon, 23/03/2020 - 13:41

4. Newsletter: Social protection in times of COVID-19

The Newsletters are launched weekly and made available on this page: Social Protection in times of #COVID19 | Issue #1 (25 March 2020) Social Protection in times of #COVID19 | Issue #2 (1 April 2020) Social Protection in times of #COVID19...

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Mon, 23/03/2020 - 13:40

3. Related webinars: COVID-19 and social protection

In this page you can find other webinars related to social protection and COVID-19. Upcoming webinars Protecting the Lives and Livelihoods of Women and Girls During the COVID-19 Pandemic (May 28, 09:30 EST) // Organizer: World Bank Group...

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Mon, 23/03/2020 - 13:37

2. Webinar Series: Social protection responses to COVID-19

Upcoming webinars: Webinar #13 : Identification and registration of beneficiaries for SP responses in the wake of COVID-19: challenges and opportunities ( 2 June, 2020 - 09:00 GMT+2 ). Click here to register. Past webinars: Webinar #1:...

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1. How can I support the COVID-19 task force? |EN| |ES| |FR|

Social protection response to COVID-19 initiative Index How can I support the COVID-19 task force? (EN) ¿Cómo puedo apoyar al grupo de trabajo COVID-19? (ES) Comment puis-je soutien le COVID-19 détachement spécial? (FR) How can I support...