ELEMENTS OF STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR

Global Network, Cape Town7 December 2012

BYAFRICAN LABOUR RESEARCH NETWORK

(ALRN)

Presentation Outline… Why Social Protection Strategy? Elements of Social Protection StrategyConclusion

What is the Power play?The global world can now be expressed into

three major players or forces that must shape society: the People (and the workers), the State (which suppose to be an expression of the people) and the Global Capital

TUs are acting in an environment where competing interests are constantly trying to influence and dominate public opinion.

(Source: ANSA, 2006)

Why TU SP Strategy...Development of clear strategies for engagement

and shift Trade Union focus from a narrow interest perspective to a broader and inclusive approach

The call for a coordinated regional strategy on Social Protection, driven by regional Trade Union bodies, can provide guidance and direction for national Trade Union Centres

The need to entrench social dialogue plus one as central for trade unions’ demand for comprehensive social policy shift.

The need to develop trade union evidence – based research capacity on Social Protection

Key Elements of SP Strategy Strategy 1: Collaborative engagement

across sectors and high-level of political commitment.

Creation of Social protection Technical Working Group or steering committee led by governments complimented by progressive development partners, civil society and the private sector

Key Elements of SP Strategy Strategy 2: Defining a National Social

Protection Floor The ILO sets a number of key principles that

would comprise a SPFNational broad-based workshop

Key Elements of SP Strategy Strategy 3: Policy Coherence and

Coordination: Inter-ministerial collaboration and co-ordination of all the ministries and stakeholders Advocate for the formation of Inter-ministerial

Key Elements of SP Strategy Strategy 4: Advocating for the review

and development of a comprehensive legislative frameworkCampaign the review and development

comprehensive legislative framework at national level

Key Elements of SP Strategy Strategy 5: Advocating for linking social

assistance to basic servicesStrengthen the tripartite structures in all

national economic forums

Key Elements of SP Strategy Strategy 6: Collection of disaggregated data

for monitoring implementation and evaluating the impact and progress on social inclusion.  Research and information includes identification

of information gaps and sponsoring research to fill these gaps (including human rights based situation analyses that includes causality, capacity and role pattern analysis, impact evaluations and economic analysis on the links between investment in social protection, poverty reduction, and the attainment of the MDGs),

Key Elements of SP Strategy Strategy 7: Sustainable funding for social

protection from both domestic and external resource mobilization, in particular resources that can facilitate scaling up of effective interventions.

Implementation of the national strategies would be measured in the short term through incorporation of social protection into national development plans, sector wide approaches and medium term expenditure frameworks.

Key Elements of SP Strategy  Strategy 8: Governance of social

protection systemsSupport towards the development of skills

and capacity of union representatives on Governance structures.

National Trade Union Centres’ should develop a Code of Good Conduct that will guide the participation of Trade Union representatives on Social Protection governance structures

Key Elements of SP Strategy Strategy 9: Extension of social protection to

informal workers and linking social protection to organising and advocacy

  Trade Union is to work with other stakeholders in developing specifically targeted programmes for the vulnerable groups in a comprehensive and coordinated fashion.

Campaigning for the creation of universal social benefits (e.g. through universal health benefits, old-age pensions or child-support payments would be one such example of this avenue for extension of social protection.

Extend coverage to informal workers.. 

Key Elements of SP Strategy   Strategy 10: Developing appropriate

Monitoring and Evaluations SystemsInitiate M & E capacity building in national

centres