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Social protection
Social protection encompasses a wide range of policies and activities in different areas that are geared towards the exercise of economic, social and cultural rights in the labour market, and in relation to nutrition, health systems, pensions and care provision, as well as seeking to ensure decent levels of income. A key to evaluating social protection systems is to determine if they contribute to furthering economic, social and cultural rights and how they respond to the dynamics of risks and their social distribution: in other words, whether protection systems diversify risk, and whether they widen or narrow the gaps between income, individual risk and desired levels of protection. From this perspective, as part of its research work and the technical assistance it provides to countries in the region, the Social Development Division analyses and evaluates social protection and makes policy proposals aimed at building coordinated and inclusive systems grounded in citizens’ rights.
Activities
Seminario: "Políticas de cuidados en el marco de los sistemas de…
Súmese a este seminario que busca generar un espacio para el intercambio regional sobre los principales aprendizajes y desafíos para el diseño e implementación de políticas de cuidado en el marco de los sistemas de protección social.
International Seminar "Challenges of social registers and forms of…
Participate in this event that aims to contribute to this capacity-building by offering a space for exchange, learning, and technical capacity enhancement for MAST officials, its autonomous bodies, and state institutions involved in implementing the PNPPS.
Side event "The Expansion of Social Registries to Advance the…
The side event will address the challenges for social registers to have up-to-date and timely information required to confront shocks, disasters and the impacts of the climate crisis, assuring access to universal social protection, specially, for population groups with higher levels of vulnerability. Special emphasis will be placed on information and indicators for social protection policies that foster labour inclusion strategies, thus ensuring the livelihoods of this group and strengthen their resilience strategies for future shocks. The event is organised in the framework of the ECLAC-BMZ/giz Project “Productive, ecological and socially just economic transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean”.
Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development "Social Protection and…
The objective of this seminar, organized by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is to promote reflection and dialogue to advance in the recognition, analysis of the characteristics and dimensioning of social inequality in the region. Therefore, it seeks to strengthen the design of public policies that allow progress in inclusive social development and thus progress in meeting the goals agreed by the countries in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
News
Second Meeting of the Working Group "Promoting Labour Inclusion through Social Protection"
Outstanding participation of representatives from the Ministries of Social Development and Labour in a meeting on monotax regimes in the region as a tool for labour inclusion and social protection.
Se realizó Seminario de Alto Nivel sobre fortalecimiento del sistema de protección social en el Paraguay
El 27 de mayo de 2025 se llevó a cabo este evento en el cual participaron autoridades y funcionarios/as del país, referentes de Municipios priorizados de la Mesa de protección Social, representantes de la sociedad civil, academia y organismos internacionales.
ECLAC Supports Haiti in the Process of Implementing its National Social Protection Policy
On June 21-22, an international seminar took place in Port-au-Prince with the aim of addressing the Caribbean country’s implementation of the National Policy for Social Protection and Promotion.
La CEPAL y el Programa Supérate de la República Dominicana articulan esfuerzos para fortalecer el sistema de protección social con enfoque en inclusión laboral
En el marco de la misión de asistencia técnica desarrollada entre los días 18 y 20 de marzo, se abordaron las oportunidades para reforzar las capacidades del programa Supérate en materia de inclusión laboral y mejorar la coordinación entre las instituciones públicas involucradas en el sistema de protección social dominicano.
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Infografia Agenda Regional de Desarrollo Social Inclusivo
La ARDSI es un instrumento técnico y político que busca avanzar hacia la implementación de la dimensión social del desarrollo sostenible y la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en los países…
