United Nations
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
International Seminar "Challenges of social registers and forms of payment of social protection programs in Haiti: opportunities to strengthen the capacities of MAST and SIMAST"
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 Implementation of Labour Inclusion Policies in the Face of a Reconfiguring Risk Structure"
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”.
Presentation of the book "Non-contributory pension systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards solidarity with sustainability"
Attend the launch of ECLAC's new publication on non-contributory pension systems in the region.
Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development "Social Protection and Inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean towards the Second World Summit for Social Development of 2025"
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
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.
Presentación del libro “Sistemas de pensiones no contributivos en América Latina y el Caribe: avanzar en solidaridad con sostenibilidad"
Súmese este 21 de enero al evento de presentación del libro de la CEPAL “Sistemas de pensiones no contributivos en América Latina y el Caribe: avanzar en solidaridad con sostenibilidad", a realizarse de manera conjunta con la Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social (CISS).
CEPAL participa en Seminario internacional "Pensión 65 en el contexto de las pensiones no contributivas en Latinoamérica"
El Director de la División de Desarrollo Social de la CEPAL, junto con el ministro del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social, el director ejecutivo de Pensión 65 y otras autoridades y líderes en materia de inclusión y desarrollo social del Perú participaron en este evento con motivo del 13avo aniversario de Pensión 65.
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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…
