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| India, Brazil social security agreement | india, brazil | The Economic Times (16.03.2017) India and Brazil on Thursday initialed the finalised text of the Social Security Agreement taking forward the spirit of the Goa Declaration at the 8th BRICS Summit, outcomes of the meetings of BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers held on 9 June 2016 in Geneva… |
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/india-brazil-socia… | monitor | ||||||
| [Rapport] Big Data et nouvelles technologies....La protection sociale et la révolution numérique | france | miroirsocial.com (14.03.2017) Le CRAPS édite aujourd'hui son sixième cahier de propositions intitulé "Big data et nouvelles technologies, la protection sociale à l'heure de la révolution numérique". |
Information and communication technology | digital economy | http://www.miroirsocial.com/membre/fbrisard/post/big-data-et-nouvelles-technolo… | monitor | ||||
| Canadian province to give every citizen $1,320 income boost to overcome poverty | canada | The Independent (11.11.2016) One in five children live in poverty in Canada, according to Unicef, and a recent poll found two-thirds of Canadians open to the idea of basic income |
poverty | http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/canadian-province-to-give-ever… | monitor | |||||
| [Rapport] France: L'insertion professionnelle des jeunes | france | France Stratégie (24.01.2017) C’était une des onze mesures pour la jeunesse promises par le gouvernement au printemps 2016. La concertation en faveur de l’insertion professionnelle des jeunes, lancée en septembre dernier, s’est conclue mardi 24 janvier 2017 par la remise d’un rapport de… |
Employment of young workers | youth employment | http://www.strategie.gouv.fr/publications/linsertion-professionnelle-jeunes | monitor | ||||
| [Report] Starting strong: Implementation of the social SDGs in Latin America | latin america | Southern Voice on Post-MDGs Development Goals (23.11.2016) This research paper, commissioned as part of the series ‘Starting Strong: the first 1000 days of the SDGs’, identifies key actions toward addressing the unfinished business of the MDGs and how to reach those who are furthest behind in… |
poverty | http://southernvoice.org/starting-strong-implementation-of-the-social-sdgs-in-l… | monitor | |||||
| Greece Must Strengthen Social Safety Nets, OECD 'Going for Growth' Report Says | greece | Greek Reporter (18.03.2017) Greece must continue to strengthen social safety nets, ease regulation in network industries, enhance efficiency in public administration; improve the fairness and efficiency of its tax system and improve the quality of its education system. This is according to a… |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage | http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/03/18/greece-must-strengthen-social-safety… | monitor | ||||
| PAHO WHO: Minister of Health and Wellness of St. Lucia explores health collaboration with PAHO | PAHO (07.03.2017) Mary Isaac, the Minister of Health and Wellness of St. Lucia, is on a two-day visit to Pan American Health Organization headquarters here to explore health collaboration and outline work on priority public health issues for her island country. |
Health | http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13047%3Amoh… | monitor | ||||||
| Suisse: Le coût du chômage frontalier, un sujet chaud pour l’été | switzerland, france | Le Temps (20.03.2017) De nouvelles règles d’indemnisation des frontaliers perdant leur emploi pourraient être décidées avant l’été par l’UE. Elles pourraient coûter cher à la Suisse |
Unemployment, Migration | migration, megatrends | https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/2017/03/19/cout-chomage-frontalier-un-chaud-lete | monitor | ||||
| Suisse: Les primes d'assurance-maladie devraient doubler d'ici 2040 | switzerland | Bilan (20.03.2017) La prime mensuelle moyenne de l'assurance-maladie obligatoire pourrait passer à 517 francs en 2040 contre 274 francs en 2015, selon une étude de Credit Suisse. |
Health, Financing | http://www.bilan.ch/argent-finances/primes-dassurance-maladie-devraient-doubler… | monitor | |||||
| Canada: Occupatioanal diseases - Three cancers added to list of firefighters' illnesses eligible for coverage in B.C. | canada | CTV Vancouver News (06,03.2017) The British Columbia government is adding three types of cancer to those that could be considered occupational diseases suffered by firefighters. A release from the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training says breast cancer, prostate cancer and multiple… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://bc.ctvnews.ca/three-cancers-added-to-list-of-firefighters-illnesses-elig… | monitor | |||||
| [Opinion] India: Overhaul health system for effective deliverance of plans- | india | The New Indian Express (26.02.2017) After several decades of vertical disease or age-specific health programmes, there is now general recognition and growing acceptance that the ‘health system’ should be structured and strengthened as an integrated whole to be capable of effectively delivering a… |
Health | http://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2017/feb/26/overhaul--health-system-fo… | monitor | |||||
| Schweiz: Bern und Zürich wollen gemeinsame E-Health-Plattform | switzerland | Inside-IT (22.03.2017) Die Kantone Bern und Zürich wollen beim Aufbau einer überregionalen E-Health-Plattform zusammenspannen. Angestrebt wird eine gleichberechtigte, partnerschaftliche Lösung, die auch anderen Kantonen offen steht. |
Health, Information and communication technology | http://www.inside-it.ch/articles/46960 | monitor | |||||
| [Publication] Healthcare fraud, corruption and waste in Europe | EHFCN (21.03.2017) It is undeniable that healthcare fraud, corruption and waste are a serious and growing threat to the sustainability and the quality of European healthcare systems. Unfortunately for many years, a lack of objective information and hard evidence has stood in the way of finding… |
Governance and administration, Error, evasion and fraud, Health | http://www.ehfcn.org/ehfcn-nza-book-healthcare-fraud-corruption-waste-europe | monitor | ||||||
| Gabon: Sécurité sociale : Le Blaisac transféré à Libreville | gabon | L'UNION | L'actualité du Gabon (23.03.2017) Initialement basé à Yaoundé au Cameroun, le Bureau de liaison de l'Association internationale de sécurité sociale pour l'Afrique centrale, est désormais implanté dans la capitale gabonaise pour un mandat de trois ans, éventuellement… |
issa | http://www.union.sonapresse.com/gabon-culture-societe/securite-sociale-le-blais… | monitor | |||||
| Joint Employment Report 2017: Main findings from the Scoreboard of key employment and social indicators | european union | Europa (14.03.2017) The EPSCO Council adopted the 2017 Joint Employment Report (JER) on 3 March, including the Scoreboard of key employment and social indicators. The table below summarizes its main findings. |
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=2757&furtherNews=… | monitor | ||||||
| Etats-Unis: Une étude alerte sur l'impact de la robotisation sur l'emploi, Industrie lourde | United States | Les Echos (30.03.2017) Aux Etats-Unis, l'introduction d'un robot pour 1.000 salariés détruit 5 à 6 emplois, selon une étude de chercheurs du MIT et de la Boston University. Voilà une étude qui va apporter de l'eau au moulin à ceux qui s'interrogent sur l'impact de la… |
Inequalities | digital economy | https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/industrie-lourde/0211925732365-une-e… | monitor | ||||
| Suisse: Prévoyance Vieillesse 2020 : le Parlement accepte la réforme des retraites, le dernier mot reviendra au peuple | switzerland | arcinfo.ch (17.03.2017) Vendredi, le vote final du Parlement a validé la réforme des retraites "Prévoyance Vieillesse 2020" en vote final. Le peuple votera sur cet objet le 24 septembre 2017. |
Pensions | http://www.arcinfo.ch/articles/suisse/prevoyance-vieillesse-2020--le-parlement-… | monitor | |||||
| [Pension] Infrastructure: Narendra Modi government eyes Rs 50,000 cr from funds via toll-operate-transfer mode for NHAI | india | The Financial Express (20.03.2017) In a move that could fetch the government upwards of R50,000 crore, a host of pension funds, sovereign funds and private equity funds may invest in the 75 road projects to be bid out in the toll-operate-transfer (TOT ) mode. |
Pensions, Financing | http://www.financialexpress.com/economy/infrastructure-narendra-modi-government… | monitor | |||||
| Italy strings up safety net for poor; critics say full of holes | italy | Reuters (09.03.2017) Parliament approved on Thursday an anti-poverty package aimed at providing financial relief to the growing number of hard-up Italians battered by years of economic stagnation and high unemployment. |
Unemployment, Social assistance, Inequalities | poverty, economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/article/italy-welfare-idUSL5N1GL4CN | monitor | ||||
| [Report] ILO to launch new book on social dialogue trends in the EU | european union | ILO (30.03.2017) New ILO study highlights emerging trends and good practices in social dialogue based on case studies in eleven EU Member States. |
http://www.ilo.org/brussels/press/press-releases/WCMS_548748/lang--en/index.htm | monitor | ||||||
| Using Income Transfers to Improve the Lives of Families with Children and the Unemployed in Argentina | argentina | worldbank.org (22.03.2017) To help create the preconditions for expanding its social safety net, Argentina increased the effectiveness of its income transfer programs for the unemployed and for families with children. |
Family benefits, Unemployment | http://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2017/03/22/income-transfer-improve-lives-ar… | monitor | |||||
| Ghana: Women on social protection undergo skills training - BusinessGhana News | General | ghana | Business Ghana News (29.03.2017) More than 3,000 women on social protection intervention programmes are receiving skills training as part of efforts to wean them off the programmes. |
Employment | https://www.businessghana.com/site/news/general/143749/Women-on-social-protecti… | monitor | |||||
| Costa Rica: Ser pobre en el país más feliz de América Latina | El Pais (23.03.2017) Pese a ser uno de los países más prósperos de la región, una quinta parte de los costarricenses vive en la pobreza. Así trata el Gobierno de ayudarles a salir de ella |
poverty | http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/23/planeta_futuro/1490226439_201337.html | monitor | ||||||
| Sénégal: Gestion du système des retraites : Le grand chantier de l’Etat en 2017 | senegal | Lequotidien (28.03.2017) Améliorer les conditions de vie des retraités du secteur privé comme ceux du public, assurer la viabilité financière des régimes de retraite et les étendre aux travailleurs non pris en compte dans le système : C’est autant de points que l’Etat du Sénégal devra négocier… |
Pensions | managing reforms | http://www.lequotidien.sn/gestion-du-systeme-des-retraites-le-grand-chantier-de… | monitor | ||||
| Europe: Creating jobs – reforms are producing results | european union | European Commission (29.03.2017) The 2017 Joint Employment Report and its Scoreboard of Key Employment and Social Indicators provide a snapshot of employment and social developments in the EU. This analysis provides a focus on unemployment and Member States' efforts in the labour market to… |
Unemployment, Employment policies | labour markets | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=2767&furtherNews=… | monitor |