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| Title | Authored on | Regions / Country | Abstract | measures summary | Description/integral text (Internal-not for publishing) | Topics | Tags | Status | URL | |
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| Honduras: La protección social de los miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas | Diario La Tribuna Honduras (29.10.2015) En el proyecto de la Ley Marco del Sistema Protección Social para una Vida Mejor presentado por el señor Presidente de la República don Juan Orlando Hernández el 3 de septiembre de 2014, se define la PROTECCIÓN SOCIAL como el resultado de la correcta… |
published | http://www.latribuna.hn/2015/10/28/la-proteccion-social-de-los-miembros-de-las-… | monitor | ||||||
| France: Retraites complémentaires - vers une taxe sur le licenciement des séniors | france | Les Echos (29.10.2015) Les partenaires sociaux s’engagent à créer une taxe sur les licenciements de seniors, qui sera versée au nouveau régime unifié Agirc-Arrco. |
Old-age pensions, Unemployment | published | http://www.lesechos.fr/economie-france/social/021440817656-retraite-complementa… | monitor | ||||
| Canada: Quebec’s eldercare challenge: A crisis comes of age | canada | Montreal Gazette (31.10.2015) Eldercare in Quebec has evolved dramatically over the last 50 years — from a model in which the family played a predominant role (with three generations sometimes living under one roof) to largely state-funded institutional care. |
Old-age pensions, Health | published | http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/aging-well/quebecs-eldercare-challen… | monitor | ||||
| Study: Children hardest hit by Europe's economic crisis | european union | Euractiv (27.10.2015) Some 26 million children and young people in Europe are threatened by poverty or social exclusion after years of economic crisis, according to a new study by the Bertelsmann Foundation, which gave Greece the worst marks in the entire EU. |
Social assistance, Inequalities | megatrends, poverty, published | http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/study-children-hardest-hit-… | monitor | ||||
| [Analysis] Nutrition, effective cash transfers: How to ensure social protection | Hindustan Times (01.11.2015) Small and marginal farmers comprise 85% of the land holdings in India. Social protection is a survival tool for the rural poor, who have no easy access to wage labour. India recognised the need for social protection early on and introduced a slew of social protection… |
Social assistance, Conditional cash transfers, Inequalities | megatrends, poverty, published | http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/quality-nutrition-effective-cash-transfe… | monitor | |||||
| Social protection systems should be more inclusive of persons with disabilities – UN rights expert | UN/News (28.10.2015) States should make their social protection systems more inclusive for persons with disabilities, rather than pursuing models that often lock them into a cycle of dependence and poverty, a UN expert on the rights of persons with disabilities has said. |
Disability | published | http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52406#.VjNCB2PqpV0 | monitor | |||||
| Business and social protection: ILO launches Global Business Network for Social Protection Floors | ILO/News (29.10.2015) The newly-created ILO Global Business Network for Social Protection Floors has been officially launched on Wednesday at ILO headquarters in Geneva. |
published | http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_419404… | monitor | ||||||
| Maroc: Protection sociale des indépendants - le régime de retraite et l’assurance maladie seront séparés | morocco | La Vie Eco (28.10.2015) Les médecins exigent que le projet soit déposé avant le 31 décembre au Parlement. Les notaires s’apprêtent à signer un contrat de couverture maladie complémentaire avec un assureur privé. La CNSS dit être techniquement prête pour la gestion de ce nouveau régime. |
Governance and administration | published | http://www.lavieeco.com/news/economie/protection-sociale-des-independants-le-re… | monitor | ||||
| Polynésie française: La protection sociale généralisée a 20 ans : et après? | france | Tahiti infos (28.10.2015) En 1995 la mise en place de la protection généralisée en Polynésie française assurait un accès pour tous aux soins et l'ouverture de minima sociaux, un sacré bond en avant. 20 ans plus tard, cette PSG a du mal à financer les retraites en raison d'un… |
published | http://www.tahiti-infos.com/La-protection-sociale-generalisee-a-20-ans-et-apres… | monitor | |||||
| Suisse: 2e pilier: Le plus bas taux sur la prévoyance depuis 1985 | switzerland | Tribune de Genève (28.10.2015) Dernier bastion d’une rétribution encore assez intéressante de l’épargne, le taux d’intérêt minimum sur le deuxième pilier des cotisants actifs s’écroule aussi, et est abaissé pour l’année prochaine à 1,25% par le Conseil fédéral. Devant se monter au minimum à 1,75… |
published | http://www.tdg.ch/economie/bas-taux-prevoyance-1985/story/12034472 | monitor | |||||
| Different conditions of older people across the EU | european union | Europa (21.10.2015) The rapid ageing of the EU has put emphasis on the need to extend working lives and has highlighted the importance of the employment and social situation of older people. |
Old-age pensions, Population ageing | published | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=2356&furtherNews=… | monitor | ||||
| SAP launches Institute for Digital Government | ARNNet (27.10.2015) Software business, SAP, has launched the SAP Institute for Digital Government alongside five other foundation partners – the Australian Catholic University, Australian National University, European Social Network, International Social Security Association and National… |
Information and communication technology | published | http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/587573/sap-launches-institute-digital-governme… | monitor | |||||
| Azerbaijani delegation attends ISSA Bureau meeting in Geneva | azerbaijan | Azerbaijan State News Agency (27.10.2015) A delegation of the State Social Protection Fund of Azerbaijan has attended the 111th Bureau meeting of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) held in Geneva, Switzerland. |
published | http://azertag.az/en/xeber/Azerbaijani_delegation_attends_ISSA_Bureau_meeting_i… | monitor | |||||
| Ghana: Gender Ministry Implements Social Protection Interventions for Vulnerable Groups | ghana | Allafrica (23.10.2015) The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has formulated and launched a Child and Family Welfare Policy (CFWP) which is designed to prevent and protect children from all forms of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation. |
Social policies & programmes, Inequalities | megatrends, poverty, published | http://allafrica.com/stories/201510231376.html | monitor | ||||
| La protección social y la seguridad alimentaria pueden contribuir a poner fin a la epidemia de sida | UNAIDS (19.10.2015) El Día Mundial de la Alimentación de este año, celebrado el 16 de octubre, subraya la importancia de los programas de protección social que ayudan a las comunidades locales y que contribuyen a un círculo positivo de crecimiento económico, reducción de la pobreza, mejora de la… |
Health | published | http://www.unaids.org/es/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2015/october/2015… | monitor | |||||
| Algérie: Près de 25% du PIB consacré à la protection sociale (ministère) | algeria | Maghreb Emergent (27.10.2015) Près de 25 % du produit intérieur brut (PIB) est consacré au système de la protection sociale en Algérie, a-t-on appris lundi à Alger, auprès du ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Sécurité sociale. "L'Algérie consacre près de 25% de son PIB au… |
Financing | published | http://www.maghrebemergent.com/actualite/breves/fil-maghreb/52360-algerie-pres-… | monitor | ||||
| France: L’Assemblée vote la création d’une « protection universelle maladie » | france | Le Monde (23.10.2015) Les députés ont voté jeudi 22 octobre dans la soirée la création d’une « protection universelle maladie » (PUMA). Si tout se passe comme prévu, les assurés du régime général pourront bientôt signaler « en un clic » leur changement de situation sur le site Ameli. De quoi… |
Health, Extension of coverage | extending coverage, published | http://mobile.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2015/10/23/l-assemblee-vote-la-creatio… | monitor | ||||
| Women, work and the Sustainable Development Goals: The future of work depends on the future of women at work | ILO/News (21.10.2015) Shauna Olney, Chief of the ILO’s Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch, explains why achieving gender equality is crucial for the world of work. |
Employment, Inequalities | megatrends, published | http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/comment-analysis/WCMS_417388/l… | monitor | |||||
| Mali: Conférence nationale sur la protection sociale : Brainstorming autour des pistes pour réduire les inégalités sociales | mali | Malijet (22.10.2015)«La protection sociale, un droit pour tous», c’était le thème de la conférence nationale sur la protection sociale, tenue les 19 et 20 octobre derniers au CICB. La tenue de cette conférence s’inscrivait dans le cadre des activités de la 21ème édition du Mois de la solidarité… |
poverty, published | http://malijet.com/a_la_une_du_mali/138636-conference-nationale-sur-la-protecti… | monitor | |||||
| France: Bercy détaille les économies en 2016 sur la protection sociale, | france | Les Echos (22.10.2015) Les économies attendues s’élèvent à 7,4 milliards d’euros, dont 800 millions espérés grâce à la négociation Unédic. |
Financing | published | http://www.lesechos.fr/economie-france/budget-fiscalite/021421789619-bercy-deta… | monitor | ||||
| Italy: Boeri warns against partial measures in pension reform | italy | Gazzetta del Sud (09.10.2015) Tito Boeri, president of Italy's state pension and social security agency INPS, on Friday said that an "organic and structural intervention" is needed for Italian pension reform, not "partial measures drop by drop". "There really needs… |
managing reforms, published | http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/161793/Boeri-warns-against-partial-me… | monitor | |||||
| [Opinion] Is universal health care coming to South Africa? | south africa | CNN (22.09.2015) What do you do when over half of health sector spending is available to less than a fifth of the population? When only 16% have private health insurance and the 84% who do not are forced to turn to a public sector overstretched and understaffed? |
Health, Extension of coverage | brics, extending coverage, published | http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/21/africa/south-africa-nhi-universal-health-care | monitor | ||||
| US: Tests of New Features on HealthCare.gov Go to the Wire | United States | The New York Times (19.10.2015) With the Affordable Care Act’s third open enrollment period to begin in less than two weeks, federal officials are racing to fix new features of HealthCare.gov that are supposed to make it easy for consumers to find insurance plans that cover their doctors and… |
Health, Information and communication technology | published | http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/us/politics/tests-of-new-features-on-healthca… | monitor | ||||
| Tunisie/Maroc: signature d'une nouvelle convention de sécurité sociale | tunisia, morocco | atlasinfo.fr (20.10.2015) La Tunisie et le Maroc ont signé, lundi à Tunis, une nouvelle convention dans le domaine de la sécurité sociale, qui vient actualiser celle de février 1987 en élargissant notamment le spectre des catégories bénéficiaires. |
Governance and administration, International agreements | international_agreement, published | http://www.atlasinfo.fr/Tunisie-Maroc-signature-d-une-nouvelle-convention-de-se… | monitor | ||||
| Can social protection stop child labor in agriculture? | fao.org (16.10.2015) Currently, worldwide, there are 168 million children in child labour, a practice that is particularly pervasive in agriculture and among poor rural households. Almost 60 percent of child labourers aged between five and 17 work in agriculture, often forcibly, and many are… |
Extension of coverage, Social assistance, Social policies & programmes | extending coverage, rural world, published | http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/blog/can-social-protection-stop-child-labor-i… | monitor |