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Réunion: Regional rebound fund Réunion

Réunion region (02.07.2020)With the objective of strengthening the cash flow of SMEs affected by the crisis, in the amount of € 30K to € 300K, this aid takes the form of a zero-interest loan and is open to SMEs potentially created for more than a year (with at least 1 balance sheet) This fund…

With the objective of strengthening the cash flow of SMEs affected by the crisis, in the amount of € 30K to € 300K, this aid takes the form of a zero-interest loan and is open to SMEs potentially created for more than a year (with at least 1 balance sheet) This fund allows SMEs to have…

With the objective of strengthening the cash flow of SMEs affected by the crisis, in the amount of € 30K to € 300K, this aid takes the form of a zero-interest loan and is open to SMEs potentially created for more than a year (with at least 1 balance sheet) This fund allows SMEs to have facilities

COVID-19, Financial crisis covid19, labour markets, sustainability Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary https://www.regionreunion.com/actualite/toute-l-actualite/article/5-outils-et-5… siha
Réunion: The digital check: Strengthened to support meeting companies Réunion

Réunion region (13.04.2020) To support small Reunion Island companies in the implementation of teleworking and encourage their digital transition, the Region has decided to strengthen its “Digital Check” so that it responds more effectively to current needs. Thus, the procedures are simplified…

To support small Reunion Island companies in the implementation of teleworking and encourage their digital transition, the Region has decided to strengthen its “Digital Check” so that it responds more effectively to current needs. Thus, the procedures are simplified and the subsidy rate goes…

To support small Reunion Island companies in the implementation of teleworking and encourage their digital transition, the Region has decided to strengthen its “Digital Check” so that it res

Workplace health promotion, Information and communication technology, Technological transition covid19, labour markets, managing reforms Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary https://www.regionreunion.com/actualite/toute-l-actualite/article/5-outils-et-5… siha
Réunion: Regional solidarity fund Réunion

Réunion region (13.04.2020) Regional solidarity fund, the amount of which varies from 1000 to 2500 €, benefits Reunion VSEs, micro-entrepreneurs and independent professions included. It is open to companies with less than 10 employees whose turnover is less than € 500,000 and which, during the…

s, micro-entrepreneurs and independent professions included. It is open to companies with less than 10 employees whose turnover is less than € 500,000 and which, during the confinement period , have been forced to close or have suffered a loss of turnover of up to minus 20%.

REGIONAL SOLIDARITY FUND

This aid, the amount of which varies from 1000 to 2500 €, benefits Reunion VSEs, micro-entrepreneu

Employment, COVID-19 covid19, Emergency grants, self-employed, youth employment Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary https://www.regionreunion.com/actualite/toute-l-actualite/article/5-outils-et-5… siha
Réunion: Extension of the open-ended employment system to new integration pathways Réunion

State services in Reunion Island (23.07.2020) In the current context of emerging from the crisis and resumption of activity, the Petrel plan (Priorities and gathering for local employment in Reunion Island) has been revised and updated in order to best respond to the integration difficulties of…

Prefect of Reunion Island extended the system of free jobs to people who are coming out of other integration pathways, and more particularly those in favor of disabled workers. This extension marks the State's desire to mobilize this mechanism for the return to employment, in the commercial…

In the current context of emerging from the crisis and resumption of activity, the Petrel plan (Priorities and gathering for local employment in Reunion Island) has been revised and updated in order to

Disability, Employment, COVID-19 Covid19_deconfinement_measures, service intermediaries , youth employment Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary http://www.reunion.gouv.fr/extension-du-dispositif-des-emplois-francs-a-de-a695… siha
Guadeloupe: Regional Internship: Youth in Business Guadeloupe

REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GUADELOUPE (16.07.2020) The Guadeloupe Region informs students and high school students who have not been able to complete their internship application file online within the framework of the "Regional Internship: Youth in Company" device due to the health situation that they…

The internship application by students and high school students who have not been able to complete their internship application file online due to the health situation is extended.

The Guadeloupe Region informs students and high school students who have not been able to complete their internship application file online within the framework of the "Regional Internship: Youth in Co

Employment, Employment of young workers, Human resource management covid19, human resources, youth employment Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary https://www.regionguadeloupe.fr/actualites-et-agendas/toute-lactualite-du-conse… siha
Guadeloupe: COVID-19 region: TPE regional emergency fund Guadeloupe

REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GUADELOUPE (22.04.2020) This system takes the form of a refundable advance, without guarantee and at zero rate for an amount between 3,000 and 15,000 € per company, corresponding to 12.5% ​​of the turnover achieved in 2018, and for newly created companies , 12.5% ​​of…

TPE regional emergency fund takes the form of a refundable advance, without guarantee and at zero rate for an amount between 3,000 and 15,000 € per company, corresponding to 12.5% ​​of the turnover achieved in 2018. This aid applies to companies with a maximum annual turnover of € 180,…

Faced with the Coronavirus Covid-19 epidemic, which poses a serious threat to the Guadeloupe economy, the regional community is in total solidarity with companies and their employees. It is mobili

Employment, Shocks & extreme events, Financial crisis covid19, labour markets Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary https://www.regionguadeloupe.fr/les-aides-les-services/guide-des-aides/detail/a… siha
A New Generation of Government-to-Person Payments Is Emerging – G2P Network

A new generation of government-to-person (G2P) payment systems is emerging in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.

As described in CGAP’s new publication, “The Future of G2P Payments: Expanding Customer Choice,” modern approaches of transferring cash assistance can reduce costs for governments…

Service delivery, Social assistance covid19, epayment https://g2p-network.org/a-new-generation-of-government-to-person-payments-is-em… rruggia
The Future of G2P Payments: Expanding Customer Choice – G2P Network

Many low-income country governments have begun to digitize government-to-person (G2P) payments by making electronic transfers directly into the accounts of individual customers.

While digitization has helped to fill the gaps in delivery, further advances are needed. Building modern…

Service delivery, Social assistance epayment, identity management https://g2p-network.org/the-future-of-g2p-payments-expanding-customer-choice/ rruggia
SPACE - Options for rapid delivery (payment) of cash transfers for COVID-19 responses and beyond | socialprotection.org

This note describes the main strategies used by, and available to, countries to deliver cash support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of the note is to inform both ongoing responses to COVID-19 and medium to long term investments in delivery mechanisms that could be used to…

Business process, Service delivery, Social assistance covid19, epayment https://socialprotection.org/discover/publications/space-options-rapid-delivery… rruggia
SPACE Informal Workers and Social Protection | socialprotection.org

The Informal Workers and Social Protection background note outlines the options for providing social protection to informal workers, with a particular focus on the implications for COVID-19 response and urban settings.

In order to do so, it provides information on the impacts…

Business process, Extension of coverage, Difficult-to-cover groups, Social assistance covid19, self-employed https://socialprotection.org/discover/publications/space-informal-workers-and-s… rruggia
SPACE Understanding the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Who, Where, How, and When? | socialprotection.org

It is essential to understand ‘Who’ will be affected, ‘Where’, ‘How’ and ‘When’ to better understand the ‘What’ of the social protection response to COVID-19.

Social protection is recognised as an essential mechanism to reach those who are in urgent need because of the COVID-19 crisis,…

Social assistance, Social policies & programmes, Inequalities covid19 https://socialprotection.org/discover/publications/space-understanding-economic… rruggia
Gender and Inclusion in social protection responses during COVID-19 | socialprotection.org

This document provides key considerations and examples of how gender and social inclusion (GESI) can be integrated into potential COVID-19 response options/strategies via existing social protection and / or humanitarian programmes (or a hybrid approach, leveraging social protection delivery…

Inequalities covid19, family_gender_society, gender_and_inequality https://socialprotection.org/discover/publications/gender-and-inclusion-social-… rruggia
Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19 - Publications | socialprotection.org

Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19 - Expert Advice Helpline, SPACE

Stakeholder Profile Publications Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19 - Expert Advice Helpline, SPACE

Social assistance covid19 https://socialprotection.org/node/33315/publications?page=1 rruggia
SPACE Useful COVID-19 and Social Protection Materials | socialprotection.org

2020 . Publisher:  Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19 - Expert Advice Helpline, SPACE

This is a living document tracking relevant COVID-19 and Social Protection materials. 

 

Social assistance covid19 https://socialprotection.org/discover/publications/space-useful-covid-19-and-so… rruggia
Building back better after COVID-19: How social protection can help countries prepare for the impacts of climate change

blogs.worldbank.org (14.07.2020) While the world is still in the midst of dealing with the health and socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) shock, one key lesson is already emerging: Social protection is proving its potential as an emergency instrument to protect affected…

climate change, covid19 Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor https://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/building-back-better-after-covid-19-h… pmassetti
Grenada: Covid-19 Economic Support Secretariat deadline for payroll stimulus programme grenada

NOW Grenada (21.07.2020) The Ministry of Finance through the Covid-19 Economic Support Secretariat (CESS) announces the deadline for receipt of applications to the Income and first time Payroll Stimulus Programme as of Wednesday, 22 July 2020 at 4 pm.

This cut off for receipt of…

The Ministry of Finance through the Covid-19 Economic Support Secretariat (CESS) announces the deadline for receipt of applications to the Income and first time Payroll Stimulus Programme as of Wednesday, 22 July 2020 at 4 pm. This cut off for receipt of applications relates to the…

The Ministry of Finance through the Covid-19 Economic Support Secretariat (CESS) announces the deadline for receipt of applications to the Income and first time Payroll Stimulus Programme as of Wednesday, 22 July 2020 at 4 pm.

This cut off for receipt of applications rela

Employment, Shocks & extreme events covid19, Emergency grants, self-employed, youth employment Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary https://www.nowgrenada.com/2020/07/covid-19-economic-support-secretariat-deadli… siha
Democratic Republic of Congo: Democratic Republic of Congo to provide free water and electricity amidst coronavirus Congo, Democratic Republic of the

smart warter magazine (07.04.2020) For the next two months, The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to supply water and electricity free of charge to its citizens, local authorities have said. According to the Anadolu Agency, the water supply business Regie de Distribution d’Eau (REGIDESO…

For the next two months, The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to supply water and electricity free of charge to its citizens.

For the next two months, The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to supply water and electricity free of charge to its citizens, local authorities have said.

The Democratic Republic of Congo registered its first death from coronavirus on March 22.

According to the 

Housing, Shocks & extreme events, COVID-19 covid19, Universal Social Protection Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary https://smartwatermagazine.com/news/smart-water-magazine/democratic-republic-co… siha
Costa Rica: Payment of the third month of the Protect Bond begins costa rica

Ministry of Labor 

the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and the Mixed Institute of Social Aid, IMAS, began with the payment of the third month for the beneficiaries of the Protect Bond. The Protect Bond was launched on April 9 as a response to provide assistance to people affected by labor because of…

This Thursday, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and the Mixed Institute of Social Aid, IMAS, began with the payment of the third month for the beneficiaries of the Protect Bond.

Cash transfers, COVID-19 covid19, Emergency grants Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary http://www.mtss.go.cr/prensa/comunicados/2020/julio/cp_31_2020.html siha
Costa Rica: Employers may request extension of the term of contract suspensions costa rica

Minister of Labor and Social Security (15.06.2020) The Minister of Labor and Social Security signed a directive that allows employers to request an extension of the measure to suspend their employment contracts due to the pandemic by COVID-19. The MTSS-DMT-CIR-5-2020 directive allows…

The Minister of Labor and Social Security signed a directive that allows employers to request an extension of the measure to suspend their employment contracts due to the pandemic by COVID-19. The directive allows employers to request the extension of the initial period of three…

The Minister of Labor and Social Security, Geannina Dinarte Romero, this week signed a directive that allows employers to request an extension of the meas

Employment, COVID-19, Financial crisis covid19, labour markets, youth employment Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary http://www.mtss.go.cr/prensa/comunicados/2020/junio/cp_28_2020.html siha
Costa Rica: SPECIAL SOLIDARITY CONTRIBUTION TO HIGH PENSIONS costa rica

Ministry of finance (17.07.2020) Starting this July, the National Treasury of the Ministry of Finance will apply to pensions higher than ¢ 2,296,000 corresponding to the National Pension Directorate, Pension Board of the National Teaching Staff and the Ex-Presidents Regime, the deduction for…

  • Deduction will be made to pensions higher than ¢ 2,296,000
  • Special contribution rate varies from 25 per cent to  75 per cent depending on pension amount exceeding ¢ 2,296,000
  • Includes pensioners from the National Pension Office, JUPEMA and the Ex-…

Starting this July, the National Treasury of the Ministry of Finance will apply to pensions higher than ¢ 2,296,000 corresponding to the National Pension Directorate, Pension Board of the National Teac

Old-age pensions, Contribution collection and compliance, Financing, Inequalities, Mutual benefit societies contribution collection, sustainability Published Measures summary https://www.hacienda.go.cr/noticias/15910-en-cumplimiento-a-la-ley-9796-haciend… siha
United States: Government commits to buying millions of vaccine doses United States

The New York TImes (22.07.2020) The  US government committed to purchase 100 million doses of a not-yet-finished vaccine. The private sector buys most vaccines in the United States, not the government.“We’re trying to make sure access for all Americans is equal,” said L.J. Tan, chief…

The Trump administration’s commitment on Wednesday to purchase 100 million doses of a not-yet-finished vaccine is unusual in two ways. The private sector buys most vaccines in the United States,

Health, Financing covid19, universal health care Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/upshot/vaccine-coronavirus-government-purcha… mmarquez
COVID-19 and a primer on shock-responsive social protection systems

UN/DESA Policy Brief #82 (14.07.2020) All social protection systems are designed to respond to shocks since, in addition to addressing chronic conditions, they are meant to address acute events that negatively impact individuals and households. However, some systems respond better than…

Shocks & extreme events covid19 Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/publication/un-desa-policy-brief-82-co… pmassetti
Temporary Basic Income Could Help Curb Virus, U.N. Says

Time (23.07.2020) Temporary basic income payments could stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by allowing the world’s poorest people to stay at home, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme.

Cash transfers covid19, universal-basic-income Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor https://time.com/5870438/basic-income-payments-coronavirus-u-n/ pmassetti
Covid-19 lockdowns, income distribution, and food security: An analysis for South Africa south africa
  • The distancing measures deployed by South Africa impose large reductions in wage income particularly for low-skilled workers.
  • Initial lockdown policies will jeopardize the food security of low-income households dependent on labor income.
  • The effects of the COVID-19…
Cash transfers, Food and nutrition covid19 Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221191242030064X pmassetti
ISSA Transportation Section: Information on Covid-19 protective measures in transportation in six languages

The International Section on Prevention in Transportation, together with its member BG Verkehr, has produced five fact sheets on Covid-19 protective measures for various transportation sectors in six languages. The fact sheets on…

Occupational accidents and diseases, Prevention of occupational risks, COVID-19 covid19, prevention Published_SS_Monitor_covid19_ Prevention https://www.bg-verkehr.de/medien/medienkatalog btreichel