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Maroc : le roi veut des mesures sociales « d’urgence » fabbri

Le Monde (30.07.2018)  Le roi Mohammed VI a longuement évoqué dans un discours télévisé prononcé dimanche 29 juillet au soir la « question sociale » au Maroc, exhortant le gouvernement à prendre des « mesures d’urgence », notamment en matière de santé et d’éducation. Malgré les « réalisations accomplies (…) j’ai le sentiment que quelque chose continue à nous faire défaut en matière sociale », a déclaré le souverain marocain dans une allocution marquant le 19e anniversaire de son accession au trône.

poverty Health morocco
La Pologne ouvre ses portes aux travailleurs étrangers fabbri

EurActiv (27.07.2018) Le manque de main d’oeuvre en Pologne a poussé le gouvernement a assouplir sa politique d’accueil des travailleurs étrangers

labour markets Migration poland
Tu información de salud en una aplicación: El caso de El Salvador (IADB/BID) ruggia

Por Carlos Juan Martín Pérez y Jennifer Nelson.

Además de la telemedicina y la innovación tecnológica, la recolección de datos y las aplicaciones informáticas serán de los principales elementos que impactarán la salud. De hecho, ya lo están haciendo. Y no hay que mirar muy lejos para encontrar ejemplos. ¿Cómo será el futuro de la medicina en la era de la transformación digital?

El caso de El Salvador

En 2010, el Gobierno de El Salvador empezó a desarrollar, compartir y adaptar herramientas digitales de salud con infraestructura de software libre. Esto permite crear, mejorar y actualizar aplicaciones informáticas desde cero para responder a las necesidades concretas de su contexto, al punto que hoy están contribuyendo decisivamente a mejorar la calidad de los servicios de salud de ese país.

mobile technologies, service delivery Health, Information and communication technology el Salvador
France: Un « malus » pour lutter contre les maladies professionnelles fabbri

Le Monde (27.07.2018) Les conclusions de la commission d’enquête sont rendues publiques mercredi. Le thème de la santé au travail figure à l’agenda social qu’Emmanuel Macron veut traiter à partir de la rentrée.  Pour réduire les maladies causées par le travail, il faut frapper au portefeuille des chefs d’entreprise en leur appliquant un « malus » s’ils restent passifs face au problème.

OSH Prevention of occupational risks france
National curriculum in England: citizenship programmes iha

National curriculum in England

The national curriculum is a set of subjects and standards used by primary and secondary schools so children learn the same things. It covers what subjects are taught and the standards children should reach in each subject.

Citizenship programmes in  the national curriculum cover income and expenditure, credit and debt, insurance, savings and pensions, financial products and services, and how public money is raised and spent

social security education Communication united kingdom
Social Security Education Program iha

The Social Security Education Program is developed in Uruguay since 2007.

The Program incorporates thematic axes related to Social Security as a compulsory subject in the curricula of study of the education plans of all the public and private centers of the country.

Education materials are available on the website.

- Student's book 'Growing together'

- Interactive notebook 'Know your rights and obligations in Social Security'

social security education Communication uruguay
Ukraine’s pension reform sets groundwork for dramatic changes fabbri

Emerging-Europe (20.07.2018) Ukraine’s pension reform was introduced in October 2017. Most of the amendments it brings to the existing system are long term and haven’t really had time to play out yet. However, some important changes are already in place.

managing reforms Pensions ukraine
Local employment partnerships: ILO launches single biggest project in South-Eastern Europe to promote jobs in Ukraine fabbri

ILO (20.07.2018) New ILO programme brings together businesses, schools, employment services, the social partners and other civil society organizations to create jobs for youth, women and people in rural areas.

Employment policies ukraine
South Africa: Labour Hosts Brics Meetings, 30 Jul to 1 Aug fabbri

AllAfrica (25.07.2018) The meeting held under the theme "BRICS in Africa: Developing Countries for Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity in the New Industrial Revolution", will be under the direction of the Honourable Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant and the Department of Labour's Director General Thobile Lamati whom will respectively chair the Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting (LEMM) and the Labour and Employment Working Group (LEWG)

brics
France: Maladie professionnelle : une meilleure indemnisation depuis le 1er juillet fabbri

ossierfamilial.com/ (05.07.2018) Depuis le 1er juillet, la Caisse primaire d’assurance maladie (CPAM) indemnise la maladie professionnelle dès les premiers symptômes, et non plus à partir de l’établissement du diagnostic. Le point sur ces nouvelles règles.

OSH Occupational accidents and diseases france
Sweden: Fathers with more education more likely to take paternity leave fabbri

ScienceNordic (23.97.2018)

Swedish doctors and lawyers take twice as much parental leave as their less well-educated peers. But the trend is the opposite for well-educated women.

family Parental leave sweden
Number of South Korean men taking paternity leave jumps 66% in 2018 fabbri

Quartz (25.07.2018) In the first half of 2018, more than 8,000 men in South Korea went on paternity leave, according to government figures released this week, accounting for 17% of all people who took parental leave. That’s a 66% increase from the same period last year, and an exponential increase from 2010, when just over 800 fathers went on leave.

family_gender_society Parental leave korea, Republic of
España: Las pensiones de viudedad subirán un 7,7% desde el 1 agosto fabbri

20 Minutos (20.07.2018) El Consejo de Ministros ha aprobado este viernes un real decreto ley que articula el incremento de la base reguladora de la pensión de viudedad, del 52% al 56% para este año y hasta el 60% para el que viene, incluidos en los Presupuestos Generales del Estado para 2018.
 

managing reforms Pensions spain
Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt: EU will Aktionsplan vorantreiben fabbri

cash news (20.07.2018) Die Europäische Union will in den nächsten Monaten konkrete Vorschläge zum Umgang mit der Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt vorlegen. Unter dem aktuellen österreichischem EU-Vorsitz solle ein "Weissbuch" mit zahlreichen Anregungen für den nächsten Ratsvorsitz verfasst werden, sagte Österreichs Sozialministerin Beate Hartinger-Klein (FPÖ) am Freitag noch einem informellen Treffen der EU-Arbeits- und Sozialminister in Wien.

european union
Mongolia, Pakistan: Social protection reduces disaster risk for the poor fabbri

ReliefWeb (05.07.2018) The role that safety nets and social protection programmes can play in reducing disaster risk features prominently on the agenda of the 2018 Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) this week. A panel comprised of development and humanitarian actors, with senior representatives of the disaster management authorities from Mongolia and Pakistan, put forward a convincing case for greater investment in social protection policies and programmes.

poverty Conditional cash transfers mongolia, pakistan
Oman’s social insurance net is working fabbri

Times Of Oman (21.07.2018) Oman’s social insurance net has helped almost 700 cases in the first five months of this year, according to figures released by the Public Authority for Social Insurance (PASI).Some 679 cases were diagnosed as occupational and non-occupational disabilities in the first five months of 2018, according to the latest report.

OSH Prevention of occupational risks oman
Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan to co-op in social sector fabbri

.azernews (19.07.2018) The Off-Budget Pension Fund under the Uzbek Finance Ministry and the Social Fund of Kyrgyzstan signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of social insurance and pension provision, UzDaily news agency reported.

international_agreement, issa kyrgyz republic
Russia ratified the the Convention concerning minimum standards of social security (Convention No. 102) massetti

The State Duma ( Lower Chamber of the Russian Parliament) adopted yesterday (19 July),  in the first reading, the draft Federal law "On ratification of the Convention concerning minimum standards of social security (Convention No. 102)".

Russian Federation
Assurance maladie universelle : le Mali franchit le pas massetti

latribune.fr (22.06.2018) Le gouvernement malien a adopté ce mercredi 20 juin le projet de loi instituant le Régime d’assurance maladie universelle. Après plusieurs années de concertation, l’opérationnalisation du régime est attendue avant la fin de l’année en cours, avec comme objectif ultime, la mise en place de la Couverture maladie universelle.

universal health coverage Health, Health insurance mali
France: Assurance chômage : les députés donnent leur feu vert fabbri

Le Point (19.07.2018) Les députés ont donné, mercredi 18 juillet, leur accord en commission à la négociation par les partenaires sociaux d'une nouvelle convention d'assurance chômage prenant en compte le chômage de longue durée. La commission des Affaires sociales de l'Assemblée a adopté un amendement en ce sens du gouvernement au projet de loi « avenir professionnel » de Muriel Pénicaud, acte II de la réforme du marché du travail, examiné en nouvelle lecture. Emmanuel Macron avait fait l'annonce de « la réforme de l'assurance chômage » le 9 juillet devant le Congrès à Versailles, prévoyant une entrée « en vigueur au printemps 2019 »

managing reforms Unemployment france
Zambia: Promoting social protection for aged – fabbri

 Zambia Daily Mail (10.07.2018) Zambia’s National Policy on Ageing defines an older person as one aged 60 years or older and the country’s current retirement threshold is 65 years. There are a number of challenges facing the elderly in Zambia which include social exclusion. Some suffer from isolation due to stigma. In some rural communities, elderly people are suspected of practising witchcraft and poverty is also highly pronounced among them.

Extension of coverage, Population ageing zambia
Employment and Social Developments in Europe: 2018 review confirms positive trends but highlights the increasing need for skills and inclusion fabbri

Europa (13.07.2018) This year's edition of the report aims to analyse opportunities and risks linked to technological innovation, demographic change, and globalisation. The review shows what needs to happen so that everybody can benefit from these developments.

european union
[Report! Social protection coverage in Kyrgyzstan fabbri

OECD (July 2018) This chapter charts the evolution of social protection in Kyrgyzstan. It outlines the economic, political and legislative context for social protection, which is still undergoing transition from a Soviet-era system predicated on full employment, to a system more appropriate for a market-based economy with chronic unemployment and long-term poverty. It inventories existing social protection schemes, analyses their key design features and scale of operation, and discusses how well they meet the present and future needs identified in Chapter 1.

kyrgyz republic
WHO concerned about access to health services for displaced people in southern Syria fabbri

emro.who (12.07.2018) The World Health Organization (WHO) today called for the protection of health facilities and increased access to southern Syria, where the recent hostilities have left over 210 000 people displaced and in need of urgent health services. Up to 160 000 displaced Syrians currently seeking safety in Quneitra are inaccessible to health partners, raising concerns for their health.

migration Health promotion syria
[Opinión] España: La jubilación acabará fijada en los 70 años en no mucho tiempo”, según el Círculo de Empresarios fabbri

El País (16.07.2018) Durante la presentación de la quinta edición del Barómetro de los Círculos, capitaneado por el Círculo de Empresarios, que recoge los resultados de una encuesta entre 340 altos directivos y entrevistas a 21 primeros ejecutivos de empresas, el presidente del grupo de trabajo del informe, Miguel Iraburu, desgranó que las tres reformas más urgentes son las de la educación, la justicia, "que es lenta e ineficiente", y profundizar en el Pacto de Toledo.

Old-age pensions spain