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| OIT: Sistema de pensiones debe incluir a informales | La Republica (15.02.2019) Previsional. En informe se invita a garantizar una protección social universal. Además, sugiere que los gobiernos pueden "ampliar margen fiscal" para atender este problema. Según cifras de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (… |
Según cifras de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT), hoy existen 2.000 millones de personas en el mundo que trabajan en la informalidad. Obtienen ingresos para garantizar su vida en el presente; pero estarán desprotegidas e |
Employment | Published_SS_Monitor | https://larepublica.pe/economia/1413655-oit-sistema-pensiones-debe-incluir-info… | dfabbri | ||||
| France: Santé - Quand les déserts médicaux innovent | france | Alternatives Economiques (14.02.2019 Les déserts médicaux sont au programme du projet de loi sur la santé. En attendant, les initiatives se multiplient pour pallier le manque de professionnels de santé dont souffrent certains territoires. Et préfigurent pour beaucoup la médecine de… |
Health promotion, Medical care, Human resource management, Extension of coverage | extending coverage, service intermediaries , universal health coverage | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/deserts-medicaux-innovent/00087398?fbcl… | gfilhon | |||
| Rwanda Revisits Social Protection Scheme | rwanda | KT Press (15.02.2019) Rwanda has started a process to revise social protection scheme (ubudehe) after recurrent complaints of citizens who blame local government authorities for ‘being corrupt’ in classification of citizens according to their social economic means. |
wanda has started a process to revise social protection scheme (ubudehe) after recurrent complaints of citizens who blame local government authorities for ‘being corrupt’ in classification of citizens according to their social economic means. According to this classification which started |
managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://ktpress.rw/2019/02/rwanda-revisits-social-protection-scheme/ | dfabbri | |||
| [Report] ILO: World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2019: Poor working conditions are main global employment challenge | ILO (14.02.2019) Progress in reducing unemployment globally is not being matched by improvements in the quality of work, says the International Labour Organization’s World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2019 report. |
Poor quality employment is the main issue for global labour markets, with millions of people forced to accept inadequate working conditions, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO). |
Unemployment | poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_670171/lang--en/ind… | dfabbri | |||
| Types of Blockchains & DLTs (Distributed Ledger Technologies) | The Bitcoin White Paper was published by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008; the first Bitcoin block got mined in 2009. Since the Bitcoin protocol is open source, anyone could take the protocol, fork it (modify the code), and start their own version of P2P money. Many so-called altcoins emerged and tried… |
Information and communication technology | blockchain | https://blockchainhub.net/blockchains-and-distributed-ledger-technologies-in-ge… | rruggia | |||||
| [Report] OECD: Boosting adult learning essential to help people adapt to future of work | OECD (13.02.2019) Many OECD countries need to urgently scale-up and upgrade their adult learning systems to help people adapt to the future world of work, according to a new OECD report. Getting Skills Right: Future-Ready Adult Learning Systems says that new technologies, globalisation and… |
Many OECD countries need to urgently scale-up and upgrade their adult learning systems to help people adapt to the future world of work, according to a new OECD report.
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Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR, Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_DOCUMENTS | http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/boosting-adult-learning-essential-to-help-people-a… | dfabbri | |||||
| 'Philippines must spend more for social protection' | philippines, the | BusinessMirror (14.02.2019) The Philippines needs to spend an average of 3.48 to 5.58 percent of its GDP to fill its social protection gaps up to 2030, according to estimates by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In a report, titled “Asia’s Fiscal Challenge: Financing the Social Protection Agenda… |
HE Philippines needs to spend an average of 3.48 to 5.58 percent of its GDP to fill its social protection gaps up to 2030, according to estimates by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In a report, titled “Asia’s Fiscal Challenge: Financing the Social Protection Agenda of the Sustainable De |
Financing | Published_SS_Monitor | https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/02/14/phl-must-spend-more-for-social-protect… | dfabbri | |||
| How robotics will shape Europe – and the policy that will support it | Europe | EurActiv (12.02.2019) The future landscape of work in Europe will undoubtedly include a significant increase in robotics technologies – and this could bring major benefits if the right policies are in place to ensure people have the best skills to thrive in Europe’s new world of work. |
Lawmakers need to focus on solving ethical questions and on the robotics technologies that will improve daily life, writes Eva Kaili. Eva Kaili is a member of the European Parliament for the Socialist and Democrat group and chair of the Parliament’s Science and Technology Options Asse |
Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/how-robotics-will-shape-e… | dfabbri | ||||
| France: Salariés précaires - comment les contrats courts ont été multipliés par quatre en trente ans | france | Le Monde (13.02.2019) Selon les derniers chiffres de l’Insee, la proportion de salariés embauchés en contrat court s’est stabilisée depuis les années 2010 après avoir été multipliée par quatre. |
En 2017, 1,2 million de personnes « en emploi » ont occupé un contrat court – moins de trois mois –, que ce soit en CDD ou en mission d’intérim. Cela représente 4,4 % de tous les salariés à un instant T de l’année 2017. Néanmoins si, à un instant donné, les contrats court |
labour markets, poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2019/02/06/salaries-precaires-comm… | dfabbri | |||
| Finnish finance minister: ‘Case closed’ for universal basic income | finland | EurActiv (12.02.2019) Finland is the first country to complete a nation-wide experiment on universal basic income. With the first results in, Finnish finance minister Petteri Orpo told EURACTIV.com that the largest parties in his country don’t support the idea anymore |
Finland is the first country to complete a nation-wide experiment on universal basic income. With the first results in, Finnish finance minister Petteri Orpo told EURACTIV.com that the largest parties in his country don’t support the idea anymore. Petteri Orpo is Minister of Finance i |
basic income | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/interview/finnish-finance-ministe… | dfabbri | |||
| [Report] OECD Reviews of Public Health: Chile: A Healthier Tomorrow | chile | OECD (January 2019) This review assesses Chile's public health system, highlights areas of strength and weakness, and makes a number of recommendations for improvement. The review examines Chile's public health system architecture, and how well policies are responding to significant population… |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/oecd-reviews-of-pu… | dfabbri | |||||
| Whisper it, but there’s good news on Brazilian pension reform | brazil | Financial Times (08.02.2019) There was good news from Brazil this week when a draft emerged of the government’s plans to overhaul the country’s deficit-ridden pensions system. The reform, under new president Jair Bolsonaro, would be a big step in setting the country back on the path to growth… |
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Pensions | managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ft.com/content/ae964c3e-2a3e-11e9-88a4-c32129756dd8 | dfabbri | ||
| Comment les jeunes actifs voient le monde du travail | european union | EurActiv (08.02.2019) Selon une enquête Domplus-BVA pour La Tribune de janvier 2019, sur 1 000 jeunes actifs de moins de 35 ans interrogés sur leur rapport au travail, 80 % placent leur carrière professionnelle au centre de leurs préoccupations |
es résultats pourraient battre en brèche quelques idées reçues : loin de se détacher du monde du travail, 66 % se sentent engagés dans leur emploi. La nouvelle génération d’actifs formule de nouvelles attentes envers l’entreprise, comme la prise en compte de leur situation familiale, l’ |
Employment of young workers | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.euractiv.fr/section/economie/news/comment-les-jeunes-actifs-voient-… | dfabbri | |||
| Understanding coverage: what does universal social protection really mean? | oecd (28.01.2019) The notion that social protection is “universal” rests on two elements, namely that “everyone” is “covered.” |
Universal Social Protection | Published_SS_Monitor | https://oecd-development-matters.org/2019/01/28/understanding-coverage-what-doe… | pmassetti | |||||
| [Blog] Suisse: Santé numérique - et si la vraie révolution était celle des patients ? | switzerland | Le Temps (07.02.2019) Le numérique est-il utile en médecine et si oui, pour faire quoi ? Poser la question pourrait passer pour de l’idiotie tant le discours ambiant est que le numérique va tout révolutionner, y compris la santé. |
Le numérique est-il utile en médecine et si oui, pour faire quoi ? Poser la question pourrait passer pour de l’idiotie tant le discours ambiant est que le numérique va tout révolutionner, y compris la santé. Pourtant, lorsque l’on se rend chez le médecin ou à l’hôpital, l’utilité du |
Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://blogs.letemps.ch/dr-jean-gabriel-jeannot/2019/02/07/sante-numerique-et-… | dfabbri | ||||
| France: Le chômage paie-t-il plus que le travail ? | france | Alternatives Economiques (05.02.2019) Les modalités de calcul des allocations chômage pour les contrats courts peuvent, dans certaines situations, générer des effets d’aubaine. Mais dans l’immense majorité des cas, il est impossible de gagner plus au chômage qu’en travaillant. |
Il faut s’y résigner. La petite musique des demandeurs d’emploi qui rechignent à traverser la rue pour trouver un job n’a pas fini de résonner. Non seulement ils n’auraient pas le goût de l’effort, délaissant même des centaines de milliers d’offres, mais ils se « mettraient au chômage » |
Unemployment | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.alternatives-economiques.fr//chomage-paie-t-plus-travail/00088190?u… | dfabbri | |||
| [Report] ILO/UNICEF: Towards universal social protection for children Achieving SDG 1.3 | ILO (07.02.2019) The importance of ensuring adequate social protection for children has long been high on the agenda of both the ILO and UNICEF. For children, social protection takes on a special significance, since the negative effects of poverty and deprivation in childhood have ramifications… |
Children | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ilo.org/secsoc/information-resources/publications-and-tools/books-a… | dfabbri | |||||
| ILO: Social protection - Countries urged to act on universal social protection | ILO (07.02.2019) To end poverty, ensure social protection for all and make good on international commitments made in 2015, countries around the world have been urged at a ministerial-level conference at the International Labour Organization to take five actions towards universal social… |
- Countries have been called on to develop their national social protection systems, which comprise basic, lifelong social security guarantees for all, for health care and income security.* |
Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_669390/lang--en/ind… | dfabbri | |||||
| [Note] France: Baisses de charges : stop ou encore? | Europe , belgium, france | cae-eco (Janvier 2019) Les politiques d’allègements de cotisations sociales se succèdent, mais les créations d’emploi, ou les exportations, ne sont pas pour autant au rendez-vous. |
Sous le titre Baisses de charges : stop ou encore ?, une note du Conseil d’analyse économique (CAE) vient de proposer « d’abandonner les baisses de charges au-dessus |
Employment, Unemployment, Employment policies, Employment of young workers, Contribution collection and compliance | adequacy, mobile contribution-collection self-employed, self-employed, sustainability, youth employment | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.cae-eco.fr/Baisses-de-charges-stop-ou-encore | gfilhon | ||
| The demise of Mexico’s Prospera programme: a tragedy foretold | mexico | Development Pathways (06.02.2019) The big story in the social protection world last week was the news that Mexico’s Prospera programme is to be abolished after 21 years. Formerly known as Progresa and Oportunidades, it had become an iconic programme for advocates of conditional cash… |
Extension of coverage, Inequalities | cct | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/blog/the-demise-of-mexicos-prospera-progr… | pmassetti | |||
| A European employment guideline—a new recipe for dealing with the crisis | Europe | socialeurope (07.02.2019) Full employment could become a new target for an insecure Europe. A European employment guideline would provide the means to hit it |
Since the investment bank Lehman Brothers went bankrupt a decade ago, unemployment in many EU countries has risen to an unacceptably high level, falling only slightly in recent years. In parallel, right-wing parties and populists are gaining ground at a frightening pace. Today, economists, banker |
economic crisis, labour markets | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.socialeurope.eu/a-european-employment-guideline | dfabbri | |||
| France: Fraude au travail détaché: les sanctions trop peu nombreuses et pas assez dissuasives | european union, france | Le Figaro (06.02.2019) Un étude sur la fraude au travail détaché en France, et l'insuffisance des sanctions, en nombre et en montant, pour être dissuasives. Pour lutter contre la fraude au détachement, la Cour des comptes prône dans son rapport annuel un renforcement des… |
Pour lutter contre la fraude au détachement, la Cour des comptes prône dans son rapport annuel un renforcement des sanctions administratives et pénales, notamment en termes de fermeture de chantiers ou d'établissements, et de mise en cause des donneurs d'ordres et maîtres d'ouvrage. Ce n' |
Error, evasion and fraud | contribution collection, coverage | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/2019/02/06/20002-20190206ARTFIG00069-fraude-… | gfilhon | ||
| Social protection: Only one third of children covered by social protection: ILO, UNICEF | ilo.org (06.02.2019) A new report by UNICEF and the ILO highlights the critical need to extend social protection to all children. |
Children | Proposition_SS_Monitor | https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_668572/lang--en/ind… | pmassetti | |||||
| Brazil mulls minimum retirement age of 65 for men and women | brazil | Reuters (04.02.2019) Brazil’s government has opened discussions with congressional leaders, state governors and mayors on a pension reform bill that would set the minimum retirement age for men and women at 65, a government official said on Monday. |
Pensions | Proposition_SS_Monitor | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-economy-pensions/brazil-mulls-minimum… | pmassetti | ||||
| Harnessing the power of automation in government | McKinsey (February 2019) Process automation and technologies based on artificial intelligence can bring benefits across numerous functions of government. |
Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/how-governments-… | pmassetti |