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| 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 | |||||
| «Une protection sociale pour tous» | Le Quotidien (20.10.2015) Le Cercle des ONG de développement rappelle que seuls 27% de la population mondiale a actuellement accès à des régimes complets et efficaces de sécurité sociale, et milite pour une protection universelle. |
Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes | extending coverage, published | http://www.lequotidien.lu/politique-et-societe/une-protection-sociale-pour-tous | monitor | |||||
| Travailleurs détachés: la question du détachement des Polonais en France suscite des interrogations | france, poland | Batiactu (14.10.2015) Alors que Bruxelles ne relâche pas ses efforts et souhaite désormais la mise en place d'une durée maximale de détachement, la "victimisation autour du plombier polonais" refait surface par la voix d'une députée polonaise au Parlement européen. D'… |
Employment, Migration | migration, published | http://www.batiactu.com/edito/travailleurs-detaches-question-detachement-polona… | monitor | ||||
| France: Quels médicaments coûtent le plus cher à la sécurité sociale ? | france | latribune.fr (16.10.2015) Les dépenses 2014 en remboursement de médicaments ont augmenté de 3,8% après deux années de baisse, car les nouveaux traitements contre l'hépatite C ont rendu la facture salée. Mais le médicament le plus coûteux permet de lutter contre les rhumatismes. |
Health | published | http://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/chimie-pharmacie/quels-me… | monitor | ||||
| US: Survey reveals knowledge gap about claiming Social Security | United States | The Detroit News (18.10.2015) Just 39 percent of Americans 45 to 64 surveyed by AARP said Social Security benefits will make up at least half of their future retirement income, though the advocacy group says nearly 6 in 10 elderly people rely on the benefits for half or more of their household… |
Governance and administration | published | http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2015/10/18/survey-claiming-social-sec… | monitor | ||||
| Cambodia marks World Food Day, focusing on social protection, agriculture | cambodia | Xinhua Net (16.10.2015) Cambodia celebrated World Food Day here on Friday, stressing the importance of social protection and agriculture in eradicating hunger and poverty, according to a joint press statement. |
poverty, published | http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-10/16/c_134721086.htm | monitor | |||||
| ILO: World Poverty Day - An end to Poverty by 2030: It can be done | ILO/News (17.10.2015) The theme of this year’s World Poverty Day, “Building a sustainable future: Coming together to end poverty and discrimination”. Statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on World Poverty Day 2015. |
Inequalities | megatrends, poverty, published | http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/who-we-are/ilo-director-general/stateme… | monitor | |||||
| [Report] Addressing the Youth Employment Crisis Needs Urgent Global Action | worldbank.org (13.10.2015) In the coming decades, global growth will depend on today’s young people. Combatting the persistent youth employment crisis requires a global effort and proactive action: report |
Employment of young workers | youth employment, published | http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/10/13/addressing-the-youth-… | monitor | |||||
| CFE: Plus de 35 ans de protection sociale pour les Français de l’étranger | france | Le Petit Journal (14.10.2015) Un sondage montre que les Français de l’étranger sont très attachés à la sécurité sociale. Les expatriés peuvent choisir de continuer à bénéficier de la protection sociale « à la française » en adhérant à la Caisse des Français de l’Etranger (CFE). Michel Touverey,… |
Migration | migration, megatrends, published | http://www.lepetitjournal.com/expat/vie-quotidienne/227556-cfe-plus-de-35-ans-d… | monitor | ||||
| US: Veterans Affairs changing customer service frame of reference with new framework | United States | FederalNewsRadio.com (08.10.2015) The Veterans Affairs Department’s ongoing goal to provide world class customer service always begins with a simple premise: understand the veterans experience first and foremost. |
Service quality | services quality, published | http://federalnewsradio.com/management/2015/10/va-changing-customer-service-fra… | monitor | ||||
| FAO: Social protection can help farmers out of poverty | BBC News (13.10.2015) Society must offer the world's poorest farmers a helping hand in order to break the cycle of poverty, a key United Nations report has said. |
Extension of coverage, Social assistance, Social policies & programmes | poverty, rural world, extending coverage, published | http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34517956 | monitor | |||||
| Ghana: Ministry holds validation workshop on social protection policy | ghana | Ghanaweb (13.10.2015) The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, on Tuesday held a day’s stakeholder consultative workshop to validate a national social protection policy, whose process began in January last year. |
published | http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/regional/Ministry-holds-validation-worksh… | monitor | |||||
| European Commission: Who survives in self-employment? | european union | Europa (07.10.2015) Promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship has a strong potential to create jobs, strengthen the EU’s innovation capacity and give unemployed and disadvantaged people an opportunity to fully participate in society and the economy (provided they get the necessary support… |
Employment, Inequalities | megatrends, published, self-employed | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=2343&furtherNews=… | monitor | ||||
| Employment & social situation: EU economy continues its moderate but consistent growth | Europa (09.10.2015) Labour markets and social indicators in the EU continue to gradually improve, benefitting from the strengthening in economic activity, according to the latest edition of the Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review. |
published | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=2345&furtherNews=… | monitor | ||||||
| Algérie: L'âge de retraite est maintenu à 60 ans | algeria | Liberté Algérie (07.10.2015) Le DG de la Caisse nationale de retraite (CNR), Slimane Melouka a été l’ « Invité de la rédaction » de la Chaine III de ce mardi 06 octobre. Questionné sur le maintien ou la révision de l’âge actuel du départ à la retraite, qui est fixé à 60 ans, il a répondu que… |
published | http://www.liberte-algerie.com/actualite/lage-de-retraite-est-maintenu-a-60-ans… | monitor | |||||
| France: Maladies professionnelles - Ils ne veulent pas "flancher" mais le burn-out touche aussi des petits patrons | france | TV5 Monde (12.10.2015) Ils s'interdisent le plus souvent "de flancher", mais le burn-out, ou syndrome d'épuisement professionnel, touche aussi des petits patrons, commerçants et autres artisans, une réalité méconnue, mise en lumière lors d'un récent colloque à Paris. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | http://information.tv5monde.com/en-continu/ils-ne-veulent-pas-flancher-mais-le-… | monitor | ||||
| La protection sociale contribue à réduire la pauvreté | La Croix (13.10.2015) Un rapport de la FAO publié mardi 13 octobre montre que la protection sociale lutte efficacement contre la faim dans le monde. |
Social protection floor, Inequalities | megatrends, poverty, published | http://www.la-croix.com/Actualite/Monde/La-protection-sociale-contribue-a-redui… | monitor | |||||
| FAO: La protection sociale, un pilier pour la lutte contre la pauvreté | AFP (13.10.2015) Promouvoir les programmes de protection sociale, en particulier au bénéfice des femmes, contribue à réduire la pauvreté et l'insécurité alimentaire dans les zones les plus touchées, estime l'Organisation de l'ONU pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO… |
Health, Extension of coverage | extending coverage, poverty, rural world, published | http://www.romandie.com/news/La-protection-sociale-un-pilier-pour-la-lutte-cont… | monitor | |||||
| Uganda: Government's health plan seeks to increase life expectancy | uganda | New Vision (13.10.2015) The Ministry of Health has announced measures it will pursue to ensure that Ugandans live longer healthier lives. They include “seven tips to better health at community level.” The measures announced by the minister, Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye are also meant to ensure that the… |
Health, Extension of coverage | extending coverage, published | http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/674415-government-s-health-plan-seeks-to-increa… | monitor |