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| Viet Nam: Financing of job training and retraining to avoid job losses | vietnam | vss.gov.vn (29.03.2020) Due to the epidemic, if the employers were subject to change its production or business structure or technology, they will be assisted in funding for training and retraining to improve occupational skills and qualifications to maintain employment for workers when fully… |
Due to the epidemic, if the employers were subject to change its production or business structure or technology, they will be assisted in funding for training and retraining to improve occupational skills and qualifications to maintain employment for workers when fully satisfying the regulated… |
The COVID-19 epidemic has been directly and indirectly affecting negative impacts on production and business activities of industries and fields, which results in job cuts of employees. Hence, the unemployment insurance policy has now been considered a "life buoy", partly helping stabilize lives |
Employment policies | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://vss.gov.vn/english/news/Pages/vietnam-social-security.aspx?CateID=198&I… | mmarquez | |
| Bono Cuidar y Cuidarse: monto, requisitos y cómo conseguirlo - AS.com | venezuela | as.com (20.07.2020) La entrega del nuevo bono "Cuidar y Cuidarse" comenzó el pasado de julio y se entregara de manera directa y gradual. El bono es una entrega de 900.000 bolívares y corresponde a más de dos salarios mínimos. Este bono es el decimosegundo bono de protección social que se… |
Delivery of the new "Cuidar y Cuidarse" (Taking care of others and of one self) bonus began last July and will be delivered directly and gradually. The bonus is a delivery of 900,000 bolivars and corresponds to more than two minimum wages. This bonus is the twelfth social protection bonus given… |
La pandemia del coronavirus ha provocado una gran crisis económica en toda Venezuela. Muchos trabajadores y familias no tienen apenas ingresos para hacer frente a los gastos que está generando la enfermedad y, por eso, el presidente Nicolás Maduro ha creado el Bono Cuidar y Cuidarse. |
Social assistance, Cash transfers, COVID-19 | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://as.com/diarioas/2020/07/20/actualidad/1595268049_449096.html | mmarquez | |
| Venuezuela: Bono Padre Bolívar | venezuela | as.com (26.07.2020) Un nuevo bono ha salido a la luz en Venezuela, el bono "Padre Bolívar" en honor a Simón Bolívar. Este bono comenzó a entregarse el pasado 24 de julio y estará vigente hasta el 31 de julio. El monto es de 1.000.000 bolívares. |
The new bond "Padre Bolívar" began to be issued last July 24 and will be valid until July 31. The amount is 1,000,000 bolívares. |
Un nuevo bono ha salido a la luz en Venezuela, el Bono Padre Bolívar en honor a Simón Bolívar. Este bono comenzó a entregarse el pasado 24 de julio y estará vigente hasta el 31 de julio. El presidente Nicolás Maduro sigue sacando bonos durante la p |
Social assistance, Cash transfers, COVID-19 | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://as.com/diarioas/2020/07/26/actualidad/1595782318_866223.html | mmarquez | |
| Réunion: Regional safeguard fund | Réunion | Réunion Region (18.05.2020) This fund is part of a principle of subsidiarity, in addition to the other mechanisms operated by the State and the local authorities, and must allow “last resort” intervention. It is therefore mobilized if: • the applicant does not have access to a bank loan or to… |
The fund targets the applicant does not have access to a bank loan or to other support tools offered by the State, the Region (rebound loan) or other communities, including entrepreneurs, micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses, up to 10 employees, unable to obtain a bank loan; … |
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Shocks & extreme events, COVID-19, Financial crisis | covid19, economic crisis, self-employed, sustainability, youth employment | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.regionreunion.com/actualite/toute-l-actualite/article/fonds-regiona… | siha | |
| 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.
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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… |
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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 |