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Creation of jobs and decent work together with extending coverage of social protection, vocational training provision and skills development in both formal sector and informal economy are essential for inclusive growth. Here we want to raise awareness and knowledge on the important role of employment, VET and social protection as key elements in the EU's development policy.

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THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF ADAPTIVE/SHOCK-RESPONSIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION – INTEGRATING SOCIAL PROTECTION INTO DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT

Francesca Ciardi created a new learning event | 29 May 2019

31 May

From 31 May 2019
in (Barbados)

Organised by World Food Programme; World Bank

This learning event is being hosted as part of the Understanding Risk Caribbean Conference (27-31 May | Barbados) >> Link The Nuts & Bolts of Adaptive/Shock-Responsive Social Protection - Integrating Social Protection into Disaster Risk Management Organization: World Food Programme and...

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Group: Social protection across the humanitarian-development nexus
New article: Graduation from social protection. What it means, how it works

Capacity4dev Team posted Information | 29 May 2019

Capacity4dev recently spoke to Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, a development economist and research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies in the UK, who's considered a leading expert on social protection. She walked us through what it means to graduate from social protection and how this can be...

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Group: Public Group on Employment, VET and Social Protection
Launch Event (20 May 2019) Supporting People through Crises: Social Protection across the Humanitarian-Development Nexus

Zena Mouawad updated the WIKI page | 28 May 2019

Launch event on the occasion of the release of operational notes Monday, 20 May 2019, 14:00 – 18:00 at L-L-42 (Rue de la Loi 42, 1000 Brussels) Over the last two years, the EU has produced the Guidance Package (GP) on providing Social Protection across the Humanitarian-Development Nexus (SPaN). At...

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Relevant Policy Commitments

Zena Mouawad updated the WIKI page | 27 May 2019

In 2018, 68.5 million people worldwide were displaced by war or violent conflict, with little evidence suggesting the number will decrease in 2019. Photo © EU/ECHO/Martin Karimi Humanitarian interventions are becoming more frequent, severe, complex and protracted. The issue of linking humanitarian...

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SPaN (2019) Case Study: Yemen

Zena Mouawad updated the Document | 27 May 2019

guidance_package_-_social_protection_across_the_humanitarian-development_nexus_case_study_yemen.pdf 628.12 KB

This Case Study on Yemen summarizes the context and main features of the alignment process in response to protracted forced displacement (internal). Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the Middle East and North Africa region with widespread food insecurity and malnutrition, poor health and...

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SPaN (2019) Case Study: Bangladesh

Zena Mouawad updated the Document | 27 May 2019

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© European Union/KM Asad This Case Study on Bangladesh summarises the opportunities identified by the ECHO-funded technical assistance facility to improve assistance addressing risk and vulnerability in Cox´s Bazar. Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters. This...

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SPaN (2019) Case Study: Iraq

Zena Mouawad updated the Document | 27 May 2019

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© EU/ECHO/Peter Biro This Case Study on Iraq summarises the opportunities identified by the ECHO-funded technical assistance facility to transition the chronically poor and vulnerable from humanitarian assistance to national schemes. Establishing an effective safety net has been a strategic...

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Group: Social protection across the humanitarian-development nexus
SPAN (2019) Case Study: Lebanon

Zena Mouawad updated the Document | 27 May 2019

guidance_package_social_protection_across_the_humanitarian-development_nexus_case_study_lebanon.pdf 1.72 MB

This case study applies the SPaN approach to facilitate the transition or transformation of a short-term emergency safety net into a sytemic and longer-ter poverty alleviation mechanism by aligning service provision through NPTP and MCPA to foster complementary national safety nets able to cover...

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Group: Social protection across the humanitarian-development nexus
SPaN (2019) Case Study: Somalia

Zena Mouawad updated the Document | 27 May 2019

guidance_package_social_protection_across_the_humanitarian-development_nexus_case_study_somalia.pdf 632.5 KB

Between August and October 2017, the initiative and ASiST assigned Social Protection specialists to identify opportunities to support a transition from current humanitarian assistance to a social assistance approach in Somalia. The outcome was a three-year roadmap for EU DEVCO and ECHO field office...

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Glossary of key terms for SPaN

Zena Mouawad updated the WIKI page | 27 May 2019

Global experiences of working with social protection systems and approaches to respond to a crisis have recently been organised into a working typology summarized in the Reference Document . This typology has been a useful way of demonstrating what working with social protection systems and...

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