Social Protection Inter-Agency Cooperation Board /

Inter-Agency Social Protection Assessments

Policy Dialogue Tools to assess the legislative and policy framework of

social protection and to promote participatory

national dialogue

Timo Voipio, MFA-Finland

Geneva, 6 May 2014

timo.voipio@formin.fi

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1. Right to SocProt in Law / Constitution? 2. SP-System(s) established by Law + Long term Strategy + Institutional framework? 3. Guarantees for equity and non-discrimination + positive discrimination of the vulnerable groups? 4. SP = Part of a broader socio-economic policy? 5. Integrated and coherent SP strategy, reducing fragmentation + ensuring capacity of all?

6. Sustainable and reliable funding? 7. Awareness of gender impacts and inequalities, incl. Intra-HH? 8. Participation of w/m and disaggregated data? 9. Recognize the value of care work? 10. Capacity building? 11. Cash transfers accompanied by social services?

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12. Targeting aimed at progressively achieving universal coverage? 13. Targeting methods: Reasonable? Objective? Transparent!? Gender-neutral? 14. If proxy means-testing: Transparent? Understandable? Non-stigmatising? 15. Access: Take into account the economic, legal, administrative, cultural and physical obstacles? 16. Benefit levels adequate? 17. Avoid conditionalities/co-responsabilities & protect against abuses and unintended consequences?

18. Failure to fulfill conditions should not lead to exclusion from programme? à Signal for case work for the social workers !! Capacity of social workers? 19. Participatory mechanisms authentic, taking into account existing power asymmetries? 20. Accessible and effective complaints mechanisms? Appeal process: Independent, simple, accessible, fair, effective? 21. Periodical review of decision-making processes? 5/6/14

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Inter-Ministerial + Inter-Sectoral + Inter-Agency work:

1.  Basic services for all - MinHealth, MinCommDev, MinEdu, MinLab, MinSocAff, MinAgr, MinFin, LocalGov, CSOs, research...

2. Basic income security: – MinHealth: Health insurance for all – MinLab, MinWorks: Employment

guarantee or unemployment benefit – Min.CommDev, MinFin: Child grants – MinFin: Social pension (for elderly &

PWD)

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MATRIX: Policy Dialogue Issues to be assessed (on a scale from 1-4):

- Social Protection (SP) Legislative framework, strategy and objectives - Existing SP policies and programs and the population risk & vulnerability (R&V) profile - SP policy making process - Policy implementation and capacity - Public expenditure and financing - Information dissemination and Awareness raising - Data, Monitoring and Evaluation systems

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SP Legislative framework, strategy and objectives - Appropriateness - Rights and dignity - Integration - Inclusiveness - Governance - Responsiveness - Participation - Incentive compatibility - Sustainability

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SP Legislative framework, strategy and objectives (Differences WB/FIN) - Appropriateness: Diversity of approaches, cf.EU - Rights and dignity - Integration - Inclusiveness - Governance - Responsiveness - Participation - Incentive compatibility: At policy level, for various Govt Ministries + employers, workers, etc. - Sustainability: Social sustainability/acceptability essential for the Social Contract

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Existing SP policies and programs and the population risk & vulnerability (R&V) profile

- Inclusiveness - Appropriateness - Sustainability: Social sustainability/acceptability is a “killer condition” for SP policies and programmes

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Et cetera....

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ILO Proposal:

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