USP2030 Day at COP28

09 DECember 2022

The following 2 events were co-organized by members of the USP2030 Working Group on SP & Climate Change:

• Loss and Damage: Reaching children and other vulnerable groups with inclusive and adaptive SP as a crucial response to the climate crisis. UNICEF Pavilion, 10am – 11:30am.
• Building social protection systems to support a Just Transition. Just Transition Pavilion (ILO, EC, ITUC, IOE), 2pm to 2:50pm.

OECD & USP2030 4th policy dialogue on social protection & development

Ageing in Context of Large Labour Market Informality: How Can Social Protection Take up the Challenge?

07 & 08 november 2022, 13:00 – 16:30 cet

This event will bring together government representatives and development partners to exchange experiences around key topics of actuality: Lessons learnt from the expansion of social pensions and contributory pensions to those in the informal economy (Day 1); Addressing gender inequalities in old age; Meeting the care and support needs of older persons and persons with disabilities (Day 2). Click here for the agenda.

Register through the following links: Day 1 (December 7) ; Day 2 (December 8). 

USP2030 & Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions

Technical & Strategy Workshop

27 & 28 September 2023, 14:00-15:30 CEST

This event will reflect on how USP2030 and the Global Accelerator can jointly contribute to the objective of extending USP, and determine key strategic orientations for the positioning and role of USP2030 in relation to the structure of the Global Accelerator.

More information on the outcomes of the workshop here.

More on the Global Accelerator here!

USP2030 & SPPFM Technical Exchange on Extension of Coverage to Workers in the Informal Economy

Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 April, 2023, from 13.00 to 14.30 CEST

This event, co-organized with the Social Protection & Public Finance Management Programme (SPPFM), brought together SPPFM and USP2030 members, experts and practitioners to share experiences and lessons learnt on the extension of coverage to those in the informal economy in Africa, Asia and South America.

Access the documentation and recordings here!

high-level conference on Advancing the Social Protection Agenda in Eastern Africa

9 march 2023, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EAT

This conference aims to discuss the steps to achieve social protection in Eastern African countries. To this end, the event will connect stakeholders across the region to jointly discuss challenges and solutions, to reflect on the Learning Journey that took place throughout 2022 in the region and to learn about specific commitments of countries that participated. Find more information and register here in English or in French!

Interoperatibility in action workshop #3: social protection information systems interacting with id systems

21 february 2023, 12:00 – 14:00 GMT

Interoperability in Action is a workshop series organised by the USP2030 Digital Convergence Initiative to discuss and demonstrate interoperability in the social protection sector. This Third workshop will discuss some use cases of interoperability between Identification Systems and SP-MIS systems, and demonstrate the integration of SP-MIS with MOSIP ID Solution, highlighting the value of interoperability for delivering social protection programs. Access the Agenda and registration link here.

CSocD61 side event on enhancing linkages between universal social protection and employment for decent work

10 february 2023, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

USP2030 is hosting a side event to the 61st Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) on the theme: “Enhancing linkages between universal social protection and employment for decent work”. You will find more information here..

OECD & USP2030 policy dialogue on social protection & development, 29 & 30 november 2022, 13:00 – 16:30 cet

This policy dialogue brought together government representatives and development partners to exchange experiences around key topics of actuality: Social protection and the food and energy crisis; Social protection and environmental degradation and climate shocks (Day 1); The role of targeting and universalism; Social protection, jobs and sustainable livelihoods (Day 2). 

View the recording : Day 1; Day 2. or access the summary in English and French.

SUBREGIONAL E-CONFERENCE: TOWARDS UNIVERSAL SOCIAL PROTECTION (USP) BY 2030 IN EASTERN AFRICA, 14 jUNE 2022, 14:00 – 16:00 EAT

In line with USP2030’s mission to accelerate progress towards achieving SDG 1.3, this conference advocated for extending universal social protection in Eastern African countries and connected stakeholders across the region to jointly discuss challenges and lessons learnt.

View the recording here.

3rd MEMBERSHIP ASSEMBLY, 29 March 2022, 14:00 – 17:00 CEST

USP2030 members and invited observers joined the 3rd USP2030 Membership Assembly on 29 March 2022 (2-5 pm CEST/8-11 am ET) under the topic From crisis to recovery – Lessons learnt for achieving USP by 2030. The Membership Assembly was opportunity to hear from our working groups, engage in a strategic discussion with all USP2030 members, and plan the next steps for the partnership. The detailed agenda is available here.