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Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All. Progress Report March 2004. A New Consensus at ILC 2001. General discussion Income security and access to health care: a need and a right for all Extension of coverage: the highest priority Launch of a global campaign.
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Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All Progress Report March 2004
A New Consensus at ILC 2001 • General discussion • Income security and access to health care: a need and a right for all • Extension of coverage: the highest priority • Launch of a global campaign
Launch of the Campaign • Design: the result of a collaboration between Headquarters and Regions • Launch during ILC 2003 : Director general, Chairperson and two Vice-chairpersons of GB • Special session in African Regional Meeting • National launches: Mozambique, Nepal, Senegal, Nigeria, India…
An operational campaign • Three complementary means of action • Research, dissemination of good practices, experimentation • Assistance and technical cooperation: support to extension policies (in more than 40 countries) • Advocacy, communication, partnerships
Strategies and policies to extend coverage • No single right model • Three complementary ways to extend coverage : • “Classical” social security • Community-based schemes • Establishing linkages between community initiatives and public policies
Extending social security through social dialogue • Pilot project: Mali, Honduras, Sri Lanka • Shared tripartite diagnosis • Training and capacity building of social partners • Definition of national action plans
New mechanisms in the informal economy • STEP programme • Innovation and knowledge development • Support to community-based schemes • Combating social exclusion at the local level • Intervention in more than 30 countries: Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
Development of partnerships • Governments and social partners • Donors and international organizations • ILO/PAHO initiative on social protection in health in Latin America and the Caribbean • A special initiative for Africa • A catalyst: to mobilize for action