Roundtable on Social Protection European Parliament 11 th April 2012

1. Social Protection in EU Development cooperation: the forthcoming Communication on Social Protection in EU Development Cooperation Roundtable on Social Protection European Parliament 11th April 2012 Presentation by EuropeAid Directorate General for Development and Cooperation, Directorate for Human and Society Development

2. The consultation process (Nov 2011 to March 2012): • Consultation meetings: Member States, civil society, international organisations, partner countries (round tables in Casablanca, Addis Ababa and Bangkok and meetings with Embassies in Brussels). • Online consultation: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/how/public-consultations/6404_en.htm (Closed: 24th February 2012)

3. Issues paper Preliminary outputs of the on-line consultations • A total of 135 responses • National Authorities 25  • International Organisation 18 • NGO 50 (37.%) • Academia 8 • General public 16 • Others 18

4. The communication – Work in progress • Introduction: • What is Social protection? (basic, broad definition) • SP as a human right • SP supports growth WITH EQUITY • The Agenda for Change: inclusive sustainable growth for human development; focus on sectors which build the foundations of growth and help ensure it is inclusive, notably social protection, health and education. • Calls on the EC to draft a communication.

5. The communication – Work in progress • (Therefore) the purpose of the communication: • '…to explain the role of SP in underpinning inclusive and sustainable development and the role of EU dev. Cooperation in supporting the strengthening of social protection policies and systems.'

6. The communication – Work in progress • Social Protection in Support of Inclusive Growth A summary of the ways in which SP supports inclusive economic growth • (this follows on from the Agenda for Change point in the first section) • SP in Europe • SP at the heart of EU social model (to be taken up in the later section on what we should do - our basis in European values - universality and equity) • The problems EU faces today and the response: EU 2020.

7. The communication – Work in progress • Social Protection in Development • Developing countries - high growth/high inequality/low inclusion, reflected in relatively low spend on SP compared to established HIC economies. • Three phases of development: exclusive focus on growth; safety nets in response to neg. effects of restructuring etc; ongoing development of new SP approaches to the poor based on social transfers. • Success of transfer programmes in reducing poverty. Problems and difficulties. • Important conclusion: where social protection systems have demonstrated success a key ingredient has been strong national ownership including financing • The issue of affordability

8. Social protection issues in development

10. The communication – Work in progress • The future direction of European Union development cooperation in support of social protection in partner countries i. A VALUES BASED APPROACH • European Values • Equity, social inclusion and social cohesion

11. The communication – Work in progress ii. A strategic approach to supporting national programmes • What should we support and how? • The challenge in LICs of achieving sustainable, country owned social protection systems

12. The Communication • Differentiated Development Partnerships: • Support for the development of social protection systems is relevant to both LICs and MICs.Identifying social protection as a focal sector? IV. Aid Modalities • Include south-south and triangular cooperation V. Mobilising political support for social protection

13. The communication – Work in progress • 7. Coordinated EU Action A common EU approach to supporting SP?8. Policy coherence