GENEVA (ILO News) – The Global
Partnership for Universal Social Protection (USP2030) is to hold a
high-level conference at the International Labour Organization
headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on 5 February from 09.00 –
18.15.

Social protection prevents poverty,
reduces inequality and is the key to sustained, inclusive economic
and social development. The ‘Together to Achieve Universal Social
Protection by 2030’ conference will bring together ministers,
policy-makers and civil society to discuss the achievements and
challenges of building universal social protection systems and
ensuring sustainable and equitable finance for social protection.

With 55 per cent of the global
population still excluded from social protection, USP2030 calls on
countries to live up to their commitment to universal social
protection, as outlined in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals .
In particular, the meeting will be an opportunity to encourage
countries in the Global South to adopt the USP2030 Call to Action and
hear what countries need from development partners to join the
USP2030 Global Partnership.

Speakers include:

Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights (OHCHR)

Marjeta Jager, Deputy Director-General,
International Cooperation and Development, European Commission (EC)

Gabriela Ramos, Chief of Staff and
Sherpa to the G20, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD)

Armanda Berta Dos Santos, Minister of
Social Solidarity and Inclusion, Timor Leste

Susan Shabangu, Minister of Social
Development, South Africa

Mohamed Trabelsi, Minister of Social
Affairs, Tunisia

Zephania Kameeta, Minister of Poverty
Eradication and Social Welfare, Namibia

Pungky Sumadi, Deputy Minister for
Population and Labor, Indonesia

Deborah Greenfield, Deputy
Director-General, International Labour Organization

Michal Rutkowski, Senior Director,
Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice, World Bank

The conference is organized by the
Global Partnership for Universal Social Protection (USP2030) and the
EU Social Protection Systems Initiative , in cooperation with the
Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors . Further information,
including a full agenda, is available on the conference website .

The Global Partnership for Universal
Social Protection to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
(USP2030), launched in 2016 at the United Nations General Assembly in
New York and co-chaired by the World Bank and ILO, brings together
the African Union, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), European
Commission, Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF),
HelpAge, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), International Trade
Union Confederation (ITUC), Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD), Save the Children, United Nations Development
Programme-International Policy Centre (UNDP-IPC), United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF), along with Belgian, Finnish, French and
German development cooperation; others continue to join as the
partnership is expanding.

The event will be livestreamed. It will
be possible to watch the sessions here.

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