FES, APSP and SOLIDAR | Social Protection Monitor

FES, APSP and SOLIDAR | Social Protection Monitor | Haiti

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HOW TO MAINSTREAM SOCIAL PROTECTION IN THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND'S (EDF) NATIONAL INDICATIVE PROGRAMMES (NIPs)? AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS US HOW.

The EU, through its development cooperation policy and programs, is greatly contributing to the achievement of decent work and social protection for all.

The forthcoming review of the National Indicative Programs (NIPs) - negotiated in the framework of the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) - and the Cotonou Partnership Agreement can be an opportunity to further pursue the realisation of the right to decent work and social protection for all and better align the EDF programs with the SDG Agenda 2030 spirit: "We are committed to ending poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including by eradicating extreme poverty by 2030. All people must enjoy a basic standard of living, including through social protection systems." (Agenda 2030, paragraph 24).

Through the Social Protection Monitor, developed together with SOLIDAR members, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the African Platform for Social Protection (APSP), we have consulted our partners in the field who have told us how this can be done.

Starting from February 19th – to mark the World Day of Social Justice (February 20th) - the Social Protection Monitor’s country reports will be published weekly. This week Haiti will be in the spotlight...

How EU programs could help achieve social protection and decent work
OUR MEMBERS AND PARTNERS IN HAITI
tell you how

The EU National Indicative Programme should

Have a stronger focus on access to quality essential services offered free of charge.
Provide support to the Government’s plan of extending social insurance to all workers, including the self-employed and informal sector workers. At the same time, the EU should support the development of a comprehensive financing plan which clearly outlines different funding sources and budgets for the different aspects of the social protection floor.
Focus on capacity building and other support to civil society, to ensure that they can play their role in monitoring Government’s initiatives in social protection and hold service providers accountable.
Support the full participation of civil society actors in the development of the new national social protection policy to ensure that all voices are heard and included.

Read the country report