Social Development and COVID-19
in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Date: 06 al 07-10-2020 | Place: Virtual
Description:
The Workshop aims to strengthen the capacity of policymakers in the Caribbean in designing and implementing universal social protection systems and programmes, as well as enhance the competency of the technical staff of member States to measure inequality and identify the furthest behind as a necessary first step in reducing inequalities through social protection. The workshop will also contribute to advance the promise of Agenda 2030 to “leave no one behind” and support the attainment of specific Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Date: 03-12-2020 | Place: Virtual
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The Workshop " Sistemas de información social y registros sociales en América Latina: avances y desafíos frente al COVID-19", was held virtually on December 3, 2020. The main objectives of the workshop were to address the advances, learnings and challenges of social information systems and participant registries in the region based on the results of a study that systematizes their pre-COVID-19 situation and the main innovations adopted in 15 Latin American countries to implement social protection measures against the emergency.
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Date: 31-08-2020 | Place: Virtual
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Date: 08-05-2020 | Place: Virtual
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This meeting involved not only member countries, but also UN agencies and other international cooperation agencies. The latter shared input on the work they do along governments, and they discussed their outlook about the main challenges either caused or deepened by COVID-19. In turn, member countries discussed their position in regard to transitioning from quarantine to an exit plan, and in relation to restrictions on the free movement of people, all of this in a context of economic and social crisis. All of this, with the purpose of sharing their most urgent needs, as well as informing of those measures that were successfully implemented and that could be replicated in other countries.
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Date: 08-04-2020 | Place: Virtual
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The focus of this meeting revolved around the challenge of ensuring that measures and programmes designed to tackle the pandemic reach the people that they intend to help, and also about the need for technical assistance between countries. Among the main difficulties faced were keeping complete registries of the target populations of each programme, the pressure over social services, the need to work on a long term framework in order to deal with the economic effects to come, and the development of strategies to speed up the delivery of resources, among others. Also, several countries voiced the importance of learning from each others experiences, especially in relation to population registries, so they can incorporate vulnerable and hard-to-reach groups (elderly, migrants, indigenous peoples, women, etc) to the benefits of social protection. Finally, ECLAC informed that it will be enabling instances of interaction to promote the exchange of experiences among member countries, such as the Observatory on COVID-19.
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Covid-19 Observatory in Latin America and the Caribbean
