SP Show-and-Tell 12 May, 2010
MFA-FINLAND / Timo Voipio
• 3,1 % of bilateral ODA to SP sounds good, but it is
mainly based on generous MFAF support to (good
work by) Finnish Disability NGOs
• Bilateral SP work really nothing to boast about
(“SOCIAL” deprioritized by the Minister  2011)
• Strong support to multi-lateral policy dialogue
processes, primarily by President of Finland,
Ms. Tarja Halonen ( 2012) and by the Advisers.
FINLAND – Strong supporter of
Democratic Global Governance ~ UN
Tähän maapallo ja lapsia
• Mbeleni - Future - Tulevaisuus
Ms. Tarja Halonen, President of Finland
Chair of the Millennium Summit
Global Jobs Pact
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KELA:n,
Global Jobs Summit
+ One-UN Social Protection Floor
Sos.turvan päivät, Rovaniemi,120809
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With Tanzania:
1) ILO World Commission on
Social Dimension of Globalization
2) Helsinki Process: Multi-stakeholder dialogue
SP Show-and-Tell 12 May, 2010
MFA-FINLAND
•Multilateral support to SP innovation work by
• WB (TFESSD, incl. WB-SP and Disability)
• ILO – for One-UN Social Protection Floor
Initiative (SPF-I) & DW/SP in Central Asia
+ UNICEF + WFP + UNFPA + UNDP
SP Show-and-Tell 12 May, 2010
MFA-FINLAND
• Active role in ‘brokering’ SP Agenda Development in…
• OECD-POVNET
• Policy Guidance on SP and PPG 2009
• Measuring SP in ODA statistics 2010
• Joint Donor Learning Events on SP (Train4Dev) 2010
• Global Social Protection Floor 2011-12
• EU: European Development Report 2010 on SP in
SSA Dec10  Communication/Conclusions on SP 2011?
• AU/EU Strategic Partnership on Migr/Empl/SP 30.6.2.7. Dakar
(user: povnet; pass: dacpovnet)
SP Show-and-Tell 12 May, 2010
MFA-FINLAND
• UN CSocD (Commission for Social Development)
Social Protection Floor
 SDAN: Social Development Advisers’ Network
 Rights of Persons with Disability + Book
• UN Human Rights Council / Ms. Sepulveda
• Social Pensions and Human Rights – Side Event 3
June, Geneva (Finland/Brazil/HAI/HRC)
• Sepulveda also: CCTs and HR, Crisis/SP/HR
SP Show-and-Tell 12 May, 2010
MFA-FINLAND
• Global Partnership on Disability and Dev’t (GPDD)
• CSOs:
• ICSW (International Council for Social Welfare)
+ IFSW (Int’l Federation of Social Workers)
+ IASSW (Int’l Association of Schools of Social Work
 Joint Conference Hong Kong 10-15 June, 2010
MFA-FINLAND / TV
+ Arguments used in support of SP (1/2):
• Comprehensive SocPol for Development (2006)
• Putting People at the Centre (1999), incl. Holzmann and
Jorgensen on Social Risk Management, p. 45
• UN-DESA National Development Policy Notes
• UNSG: “Keeping the Promise” –report
• UN-DESA Rethinking Poverty
• UNRISD Financing Social Policy
• UNRISD Flagship Report on Poverty
• ISSA Social Security Coverage Extension Study
MFA-FINLAND / TV
+ Arguments used in support of SP (2/2):
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Peter Townsend et al (2009)
Ravi Kanbur on a Systemic Approach to SP 2009,
Ravi Kanbur Protecting the Poor 2010
ICSW Finland/Tanzania Partnership
Global Social Policy Journal and Digest
MFA-FINLAND / TV
Relevant Future Events with SP on Agenda
• WIDER 25th Conference 13-15 May, 2010
• Human Rights Council seminar on Gender, SP and
MDGs in Geneva, 1-2 June, 2010
• Human Rights Council Side Event on Social Pensions
and Human Rights in Geneva, 3 June, 2010
• ICSW Global Conference, Hong Kong 10-15 June, 2010
• ERD-2010 Conference in Paris 17-18 June, 2010
MFA-FINLAND / TV
Relevant Future Events with SP on Agenda
• ERD-2010 Conference in Dakar with Africans 28-30
June, 2010
• AU/EU Partnership Consultations on DW/Empl/SP in
Dakar 30 June-2 July, 2010
• ERD-Conference in Florence, Sept-2010 (date tbc)
• World Conference on Universal Social Security, Brazil ?
• IDS-Centre for Social Protection Conference on SP for
Social Justice 13-15 April, 2011  Looking for co-hosts
(& sponsors)
More info: Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and development cooperation
Comprehensive Social Policies for Development
Timo Voipio
Senior Adviser for Global Social Policy
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFAF)
Department for Development Policy
P.O. Box 511; 00023 Government, FINLAND
Tel. +358 9 160 55509; Cell. +358 40 778 2954
Email: timo.voipio@formin.fi

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