FAO e-learning academy has just released a new series called “Social Protection in Rural Areas: building responsive systems in the context of Covid19”: https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=604. These videos were developed as part of an ITC/ILO e-coaching initiative on social protection that was first implemented last year. The last edition began in March 2022. The...

Hue city, Vietnam - FAO met with representatives from the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (DOLISA) and the Quang Dien District Authority to identify how to embed anticipatory action for typhoons and floods into the national social protection system. Social protection is key to managing disaster risk in a...

27 June 2022, Nairobi – FAO brought together FAO Social Protection Focal Points from 35 countries in Africa, including social protection specialists from the FAO Regional Office and Headquarters for a Regional Training, Strategic Planning, Knowledge and Experience Sharing on Social Protection. The workshop held from 27 to 29 June 2022, in Nairobi and...

Pakistan – Umarkot, Ratnor, Tharparkar. Under the European Commission - ECHO funded project “Increasing capacities and scale for Anticipatory Action including through Social Protection systems”, FAO was in Sindh Province, in Pakistan, to meet communities, representatives from the Government at provincial- and district-level, and civil society organizations. Consultations were focused...

FAO supports Senegal in the creation of a Centre of Excellence for Social Protection. The overall objective of the Centre of Excellence for Social Protection (CEPS), an initiative of the Government of Senegal, in particular the Ministry of Community Development, Social  Equity, is to provide a platform for the exchange...