📢 What does it take to create the fiscal space for universal social protection? New evidence from Honduras, Moldova, Morocco, Pakistan and Senegal explores how domestic reforms, financing arrangements and international solidarity can help expand investment in social protection.

🎉📰 Our October newsletter is out! Following World Food Day, this edition focuses on the role of social protection in advancing food security and nutrition.

📚 Read now the eighth piece in socialprotection.org’s 11th Anniversary Blog Series: “Beyond the Hunger Map: Linking Social Protection and Rural Development in Brazil”. 🌾 Brazil has twice graduated from the UN Hunger Map, in 2014 and 2025.

⏰💻 The #SPorgWebinar “Data Foundations: Weak Data, Weak Decisions 2.0” begins in 30 minutes!🔗 Register now: buff.ly/VX6GpGQ

🎧 New #SPpodcast Episode – Listen now to “Sustainable Oceans Start with Secure Livelihoods | Social Protection for Fisheries Series, Part I”: buff.ly/1cFxRro ▶️🎧 📩 Subscribe to stay updated: bit.ly/SPpodcastList #SocialProtection #sporg

🚨 Join us on 20/10 for the #SPorgWebinar “Data Foundations: Weak Data, Weak Decisions 2.0” buff.ly/bXqcwj3 🕛 15:00 (GMT+2) 🏢Organiser: Digital Convergence Initiative (DCI)

🌍🌾#WorldFoodDay | 16 October 🌱 Celebrated on 16 October, World Food Day offers an opportunity to reflect on the connections between social protection, climate adaptation and resilient rural livelihoods

📢 Save the date! On 4 Nov, the #USP2030 Conference will bring together governments, workers, employers & partners to explore how Universal #SocialProtection can advance social development and #DecentWork in a changing world. 📍 ILO Geneva & online 👉 bit.ly/4el8eP4

⏰💻 The #SPorgWebinar “Making Social Security Portable: From Rights to Digital Delivery – What Countries Can Learn from International Frameworks, the European Union’s EESSI and Emerging Approaches to Cross-Border Portability” begins in 30 minutes! 🔗 buff.ly/yBR6YLC

🌏 A throwback to Manila: How can social protection systems better respond to the needs of persons with disabilities?

🚨 Join us on 15/10 for the #SPorgWebinar “Making Social Security Portable: From Rights to Digital Delivery – What Countries Can Learn from International Frameworks, the European Union’s EESSI and Emerging Approaches to Cross-Border Portability” buff.ly/YddkdbK

📚 Read now the seventh piece in buff.ly/XZxjHSH%E2%8... 11th Anniversary Blog Series: “The Cost of Leaving People Behind: Why Inclusive Social Protection Matters for Everyone”. 🧵

🎙️ Have your say! As we prepare our special end-of-year episode, we’re inviting our listeners and community to share the topics, questions and voices they think should be part of the conversation.

🚨 #APSPWeek2026 | #Manila | #SocialProtection 💬 What are participants taking away from Asia-Pacific Social Protection Week 2026?

🌟 Join the buff.ly/XZxjHSH team! We are recruiting for two Researcher Roster opportunities: 🔎 Junior Researcher 🔎 Researcher 🌍 Home-based | Arabic and English 📅 Deadline: 13 October 2026

🌏 Securing the future of social protection means looking beyond today's challenges. The final day of #APSP2026 explored: 💻 Digital transformation 💰 Sustainable financing 🤝 Private sector engagement 📊 Data and evidence

🌏 How can social protection systems build resilience in a world shaped by polycrises and megatrends? Day 2 explored: 🛡️ Social insurance 🌦️ Adaptive and shock-responsive social protection 🍽️ School feeding 💼 Youth employment 👵 Ageing and long-term care 📱 Gig and platform workers

🚨 #APSPWeek2026 | #Manila | #SocialProtection What does the future of social protection look like across the Asia-Pacific region? 🧵

🌏 Social protection can be a platform for empowerment. Day 1 of #APSP2026 explored: 🌾 Food security ♀️ Gender equality 📈 Economic inclusion ♿ Disability-inclusive social protection

🎧 New #SPpodcast Episode – Listen now to “Building Trust: Can Social Protection Strengthen Social Cohesion?”: buff.ly/4Z2EelR ▶️🎧 📩 Subscribe to stay updated: bit.ly/SPpodcastList #SocialProtection #sporg

📚 Explore the sixth piece in buff.ly/ZbGTVxL%E2%8... 11th Anniversary Blog Series: “Avoiding the costs of fragmentation: Strengthening social protection systems through digital transformation”.

📅 Asia-Pacific Social Protection Week 2026 is starting tomorrow, and you can still register to participate online.

Keeping up with what’s next in AI+ 🤖🌍 📍 socialprotection. org is participating in the AI+ Nonference, taking place at the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO) in Turin from 29 September to 2 October 2026. 🧵

Fragmented systems can limit the effectiveness of crisis responses ✨ Continuing our series on the returns of investing in social protection, we look now at how stronger coordination between humanitarian cash and social protection can help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of crisis response.

▶️The recording of the #SPorgWebinar “Re-launching Pension Watch: Using Global Social Pension Data to Advance Income Security for All Older People” is out! ⏯️ Watch now: buff.ly/mh8jGh1

Re-launching Pension Watch: Using global social pension data to advance income security

This webinar launched HelpAge International’s redesigned and updated Pension Watch platform: a global, advocacy-oriented database bringing together harmonised data and evidence on pension systems…

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📚 Check out the fifth piece in buff.ly/ZbGTVxL%E2%8... 11th Anniversary Blog Series, The Cost of Not Investing in Social Protection: “Re-thinking social protection for longer, messier lives in an age of demographic transition”.

📅 What’s on the agenda at Asia-Pacific Social Protection Week 2026? Explore three days of keynote addresses, plenaries and sessions on key priorities shaping the future of social protection in Asia and the Pacific.

¿Cómo pueden los registros sociales contribuir a sistemas de protección social más sólidos e inclusivos en América Latina y el Caribe?

How can social registries contribute to stronger and more inclusive social protection systems across Latin America and the Caribbean?

¿Cómo pueden los registros sociales contribuir a sistemas de protección social más sólidos e inclusivos en América Latina y el Caribe?