Leaving No One Behind:
A Social Protection Primer for
Practitioners
Presentation to members of the SPIAC-B,
22 September 2016
New York
Why a Primer on Social Protection in
the Context of the SDGs?
 As UNDP develops its offer to support
countries in the implementation of Agenda
2030, important opportunity to position
social protection as a tool that has the
potential simultaneously to address many
drivers of exclusion and deprivation, and
contribute to many goals and targets.
 Articulate how social protection can play a
transformative role in supporting the
achievement of sustainable development.
 Discuss social protection from an equity
perspective, as a mechanisms to leave no
one behind.
 Link social protection to environmental
issues.
Guiding Principles of Social Protection
for Sustainable Development
Strong focus on reaching those left behind
 Universal systems of social protection which allow special attention and greater support to be
given to those who need assistance the most or experience unique challenges due to inequalities
and social exclusion.
 Inclusive social protection emphasizes the need to reach everyone that needs to be reached,
addressing deprivation in all areas that matter for well-being, beyond income poverty; it
recognizes the need to make social protection sensitive to the specific needs and constraints faced
by different groups, as well as how these needs and constraints interact with each other.
 Provide examples of inclusion of marginalized groups into social protection systems in differente
countries:
 Moving towards HIV-sensitive social protection in Cambodia
 Gender-sensitive social protection in Uruguay
Social Protection and Environmental
Sustainability
Climate
Change
Environmental
Degradation
Poverty
Social Protection and Climate
Change
Thank You!