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Bharti Birla

ILO DWT for South Asia
Chief Technical Advisor
India

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I am an international development professional with extensive experience managing multi-stakeholder programmes focused on women's informal work, forced labour, child labour, trafficking and migration, and global supply chains. Work on issues related to fundamental principles and rights at work, enabling informal workers' labour rights (including rights to social protection, wages, access to entitlements, skills, access to justice, collective bargaining etc.) and formalizing the informal economy.

Have worked in the development and corporate sector in varied capacities. Currently, with International Labour Organization, Decent Work Team for South Asia and CO for India, as the lead for ILO-Japan Project on Sustainable Global Supply Chains in South Asia, focusing on workers in lower tiers of global supply chains (India, Nepal, Sri Lanka).

12:00am GMT-03

Conference Opening 1: Asia Pacific TBAJost Wagner • Mariana Balboni • Michal Rutkowski • Shahrashoub Razavi • Katyna Argueta • Lisa Hannigan • Kathrin Oellers

12:30am GMT-03

Regional discussion 1: Social protection responses to COVID-19 - insights from Asia Pacific TBAWendy Walker • Fabio Veras Soares • Bapak Maliki • Marina Andrade • Sania Nishtar • H.E. Theng Pagnathun

2:10am GMT-03

Virtual coffee break: Adding the magic into your life TBAStuart Lightbody

2:30am GMT-03

Open peer-to-peer exchange 1: Country experiences, lessons learnt and the potential way forward in Asia-Pacific TBAJost Wagner

5:00am GMT-03

Conference Opening 2: Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa TBAJost Wagner • Mariana Balboni • Michal Rutkowski • Shahrashoub Razavi • Katyna Argueta • Lisa Hannigan • Kathrin Oellers

5:30am GMT-03

Regional discussion 2: Social protection responses to COVID-19 - insights from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa TBARenata Nowak-Garmer • Charlotte Bilo • Lena Gronbach • Samman J. Thapa • H.E. Ms. Antoinette Dinga-Dzondo • H.E. Ms. Basma Mousa Ishaqat • Ahmed Berrada • Tulimeke Munyika

11:00am GMT-03

Conference Opening 3: Latin America and the Caribbean TBAJost Wagner • Mariana Balboni • Michal Rutkowski • Shahrashoub Razavi • Katyna Argueta • Lisa Hannigan • Kathrin Oellers

11:30am GMT-03

Regional discussion 3: Social protection responses to COVID-19 - insights from Latin America and the Caribbean TBASimone Cecchini • Anna Carolina Machado • Fabiana Rodopoulos • Alejandra Candia Díaz • H.E. Raúl Romero • Nurth Palomo • Laura Pabon • Nilza Emy Yamasaki

1:00pm GMT-03

Open peer-to-peer exchange 3: Country experiences, lessons learnt and the potential way forward in the Latin America and Caribbean regions TBAJost Wagner

11:00pm GMT-03

Clinic 1A - Financing social protection for future shocks TBAClinic 1 - Social protection financing for future crises Virtual Booth Talks 0 - Social Protection for Employment Community (SPEC) TBAFazley Elahi Mahmud • February Amelia Curry • Maya Ryandita • Social Protection for Employment Community (SPEC) Virtual Booth Talks 1 - Towards disability-inclusive social protection systems in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond TBAAbner Manlapaz • Meenakshi Balasubramanian • Towards disability-inclusive social protection systems in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond

12:00am GMT-03

Clinic 2A - Gender and disability-responsive social protection in times of COVID-19 and beyond TBAClinic 2 - Gender and disability-sensitive social protection in times of COVID-19 and beyond Virtual Booth Talks 2 - Interactive Dashboard to Simulate COVID-19 and Cash Transfer Impacts in Africa TBATayllor Spadafora • Sudhanshu Handa • Interactive Dashboard to Simulate COVID-19 and Cash Transfer Impacts in Africa

1:00am GMT-03

Clinic 3A - (Digital) solutions for social protection responses to COVID-19: payments TBAClinic 3 - (Digital) solutions for social protection responses to COVID-19: payments RT 1 - Health protection and sickness benefits to face pandemics TBALuis Frota • Knut Lönnroth • Marielle Phe Goursat • Dr Hee Chung Kang • Sambo Pheakday • Nguyen Khanh Phuong Virtual Booth Talks 3 - Technical Assistance papers to inform early social protection responses to COVID-19 in South Asia. TBATechnical Assistance papers to inform early social protection responses to COVID-19 in South Asia

2:00am GMT-03

Clinic 4A - Preparing our social protection sector for future shocks in times of COVID-19 and beyond, working alongside the humanitarian sector TBA RT 2 - Older people's livelihoods and social protection during COVID-19 and beyond TBAFlorian Juergens • Nuno Cunha • Aura Sevilla • Rosita Lacson Virtual Booth Talks 4 - Extending social protection to workers in the informal economy in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond TBAChristina Behrendt • Laura Alfers • Quynh Anh Nguyen • Extending social protection to workers in the informal economy in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond

3:00am GMT-03

Clinic 5A - Linking social protection, employment and economic inclusion in times of COVID-19 and beyond TBA RT 3 - Financing universal social protection during COVID-19 and beyond: A case for national and global solidarity to build social protection systems which are adequate, sustainable and adapted to developments in... TBABart Verstraeten • Matthias Thorns • Valérie Schmitt • Nenad Rava • Alison Tate • Ugo Gentilini • Anousheh Karvar • A.K.M Mizanur Rahman Virtual Booth Talks 5 - Interagency Social Protection Assessments (ISPA) Tools TBAAdea Kryeziu • Interagency Social Protection Assessments (ISPA) Tools

4:00am GMT-03

Clinic 6A - (Digital) solutions for social protection responses to COVID-19: outreach, registration and enrolment TBA RT 4 - Unemployment protection and its extension to workers in the informal economy TBACeline Peyron Bista • Renata Nowak-Garmer • Laura Alfers • Kuppan Vishwananda

5:00am GMT-03

Clinic 7A - Linking - and transitioning between - non-contributory (social assistance) and contributory (social insurance) social protection for informal workers and beyond TBAClinic 7 - Linking - and transitioning between - non-contributory and contributory SP for informal workers and beyond RT 5 - Overcoming the Food Security and Nutrition Roadblocks in Social Protection Responses to COVID-19 TBALola Castro • Juan Gonzalo Jaramillo Mejia • Sarah Laughton • Kathryn Ogden • Christopher Turton • Michael Samson • Stephen Devereux • Sania Nishtar • His Majesty King Letsie III • Ergogie Tesfaye • Richard Mkandawire • Gerda Verburg • Lawrence Haddad • Boitshepo “Bibi” Giyose • Purnima Menon • Deborah Ash • John Hoddinott • Olivier de Schutter • Saskia de Pee • Daniel Gilligan • Aullo Gelli Virtual Booth Talks 7 - Asian Development Bank TBAMichiel van der Auwera • Asian Development Bank

6:00am GMT-03

RT 6 -Different perspectives of the role of the ‘political economy’ in building back better social protection systems for the furthest behind in Covid-19 Times. TBAMichelle Winthrop • Michael Samson • Stephen Devereux • Sintayehu Demissie Admasu • Patricia Conboy Virtual Booth Talks 8 - The Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19: Expert Advice Helpline TBAThe Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19: Expert Advice Helpline

7:00am GMT-03

RT 7 - Opportunities for strengthening the links between HCT and SP: Learning from COVID-19 responses TBAKarin Seyfert • Ruta Nimkar • Mays Albaddawi • Aneel Memon • Aimee Santos Virtual Booth Talks 9 - How do national social protection strategies and programmes integrate gender considerations? Evidence from low- and middle-income countries TBAElena Camilletti • Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed • Silke Staab • Constanza Tabbush • How do national social protection strategies and programmes integrate gender considerations? Evidence from low- and midd

8:00am GMT-03

Clinic 5B - Linking social protection, employment and economic inclusion in times of COVID-19 and beyond TBA RT 8 - Migrant-responsive social protection: Lessons from Covid-19 TBAEvance Kalula • Giulia Baldi • Marius Olivier • Gift Dafuleya • Jason Theede • Teona Aslanishvili Virtual Booth Talks 10 - Scaling Up Graduation and Driving Systems Change for the Poorest TBANazia Moqueet • Scaling Up Graduation and Driving Systems Change for the Poorest

9:00am GMT-03

Clinic 4B - Preparing our social protection sector for future shocks in times of COVID-19 and beyond, working alongside the humanitarian sector TBA RT 9 - Gender-responsive social protection in times of Covid-19 TBACaren Grown • Renana Jhabwala • Margaret Grosh • Juliana Martínez Franzoni Virtual Booth Talks 11 - Development Pathways’ Booth TBAAnh Tran • Baindu Kallon • Development Pathways’ Booth

10:00am GMT-03

Clinic 6B - (Digital) solutions for social protection responses to COVID-19: outreach, registration and enrolment TBA RT 10 - Universal child benefits: Pathways to universality TBADavid Stewart • Francesca Bastagli • Stephen Kidd • Daniel Arroyo • Yuba Raj Khatiwada • Olli Kangas

11:00am GMT-03

Clinic 2B - Gender and disability-responsive social protection in times of COVID-19 and beyond TBAClinic 2 - Gender and disability-sensitive social protection in times of COVID-19 and beyond RT 11 - Transitioning out of emergency transfers: what's next for UBI? TBAMansour Ndiaye • Ugo Gentilini • George Gray Molina • Laura Pabon • Louise Haagh • H.E. Ahmad Meidari

12:00pm GMT-03

Clinic 1B - Financing social protection for future shocks TBAClinic 1 - Social protection financing for future crises RT 12 - Economic Inclusion for the Poorest in times of COVID: The potential to Scale through Social Protection Systems TBAColin Andrews • Benjamin Davis • Susan Kondowe • Lauren Whitehead

1:00pm GMT-03

Clinic 3B - (Digital) solutions for social protection responses to COVID-19: payments TBAClinic 3 - (Digital) solutions for social protection responses to COVID-19: payments RT 13 - Bridging the disability inequality gap: Changes needed for an inclusive COVID 19 response and recovery TBAJose Vieira • Luca Pellerano • Veronika Wodsak • Phoebe A Nyagudi • Jefrey Lizardo Ortiz • Hala Darwish • Salote Biukoto • Atif Khurshid Virtual Booth Talks 15 - TRANSFORM TBAMarialaura Ena • TRANSFORM

2:00pm GMT-03

Clinic 7B - Linking - and transitioning between - non-contributory (social assistance) and contributory (social insurance) social protection for informal workers and beyond TBAClinic 7 - Linking - and transitioning between - non-contributory and contributory SP for informal workers and beyond RT 14 - Use of data and microsimulations to inform the response and recovery TBAMonica Rubio • Jairo Núñez Méndez • Pablo Lavado • Roberto Angulo • Melten Aran Virtual Booth Talks 16 - Socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 and social protection in Latin America and the Caribbean TBASimone Cecchini • Socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 and social protection in Latin America and the Caribbean

3:00pm GMT-03

Virtual Booth Talks 17 - UNICEF MENA SP Responses to COVID TBAAbdel Rahmen El Lahga • UNICEF MENA SP Responses to COVID

3:00am GMT-03

Side event 1: A Global Fund for Social Protection TBAAlison Tate • Valérie Schmitt • Gabriel Fernandez • Markus Kaltenborn • Sulistri Afrileston • Michael Cichon • Marcus Manuel

5:00am GMT-03

Side event 2: Expanding Social Protection to Decrease Inequality TBABritta Olofsson • Carin Jämtin • Michael Samson • Joakim Palme • Winnie Fiona Mwasiaji • Ulrika Lång • Gunnel Axelsson Nycander

7:00am GMT-03

Side event 3: Fostering coherence between social protection, agriculture and natural resource management for an inclusive and sustainable recovery TBABenjamin Davis • Sintayehu Demissie Admasu • Colin Andrews • Samer Titi • Fabio Hazin

8:00am GMT-03

Side event 4: Shock-Responsive Social Protection: Lessons from the Joint SDG Fund for an Integrated Approach to COVID-19 TBANenad Rava • Christina Dankmeyer • Sarah Bailey • Bolormaa Purevsuren • Annisa Gita Srikandini

9:00am GMT-03

Side event 5: Fail forward: Building foundations for innovation TBACecile Cherrier • Zehra Rizvi

11:00am GMT-03

Side event 6: The role of behavioral science in the delivery of social protection cash transfers in the era of COVID-19 and beyond TBAJessica Jean-François • Saugato Datta • Laura B. Rawlings • John Gachgi

1:00pm GMT-03

Side event 8: Cultural diversity and the inclusion of indigenous rights into the planning processes of social protection TBAArnold Groh

3:00pm GMT-03

Collaborative activities (asynchronous participation) TBA

9:00am GMT-03

Taking stock and reflecting the discussions of the regional and thematic sessions TBAJost Wagner • Wendy Walker • Renata Nowak-Garmer • Simone Cecchini • Valentina Barca • Samman J. Thapa • Martina Bergthaller

9:40am GMT-03

Expert panel discussion 1: Implications of the COVID-19 crisis for the future of adaptive and shock-responsive social protection TBARodolfo Beazley • Thomas Bowen • Clare O'Brien • Patricia Miarisoa Rakotonirina • Bapak Maliki • Francesca Bastagli

10:40am GMT-03

Virtual coffee break: Adding the magic into your life TBAStuart Lightbody

11:00am GMT-03

Expert panel discussion 2: Implications of the COVID-19 crisis for universal social protection TBAFabio Veras Soares • Michal Rutkowski • Shahrashoub Razavi • Natalia Winder Rossi • Rachel Moussié • Juan M. Villa

12:00pm GMT-03

Closing remarks TBAJost Wagner • Mariana Balboni

12:20pm GMT-03

Virtual cocktail TBADJ Henry Knowles

5:00pm GMT-03

Collaborative activities (asynchronous participation) TBA