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Turning the COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity: what is next for social protect

SANTIAGO VARELLA

UNICEF
Social Policy Specialist
Brazil

https://linkedin.com/in/santiagovarella/

Experienced Social Policy Specialist with strong research and managerial skills, working at UNICEF and previously at well-known institutions as IPC-IG/UNDP, IPEA, World Bank, PAHO/WHO, ILO and UNESCO. Distinguished scholar, won the Getúlio Vargas Foundation National Prize for papers about innovative policies in the field of equality promotion. Managed research projects and social policies teams and dealt with depth, both as a manager and as a scholar, in the areas of Social Protection, Poverty, Social Inequality and Mobility, Race, Gender, Human Rights and Disability.

12:00am GMT-03

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Virtual Booth Talks 14 - UNICEF LAC TBAUNICEF LAC

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

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

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

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

2:00pm GMT-03

Side event 9: Lessons from the COVID-19 response for shock-responsive social protection in the Caribbean TBAChristina Dankmeyer • Sarah Bailey • Bonnie A. Richardson-Lake • Velda Octave-Joseph • Sylvanie Burton

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

5:00pm GMT-03

Collaborative activities (asynchronous participation) TBA