Universal Social Protection for Inclusive Development in Africa

Africa faces challenges with social protection, but efforts are underway to enhance inclusive development, peace, and security through initiatives like The African Protocol on Social Protection. With only 17% of the population covered by social protection, the protocol aims to raise basic human standards, promote social justice, stability, and prosperity across the continent. By aligning with AU Agenda 2063, this framework seeks to address key issues like healthcare, social insurance, and gender equality to create a more equitable and stable environment for sustainable development in Africa.

• Social Protection
• Development
• Africa
• Inclusive
• Protocol

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1. SIDE EVENT: SOCIAL PROTECTION Why Universal Social Protection is Essential for Inclusive Development, Peace and Security in the Present and Future

2. Presentation by: Cyrilla Heyi

3. Who We Are African Platform for Social protection(APSP) is a network of CSOs operating at national and grassroots levels, with a commitment to promoting right based social protection in Africa Africa has 5 distinct regions:- Northern, Western, Eastern, Central and Southern Africa and APSP has Representation

4. Context and Background In Africa, about 17% of the population has any form of social protection cover ( ILO,2022) Drawing lessons from COVID 19, in February 2022, Africa Heads of State adopted The African Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Citizens to Social Protection and Social Security.

5. Why The Protocol On Social Protection? The protocol on Social protection also aligns with- AU Agenda 2063 that envisions, an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa (www.au.org,agenda 2063 ). The Protocol has 39 Articles and provides a detailed rights based framework for Member States on how to design and implement effective social protection systems that addresses key issues like social insurance, healthcare, informal and rural economy, women & girls among others

6. Why The Protocol On Social Protection? The protocol aspiration is that no human being on the continent of Africa lives below the minimum basic human standards (Human dignity) Ratifying this protocol is thus crucial for fostering social justice, stability, and prosperity across Africa.

7. Why The Protocol? The ratification of this protocol has the potential to enable Africa to collaboratively address the pressing social and economic challenges improving access to essential services, reducing social disparities and creating a more equitable and stable environment that ultimately contributes to the region s peace, security, and sustainable development which include:

8. Can Africa Afford Universal Social Protection Schemes? The answer is complex and will depend on context by context Several African countries have made efforts to expand Social protection programs in recent years like cash transfer programs, old age grants, conditional child grants, health care, educational and agricultural inputs subsidises.

9. The Rallying Call For this protocol to come into force, a minimum of 15 AU Member States are required to sign, ratify and deposit the instrument of ratification/signature to the Chairperson of the Office of the African Union Commission We acknowledge with gratitude the governments of Niger and Sao Tome- Principe who are at the last stages of ratifying the protocol and for leading on this. We also recognise different efforts by AU, trade unions , CSOs, Faith Actors and others in mobilising their governments to action

10. Rallying call Cont. We are urgently appealing to African Citizens, to encourage their governments to ratify the protocol and for the global Community for social solidarity and Moral support Examples on the continent show that ratified protocols supported with implementation like the AU Maputo Protocol on women rights creates a momentum for change and transformation.

11. https://africapsp.org Africa Platform for Social Protection @africa_psp @africa_psp