East Asia & Pacific

Webinar Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Coronavirus Crisis – Challenges and Responses: maintaining essential health services while responding to COVID-19 12 May 2020 UNICEF, PAHO, WHO The experiences of the People’s…

Webinar Financing of Social Assistance in African Countries 7 May 2020 UNDP The current COVID-19 crisis further exposes the relevance of social protection systems in creating resilience to crises and strengthening countries’…

Webinar Social protection financing in the wake of COVID-19 and beyond 5 May 2020 IMF, IPC-IG, GIZ, DFAT The webinar discussed the following questions: (1) Which financing mechanisms can be and are…

Webinar COVID-19 Experience of Countries ahead of the Global Curve: Country-to-Country Learning and South-South Cooperation 30 April 2020 UNICEF, IPC-IG, UNOSSC This webinar sought to promote the sharing of experiences and emerging lessons learned from…

Webinar Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on formal sector workers: (potential) social protection and employment responses ILO, OECD, IPC-IG, GIZ, DFAT 28 April 2020 Under increased pressure to find fast and effective solutions to…

Webinar The Social Protection Pathways to Nutrition: Evidence in Asia and the Pacific 23 April 2020 UNICEF, FAO Social protection programmes command large resource flows compared with nutrition interventions, but their success…

Webinar Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on employment: (potential) solutions for informal/ self-employed workers 21 April 2020 WIEGO, ILO, IPC-IG, GIZ, DFAT This webinar aimed to discuss how different groups of informal…

Webinar Lessons learned and opportunities: Linking social protection systems to humanitarian cash transfers in a pandemic 16 April 2020 CaLP, IFRC, UNICEF, DFID Within social assistance, cash transfer programmes are clearly the most…

Webinar G2P Payments in COVID-19 context: Key areas of action and experiences from country emergency actions 14 April 2020 World Bank, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) National payment systems and…

Webinar Social protection responses to COVID-19: Actions that can make a difference for older people 9 April 2020 HelpAge International, IPC-IG, GIZ, DFAT Women and men of all ages with chronic health…