National Dialogue on the Social Protection System in Tunisia
FromSep 07, 2021 To Sep 27, 2021
Online Webinar
Tunisia is considered among the countries with the most comprehensive social protection system in the MENA region. However, taking into account the current levels of legal and effective coverage in addition to the wide geographical spread of non-contributory programs, more than 44% of the working population were still outside the social protection systems in 2019. Moreover, the health crisis of COVID-19 has exposed the current limitations of the social protection system despite the government deployment since the beginning of the crisis of eight urgent measures (2 contributory and 6 non-contributory) to mitigate the socio-economic and health impacts of the crisis.
Tunisia must now embark on reforms to better extend the coverage of programs especially to categories not yet covered and, more specifically, to active people in the informal economy; it must also account for the challenges faced by the social protection system such as the performance and the targeting quality of non-contributory programs, inequality of access to care services, the problem of financial imbalance of funds and the exclusion of some vulnerable categories from the social protection system.
As part of the project “Reimagining social protection in Jordan and Tunisia” a first national consultation was organized in January of 2021 around the social protection system in Tunisia. The event brought together social protection experts, academics and civil society actors to discuss the different schemes and programs, the limitations of this system especially in the face of the health crisis, identify key challenges and suggest practical recommendations. This national dialogue workshop is intended as an opportunity for dialogue between the various actors of civil society, policy makers, politicians and experts to better reflect on the reforms and measures needed for a more inclusive social protection. The discussion will be based on the draft paper “The landscape of social protection in Tunisia.”
Agenda
National Dialogue on the Social Protection System in Tunisia
Date
07/09/2021
Location
Online Webinar
Time
From 3:00 pm To 5:00 pm
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WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
- Exchange on the outputs of the paper on the current state of social protection in Tunisia elaborated by the Economic Research Forum (ERF) project.
- Discuss the main challenges of the current social protection system in general and in the context of the current health crisis.
- Discuss the main policy recommendations.
- Determine the main priorities in terms of reforms for a more inclusive social protection system in Tunisia.
Speakers
Research Fellows
Ibrahim Elbadawi
Managing Director, Economic Research Forum
Research Fellows
Ragui Assaad
Professor and Freeman Chair for International Economic...
Speakers
Asma Ben Hassen
Founder and President, Tunisia Inclusive Labor Institute...
Research Associates
Nidhal Ben Cheikh
Independent Consultant & University of Paris
Research Associates
Khaled Nasri
Researcher, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management...
Research Associates
Imane Helmy
Senior Economist at World Bank’s Poverty and...
Research Fellows
Mohamed Amara
Associate Professor, Higher School of Economic and...
Speakers
Chokri Arfa
Professor, National Institute of Labor and Social...
Speakers
Mounir Sherif
Director of Study, National Social Security Fund