Making Universal Social Protection a Reality

This MOOC provides an introduction to social protection, its main concepts, needs for social protection and coverage over the life cycle, the basics of the design and implementation of social protection systems, including floors, and the central role of social protection in confronting the major challenges that the world is facing.

The MOOC enables learners to understand the key social protection concepts and the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to social protection. It also provides participants with critical insights into policy options and social protection strategies in the context of decent work and general socio-economic development.

This course provides a useful resource for policy makers, social partners, civil society organizations, development actors, university students and others who may or may not be directly involved in social protection issues but who work or are likely to work in a related field such as development cooperation, public finances, economic and social development, rural development, environmental issues, etc.

Learning Objectives

Anyone new to the idea of social protection who wants to understand what is the concept of universal social protection and how countries ensure that everyone have access to health care and income guarantee over the life cycle;

Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students interested in the key concepts and practices of sustainability and how countries design, implement and manage their social protection systems;

Key actors engaged in the field of sustainable development at a local, regional or international level , including those who work in corporate sustainability and responsibility and who want to understand the role of social protection to face the current challenges of a world in transformation;

Practitioners and professionals engaged in human rights and social protection advocacy, who want to refresh their knowledge on the key concepts on social protection and what human right and social protection entails and the state of social protection coverage around the world.