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Social inclusion of children and youth with autism through sports
Dominican Republic, Cuba and Panama

The project utilizes sport to fully include children and youth with autism in all aspects of society by training sports trainers and family members of children and youth with autism to enhance their running and swimming skills and their self-confidence. Developing training skills will serve the long-term sustainability of the project as the family members will serve as lifelong trainers for children and youth with autism. This project is the responsibility of UN DESA/DISD/CDPCS and is assisted by Progetto Filippide on training aspects. The project will also initiate a dialogue between ministries of sport and social development, sport federations and associations and civil society organizations on main aspects of social policies that relate to sport, development and peace and initiatives launched by the Governments, UNCTs and civil society in the project countries.

The training of trainers and national workshops is conducted in each project country consisting of approximately ten instructors for each country/association and will be facilitated by three trainers and one social worker of Progetto Filippide. Family members who will accompany the young people with autism will also receive training together with the instructors. After the workshop in situ, activities will be monitored from afar through interactions between the trainers and the instructors. A social worker will flank the work of the instructors and will engage with the families of the youth. The training and national workshops will include interactions with Governments, civil society organizations, sport associations, families, instructors and young people. The ultimate goal of the training of trainers is to provide support to instructors, youth with autism and their families on the latest knowledge and techniques that will lead to a greater physical activity level and the resulting confidence building among youth with autism in the project countries. This should ultimately result in future physical activity policies regarding young people with disabilities. The training workshops will impart critical knowledge and information on this topic and promote broader conversations, debates and exchanges amongst youth with autism and other national partners.

A training of trainers and national workshop was held in July 2022 in the Dominican Republic and in November/December 2022 in Panama.

UN DESA/ILO PROJECT on achieving SDGs and ending poverty through universal social protection
The main objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of the government in Cambodia and Pakistan to formulate, implement, monitor and evaluate national social security schemes, and contribute to the global knowledge base to promote experience‐sharing and learning. The project will make good use of all the efforts supported through previous and ongoing technical cooperation to improve the governance of social protection in these two countries. There is a growing need for awareness‐raising at the global level, as well as for the sharing of knowledge and the development of practical guidance for the governance of social security systems. Thus, this project will have an important role in bridging the gap in developing a comprehensive overview of the best practices, tools and communication mechanisms for the good governance in the social protection systems. The project will be jointly implemented by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) and the International Labour Office (ILO) Social Protection Department (SOCPRO) in the framework of ILO’s Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All.

UN News/ Conor Lennon

A webinar on the UNDESA/ILO project “Achieving SDGs and ending poverty through Universal Social Protection” was held on March 18, 2021. Research findings on the governance of social protection systems globally and in selected countries (Argentina, China, Fiji, Kenya, Mauritius) were shared with stakeholders in the project countries of Cambodia and Pakistan in order to provide better technical information for policymaking.

Representatives of DESA/DISD and the ILO spoke during the opening about the project and the importance of research, data collection and exchange. After that researchers provided background and details on the global study and the five country case studies and presented their overall findings. That was followed by a Q+A from participants from the two project countries and colleagues from ILO and DESA.

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UN DESA/ILO PROJECT on achieving SDGs and ending poverty through universal social protection

The main objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of the government in Cambodia and Pakistan to formulate, implement, monitor and evaluate national social security schemes, and contribute to the global knowledge base to promote experience‐sharing and learning. The project will make good use of all the efforts supported through previous and ongoing technical cooperation to improve the governance of social protection in these two countries. There is a growing need for awareness‐raising at the global level, as well as for the sharing of knowledge and the development of practical guidance for the governance of social security systems. Thus, this project will have an important role in bridging the gap in developing a comprehensive overview of the best practices, tools and communication mechanisms for the good governance in the social protection systems. The project will be jointly implemented by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) and the International Labour Office (ILO) Social Protection Department (SOCPRO) in the framework of ILO’s Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All.

UN DESA  PROJECT on Multiple Indicator Survey on Ageing (MISA) in Africa

The project was conceived to be “the starting point of a larger DESA initiative that aims to assist countries in collecting and analyzing data on older persons in order to more accurately monitor the changing situation of older persons during the implementation phase of the 2030 Development Agenda. Its core objective is “to develop a standard methodology to produce, analyze and deliver a database of harmonized indicators on the situation of older persons in Africa.”

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Expert Group Meeting for Internal Revision