This webinar, organized by UNICEF, the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), with the support of the International Policy Center for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), sought to promote sharing of experiences and emerging lessons learned from different countries responding to COVID-19. Panelists and participants of the webinar shared insights and perspectives on: 1) the overall COVID-19 situation in their respective country 2) overall response and management of the epidemic; 3) social protection and economic measures that have been put in place to support vulnerable populations; 4) lessons learned and recommendations; and 5) opportunities for South-South knowledge sharing and cooperation. The aim of this webinar was to contribute to a global exchange of experiences that could increase understanding of the challenges and solutions, improve the effectiveness of cross-disciplinary responses, and leverage cooperation amongst countries, including through South-South and triangular cooperation.

Read more about the discussion and access the slide presentation: [ Ссылка ]

Presenters:
Mr. Jorge Chediek, Director of UNOSSC and Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on South-South Cooperation
Mr. Mihir Bhatt, Director of All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI)
Mr. Taidong Zhou, Head of Global Development Division, Center for International Knowledge on Development (CIKD)
Prof. Young June Choe, Department of preventive medicine, Hallym University, Republic of Korea
Ms. Xiaojun Grace Wang, Deputy Director, UNOSSC

Moderator:
Ms. Martha Santos, Programme Manager, South-South/Horizontal Cooperation, UNICEF

This is was the eighth webinar of the “Social protection responses to COVID-19” webinar series. The series is a joint effort initiated by the IPC-IG, GIZ, and DFAT, in collaboration with the socialprotection.org platform, and in cooperation with partners from different organisations. Join our online community ''Social protection responses to COVID-19 [Task force]'' to learn more about the initiative and the future webinars: [ Ссылка ]

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