Organised by INSP!R Asia, NTSP and AROSP

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Given the critical need for income security, and the shortcomings in government programs in many countries, especially in low and middle-income countries, the webinar shall:

• Present cases and/or concrete proposals of civil society and other actors towards guaranteeing income during (and after) the COVID pandemic
• Include both advocacy actions and own actions to strengthen and/or guarantee vulnerable groups in society an income/livelihood during the pandemic, with the intention to have a long-term impact.
• Include actions/activities of members from INSP!R, NTSP and AROSP
• Include some good practices by national/local governments in low and middle-income countries, if there are any.
• Share existing and other possible sources of funds to support the income guarantee program/s
• Gather lessons learned and potential advocacies (demands or recommendations) to be put forward to regional/international bodies and possibly, even to IFIs (i.e. ASEAN, ASEM, G20, etc…).
• These recommendations will also serve as input for a plenary session on the issue of sustainable income security/income guarantees at AEPF 13 by the Social Justice Cluster.

Speakers:

– Mr. Bidur Karki, Vice President GEFONT, General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (Nepal)
– Ms. Josephine Olive C. Parilla, Executive Committee of Homenet PH. (Philippines)
– Mr Martin WILLEMS, Secretary United Freelancers, ACV-CSC (Belgium)
– Mrs Elly Rosita Silaban, President KSBSI (Indonesia)
– Mr. Arnd Spahn, EFFAT Agriculture Secretary (Germany-EU)
– Mr Charles Santiago, Founding Director, Monitoring Sustainability of Globalization (Malaysia)
– Dr. Nguyen Hoang Yen, Coordinator of M.net (Vietnam)

Moderators:

– Mrs. Van Thi Thu Ha – coordinator AROSP
– Mrs.Maris De La Cruz – Coordinator NTSP
– Mr Bismo Sanyoto – INSP!R Asia
– Mr Koen Detavernier – WSM