1. South-South Learning on Social Protection: Policy Dialogue and Engagement Rathin Roy Director, IPC-IG Brasilia Workshop “ Knowledge Sharing for Development: Taking Stock of Best Practices” KDI Center for International Development & OECD Development Centre Paris, 12 July

28. ILO-UNDP report to G20 1. The G20 could call on international organizations to work together, under a common framework, to provide support to countries that wish to strengthen and expand their social protection systems. This support should be provided according to the unique and diverse circumstances of individual countries and guided by the principles below. It should facilitate learning from successful experiences, through effective South South, North South and triangular approaches. 2. The G20 could request the establishment of a knowledge exchange network, in convergence with actions under Pillar 9, which could be hosted by a specific agency and owned by a broad initiative of agencies. 3. The G20 could call on international organizations, including the IMF, ILO, UNDP, UNICEF, the World Bank, the WFP, the WHO and the regional development banks, that provide technical advisory services in social protection, to establish a mechanism to improve their coordination and policy coherence towards supporting countries in designing and implementing national social protection systems. Key recommendations

29. ILO-UNDP report to G20 DWG 4. The G20 could call on the ILO and UNDP, in collaboration with relevant international organizations, to map progress towards extending social protection coverage in low and middle income, countries, including crisis‐relevant social protection mechanisms, and report to the Development Group in 2012. This work should include extensive primarily research as well as the collection of successful practices and lessons learnt. 5. The G20 Leaders could call on the donor community, including themselves as donor countries, international organizations, the European Commission and OECD‐DAC, as well as South‐South and Triangular cooperation channels to consider coordinated support of social protection initiatives in a group of self‐selected pilot countries. Innovative financing mechanisms could be designed to start up the process on cost‐sharing basis in line with the discussions. Key recommendations