INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 23-25 May 2011 Social Protection in Southern Africa New Opportunities for Social Development

CENTRE FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA Department of Social Work, Faculty of Humanities University of Johannesburg Phone: 011 559-1904 Fax: 011 559-1575 Director: Prof.. Leila Patel w

CENTRE FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

IN AFRICA

Department of Social Work, Faculty of Humanities

University of Johannesburg Phone: (011) 559-1904 Fax: (011) 559-1575

Director: Prof Leila Patel www.uj.ac.za/csda csdainfo@uj.ac.za

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 23-25 May 2011

Social Protection in Southern Africa: New Opportunities for Social Development

PROGRAM

(Please note: a detailed list of presenters at the end of this document)

MONDAY 23 MAY

17.30 – 19.30 Registration and evening cocktail

Venue: Council Lounge area, Madibeng Building, University of Johannesburg, Kingsway Campus

Welcome & registration for symposium (hosted by Prof Adam Habib, Deputy Vice Chancellor, UJ)

18.30-19.00 Screening of movie A transfer out of poverty; film about social cash transfers in

southern Africa, produced by Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP)

TUESDAY 24 MAY

Venue: The School of Tourism and Hospitality, Kerzner Building, Bunting Road Campus

8.30 – 10.00 Session 1: Introduction

This session gives a general overview of social protection and social development – conceptually,

historically, globally, and specifically in an African context; Chair: Leila Patel

James Midgley

Social Development and Social Protection: New Opportunities and Challenges

Stephen Devereux

Social protection in an African context – current status, issues and challenges

10.00 – 10.30 TEA

10.30 – 12.30 Session 2: Regional policy environment: opportunities and gaps

The presentations in session 2 investigate social protection in a regional context – both as regards policy frameworks promoted by SADC as well as social protection in more informal work settings;

Chair: Marius Olivier

Francie Lund

Social protection for women in informal employment: the missing link between poverty, economic growth and care work?

Mathias Nyenti & George Mpedi

The impact of the Southern African Development Community social protection floor instruments on the setting up of a minimum floor of social protection in member countries

Ines Vitic

Brief on: Social world regions

12.30 – 13.30 LUNCH

13.30 – 15.00 Session 3: Social protection strategies: public, private and informal provision

The first presentation looks at mechanisms for retirement provisions in the SADC region, whereas the other centers on various social protection schemes in Lesotho However, both focus on different systems of social protection – public, contributory-based, private, voluntary and/or informal – and

discuss different threats and challenges for reform; Chair: Jean Triegaardt

John Kruger & Boipuso Modise

A review and brief assessment of provision of income for the elderly in the 15 SADC countries

Marius Olivier

Social protection in Lesotho: Innovative developments and reform challenges

15.00 – 15.30 TEA

15.30 – 17.30 Session 4: Social protection for children

The papers focus specifically on social protection and children in different countries – how various types of grants ensure social development for children and/or affect the households of children;

Chair: Rodreck Mupedziswa

Kondwani Chikadza (w Joshua Ainabyona & Doortje ‘t Hart)

Civil society support for Government-led Social Cash Transfer Scheme in Malawi

Mildred Mushunje

From welfare to transformative social protection for OVC: a livelihoods perspective

Scelo Zibagwe (w Themba Nduna & Gift Dafuleya)

Poor child focus in social protection and resultant unsustainable social development in Ethiopia

18.00-20.00 Dinner for delegates hosted by Prof Rory Ryan, Dean: Faculty of Humanities

Venue: Executive Dining Room, Council Chambers, Madibeng Building, Kingsway Campus

WEDNESDAY 25 MAY

Venue: The School of Tourism and Hospitality, Kerzner Building, Bunting Road Campus

8.30 – 10.30 Session 5: Social protection for children (Continued)

Continuation of session 4; focus on South Africa; Chair: Stephen Devereux

Katharine Hall (w Paula Proudlock)

Orphaning and the FCG: a return to the “care or cash” debate

Leila Patel & Tessa Hochfeld

Gender dynamics of the Child Support Grant: a case study of Doornkop, Soweto, South Africa Short film on the Child Support Grant in Doornkop, Soweto

George Laryea-Adjei, Stephen Devereux & Maureen Motepe

A Qualitative Evaluation of South Africa's Child Support Grant

10.30 – 11.00 TEA

11.00 – 12.45 Session 6: Poverty & vulnerability: old & new programs – drawing out lessons

This session presents case studies of social protection programs in different countries and how these may be related to poverty and vulnerability Some social protection schemes are new, whereas others are more established The session will offer an opportunity to share experiences and draw

lessons from both old and new programs; Chair: Marianne S Ulriksen

Lisa Kurbiel

Searching for equity within the new Urban Poverty Strategy in Mozambique

Murungi Irene

Social protection in Uganda

Rodreck Mupedziswa (w Dolly Ntseane)

Role of social protection in promoting social development: the case of Botswana

12.45 – 13.45 LUNCH

13.45 – 15.00 Session 7: Social protection financing, redistribution and economic growth

The presentations link the expenditure and financing sides of social protection to discuss the long-term development of social protection schemes, the redistributional effects of different schemes as

well as the long-term effects of social protection on economic growth; Chair: John Kruger

Marianne S Ulriksen

Financing social protection in Southern Africa: Status and implications

David Piachaud

Social protection, redistribution and economic growth

15.00 – 15.30 TEA

15.30 – 17.00 Session 8: Way forward, summary and conclusion

Three short presentations will precede the actual summary and conclusion session: The first will discuss status of social protection in Africa and the ways forward The second is a presentation of a new research project And the third will discuss global initiatives on the social protection floor Thereafter, there will be an opportunity to discuss main outcomes of the symposium, the way

forward as regards future cooperation and publication; Chair: James Midgley

Nicolas Freeland

Social protection in Africa: where next and the way forward

Lutz Leisering & Katrin Weible

Social cash transfer: The global construction and diffusion of the right to a monetary minimum

Christine Bockstal

National social protection floor: Global initiatives

James Midgley

Summary and closing

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List of presenters

Bockstal, Christine; Specialist for the Extension of Social Protection, Social Security Department, International Labor Organization (ILO)

Chikadza, Kondwani; Acting Executive Director, Institute for Policy Research & Social

Empowerment (IPRSE), Malawi

Devereux, Stephen, Dr; Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

Freeland, Nicolas; Programme Director, RHVP (Regional Hunger & Vulnerability Programme), WAHENGA, Johannesburg

Hall, Katharine; Senior Researcher, leads the Child Poverty Programme at the Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town

Hochfeld, Tessa; Researcher, Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg Kruger, John; Senior Consultant, Oxford Policy Management, South Africa

Kurbiel, Lisa; Senior Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF Mozambique

Laryea-Adjei, George, Dr; Chief of Social Policy, UNICEF South Africa

Leisering, Lutz, Professor; Department of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Germany

Lund, Francie, Director; WIEGO and Senior Research Associate, School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Midgley, James; Harry and Riva Specht Professor of Public Social Services and Dean Emeritus at the University of California, Berkley; Honorary Professor of the Social Development at CSDA Modise, Boipuso; Consultant, Oxford Policy Management, South Africa

Motepe, Maureen, Dr; Director, Family and Children’s Benefits, National Department of Social Development, South Africa

Mpedi, George, Professor; Co-Director: Centre for International and Comparative Labour and Social Security Law (CICLASS), Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg

Mupedziswa, Rodreck, Professor; Head of Department, Department of Social Work, University of Botswana

Murungi, Irene; Programme Officer, NAWOU (National Association of Women Organisations in Uganda), Uganda

Mushunje, Mildred; HIV/Livelihoods Officer, FAO Zimbabwe

Nyenti, Mathias; Research Coordinator: Centre for International and Comparative Labour and Social Security Law (CICLASS), Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg

Olivier, Marius, Professor; Director: International Institute for Social Law and Policy (IISLP) and Chair of SADC Core Group of Social Security Specialists

Patel, Leila, Professor; Director of the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg

Piachaud, David; Professor, Dep of Social Policy, London School of Economics

Ulriksen, Marianne S., Dr; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg

Vitic, Ines; Lecturer, Dep of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Germany

Weible, Katrin; Researcher with the FLOOR project, Institute for World Society Studies, University

of Bielefeld, Germany

Zibagwe, Scelo; Lecturer/Researcher in social development and research methods at the Ethiopian Civil Service College

Other participants

Arnold, Catherine; Social Development Adviser, DFID, South Africa

Frota, Luis; Specialist in Social Security, International Labour Organization, Pretoria

Kaseke, Edwin, Professor; Head of Department, Department of Social Work, Wits University

Malan, Naudé, Dr; Senior Lecturer, Development Studies, University of Johannesburg

Mavungu, Eddy; Post-Doctoral Fellow, CSDA, University of Johannesburg

Molapo, Diego; Department of Social Development, Branch: Social security

Plagerson, Sophie, Dr; Post-Doctoral Fellow, CSDA, UJ

Richter, Linda, Professor; Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council, Durban / Senior Specialist (Vulnerable Children), Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva

Ross, Eleanor, Dr; Research Fellow, Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of

Johannesburg

Sithole, Thomson; Department of Social Development, Branch: Social security

Triegaardt, Jean, Professor; Department of Social Work, University of Johannesburg

Chowa, Gina A N., Dr; Assistant Professor, Center for Social Development, Washington University

in St.Louis

Hudgins, Dan; Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina

Thomas, Sharon; Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina

Butcher, Kay Cee, Student at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina Caccamo, Elizabeth, Student at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina Foster, Jillian, Student at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina

Green, Adrian, Student at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina

Johnson, Imani, Student at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina

Lonon, Monica, Student at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina

Martinez, Ivan, Student at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina

Mayton, Caitlin, Student at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina

Newsome, Kibbee, Student at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina Smith, Kristy, Student at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina

Washington, Tiffany, Student at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina Wiley, Patricia, Student at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, University of North Carolina