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The webinar highlighted countries’ progress in expanding social protection coverage by at least two percentage points. It also examined how countries have created additional fiscal space to support this expansion, present the ILO’s engagement with the IMF on social protection at the country-level, and outline the ILO proposal on social protection under the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. Read more about the webinar discussions and access the slide presentation: https://socialprotection.org/learn/webinars/ilo-strategy-financing-social-protection Moderator: Shahra Razavi, Director of the Universal Social Protection Department, ILO Opening remarks: Valerie Schmitt, Deputy Director,Universal Social Protection Department, ILO Speakers H.E. Cristina Díaz, Ambassador on Special Mission for Development Financing, Spain Débora Freire Cardoso, Secretary of Economic Policy of the Ministry of Finance, Brazil Willis Chipango, Director of Budget, Ministry of Finance, Zambia Umberto Cattaneo,Public Finance Specialist,Universal Social Protection Department,ILO Shea McClanahan, Technical Specialist in Social Security, ISSA Kate Donald, Head of Office, Washington DC, Oxfam International Closing remarks: Helmut Schwarzer, Head of the Public Finance Actuarial and Statistical Services Unit, Universal Social Protection Department, ILO This was the fourth session of the "Building Social Protection Floors for All: Key achievements and future priorities of the ILO’s Flagship Programme" series. Organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and with financial support from Luxembourg and Belgium, the series intends to reflect on achievements, lessons learned, and emerging priorities, while fostering dialogue on the future strategic orientations of the Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All. Learn more: https://socialprotection.org/webinar-series#building-SPF-for-all _____________ About socialprotection.org - Join our community of global social protection practitioners: http://socialprotection.org/ - Subscribe to our mailing list to be updated on future webinars and the latest social protection content: https://socialprotection.org/subscribe-our-webinar-alerts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/socialprotectionorg/ X: https://twitter.com/SP_Gateway LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/socialprotection.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/socialprotectionorg TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@socialprotectionorg Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/socialprotection.bsky.social