From the website (About the Social Protection Department): The objective of the Social Protection Department is the enhanced capacity of constituents, decision makers and stakeholders, to design sustainable social security schemes, and to manage and administer them more efficiently, with a view to the provision of better benefits and the extension of their coverage. In cooperation with ILO field offices, the Social Protection Department provides policy advice, undertakes research and carries out technical cooperation activities ranging from front-line support in the establishment of national social security legislation and actuarial valuations of social protection schemes to support in tripartite dialogue processes for the design of social protection systems and contributions to Decent Work Country Programmes.
