Week 2: Shock-Responsive and Adaptive Social Protection - What COVID-19 Has Taught Us?

FAO, in partnership with the Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI), presents the second session of the tailored e-learning course on Designing and Implementing Adaptive Social Protection Systems. The session focuses on shock-responsive and adaptive social protection systems and is conducted by Ms. Katharina Bollig and Dr. Michael Samson, respectively Social Policy Advisor and Research Director at EPRI. First, Katharina Bollig introduces the concepts of shock-responsive and adaptive social protection, outlines how systems can become more shock-responsive and how emergencies can be capitalized on to strengthen social protection systems. Then, Michael Samson goes on to analyse what has been learnt from the Covid-19 crisis in terms of using social protection systems to respond to complex crises.