Advocacy

2025/2/SEGMENT 2

“Central to both United Nations and regional efforts is placing decent work and social protection at the heart of economic policymaking. Employment, job quality, and income security must become explicit objectives of fiscal, trade, and industrial strategies. The UN system should support countries in designing employment centred macroeconomic frameworks, assessing job impacts, and aligning national strategies with targets such as informality reduction, wage equity, and universal social protection coverage. As underscored in the Doha Political Declaration of the Second World Summit for Social Development, the UN Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions would be a relevant vehicle to do so.”

Doha Political Declaration of “the Second World Summit for Social Development”

Call to Action Article 3 Paragraph h:

“We reaffirm our commitment to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. To this end, we commit to considering to support the implementation of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions and noting the work of the Global Coalition for Social Justice on full and productive employment and Decent work for all”

Call to Action: Towards inclusive, resilient and sustainable development through Universal Social Protection Systems and Floors

Article vii (page 10):

“International support mechanisms such as the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty and the UN Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions, both supported by the multistakeholder engagement (M-GA) – an initiative between the World Bank and the UN – are encouraged to explore innovative approaches to financing, technical assistance, and peer-to-peer learning, including through South-South and triangular cooperation”

Draft ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the 2025 session of the Economic and Social Council and the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Council

Para 78 (page 13):

“We take note with appreciation of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions and encourage all countries to consider supporting its implementation”

FiCS 2025 Final Communiqué

No direct reference to the Global Accelerator in the FiCS final communiqués.

“Accelerate growth through sustainable and inclusive investments … Participants recalled the importance of aligning growth, jobs and sustainability by embedding social investments and by ensuring just transition principles at program and project levels … They highlighted the need to work with a broad range of partners, and proposed to rejuvenate international cooperation focusing on inclusive and sustainable investment beyond official development assistance”

High-Level Political Forum (HLPF, OP38) Ministerial Declaration

Para 38 (page 6):

“We commit to foster sustainable inclusive and sustained economic growth, employment and decent work for all, equal pay for work of equal value, economic diversification and productive capacities in developing countries, as drivers to eradicate poverty in all its forms and dimensions and achieve sustainable development, including through strengthening support for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises. We note the significance of decent jobs and social protection for eradicating poverty and, in this regard, take note with appreciation of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions and encourage all countries to support its implementation. We commit to ensuring that persons with disabilities actively participate in and equally benefit from sustainable development efforts”

Leaving no one behind: G20 Development Ministerial Declaration for reducing inequalities

Para 5:

“Committed to leaving no one behind we are striving to promote the social, economic, and political inclusion and empowerment of all, to ensure equal opportunity, and to reduce inequalities, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies, and action in this regard. We commit to accelerating progress toward fully and effectively implementing the 2030 Agenda and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including through recognizing the role of local and regional governments, and other local actors, in a whole-of-society approach. This is in line with the ambitious commitments from the 2016 G20 Action Plan on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the G20 2023 Action Plan on Accelerating Progress on the SDGs, and other past G20 commitments and achievements, especially those focused on development, as well as having also regard to the UNGA SDG Summit Political Declaration, and the UN Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions”

2024 Conclusions of the Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development

Para 20 (page 4):

“We recall our commitment to strengthening social protection systems to reduce inequalities, eradicate poverty, build resilience to climate change and shocks, reduce disaster risk, support just and inclusive transitions and promote fair, equitable, inclusive and sustainable growth. We also reiterate our commitment to expanding investment in social protection floors as a percentage of national budgets and extending social protection for all, especially child-sensitive and gender-responsive social protection, including workers in the informal and emerging sectors of the economy and those who intend to reintegrate into the work force. We take note with appreciation of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions and encourage Member States to consider supporting its implementation”

2023 EU Council Conclusions for a Social, Green and Digital transition

Article 15, para d (page 7):

“to make full and effective use of all the instruments available to promote just transitions, including the UN Global Accelerator and the ILO Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all, following the Team Europe approach;”

Political declaration of the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the General Assembly — SDG Declaration (OP14)

Para 14 (page 3):

“We also remain resolved to create conditions for sustainable, inclusive and sustained economic growth, shared prosperity and decent work for all, and equal pay for work of equal value, taking into account different levels of national development and capacities. We take note with appreciation of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions and encourage all countries to consider supporting its implementation. We commit to ensuring that persons with disabilities actively participate in and equally benefit from sustainable development efforts”

G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration

Article 20 para vi (page 5):

“Support progress on the implementation of the UN Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions”

No direct reference to the Global Accelerator in the FiCS final communiqués.

Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up

Para 11 (page 2):

“We recall our commitment to strengthening social protection systems to reduce inequalities, eradicate poverty, build resilience to climate change and shocks, reduce disaster risk, support just and inclusive transitions and promote fair, equitable, inclusive and sustainable growth. We also reiterate our commitment to expand investment in social protection floors as a percentage of national budgets and extend social protection for all, especially child-sensitive and gender-responsive social protection, including workers in the informal and emerging sectors of the economy and those who intend to reintegrate into the work force. We take note with appreciation of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions and encourage Member States to consider supporting its implementation”

2023 CSocD Resolution (OP39)

Para 43 (page 38):

“Encourages Member States to consider supporting the implementation of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for a Just Transition, including through the promotion of decent work and sustainable and universal social protection systems;”

Final Communiqué

No direct reference to the Global Accelerator in the FiCS final communiqués.

2022 G20 Labour and employment Minister’s communiqué

Para 19:

“We will accelerate progress towards universal social protection for all by 2030. To that end, we welcome the UN Secretary-General initiative for a Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for a Just Transition, which aims to create 400 million decent jobs including in the green, digital, and care economies and to extend social protection coverage to the 4 billion people currently excluded. The initiative could make an important contribution to poverty reduction, decent work and achieving the SDGs”

G7 Leaders Communiqué

Under the “Employment and Just Transition” section (page 12):

“We emphasis the value of social protection particularly in times of crises and in the face of climate change and environmental degradation and underscore the human right to social security. The effects of climate change disproportionately affect the marginalised and most vulnerable in society, exacerbating poverty and economic, gender and other social inequalities. To address these effects, we will accelerate progress towards universal, adequate, adaptive, shock-responsive, and inclusive social protection for all by 2030 in line with the UN Secretary-General’s initiative for a “Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for a Just Transition” which aims to create 400 million jobs and to extend social protection”

2022 HLPF Outcome (OP110)

Para 39 (page 6):

“That is why trade unions call for SDG-8-driven recovery and resilience and why they support UN-related processes, such as the UN Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection. The SDGs chart a needed pathway, which can only be realised with full employment and decent work”

Secretary-General’s intervention — the video of the full event, the concept note and the press release

As of 06:40:

“I am pleased to announce the creation of a new Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for a Just Transition in collaboration with the ILO. This Global Accelerator aims to create at least 400 million jobs by 2030 primarily in the green and care economies and extend social protection floors by 2025 to 50% people currently not covered”