Outcomes of the Kellokoski experts' meeting

The Kellokoski Experts' Meeting was held in Finland 1-3 November 2006. The roundtable gathered together social and employment policy experts from several governments, civil society organisations and research organisations of the Global South and North, as well as from international organisations. The outcome policy statement of the Kellokoski Experts Meeting is called New Consensus on Comprehensive Social Policies for Development" (PDF 300 Kb).

In January 2007, a "second generation" outcome book Comprehensive Social Policies for Development in a Globalizing World (PDF 1,4 Mb) was published together by Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, and STAKES. Annexes of the book include declaration from the Johannesburg conference, hosted by Southern African Development Community (SADC) 24th November 2006, and its outcome document Towards an African Regional Social Policy.

View the Participants list (RTF) of the Kellokoski event.

Pictures from the Kellokoski event.

Presentations from the Kellokoski event

Below are the presentations held at the Kellokoski event. They are also grouped on the responses-pages of this site.

Opening address by Anke Hansson (RTF), DG of the Ministry for Social Affairs and Health of Finland

Background of the Experts' Meeting, Timo Voipio, MFAF (powerpoint)

Servacius Likwelile, Director of TASAF: Role of Social Policy: Lessons from Experience (powerpoint)

Magasela-Naicker-Mguye: Social and employment policies in SA - situational analysis and challenges: a government perspective (powerpoint)

Social sector reform in Namibia by Ronald Wiman, STAKES (powerpoint)

Dr Kamel Esseghairi: Social Policy Framework for Africa (powerpoint)

Sylvia Beales, Helpage: Beyond Livingstone: Profiling social transfers in national development policy (powerpoint)

Denys Correll: ICSW response to the challenge of social and employment policies for development in Africa and other parts of the Global South (powerpoint)

Dorothy Rosenberg, Senior Policy Advisor for MDGs and Civil Society, Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy, United Nations Development Program: Social Policies for Development in a Globalizing World (powerpoint)

Krzysztof Hegemejer (ILO / Social Security): Future Challenges - Affordability of social protection and the Decent Work Agenda (powerpoint)

Isabel Ortiz, Senior Interregional Advisor, United Nations DESA: Building Equitable National Development Strategies: Social Policy (powerpoint)

Dr. Rüdiger Krech, Head of Section, Social Protection, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ): "German response to social policy challenges in the global South" (powerpoint)

Azaweli Lwaitama: Social Policy for Development in a Globalizing World (powerpoint)

Mikko Mäntysaari: What do we know? - The Research Perspective (powerpoint)

Statements

Liisa Hyssälä, Minister of Health and Social Services, Finland: "International cooperation and social development" (rtf document)