The Middle East and North Africa Community of Practice on Employment and Social Safety Nets

The World Bank is now supporting and facilitating the establishment of the first community of practice in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the area of employment and social safety nets. This community will provide a space where pra...

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Main Authors: Angel-Urdinola, Diego F., Rodriguez Caillava, Ines, Semlali, Amina
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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BI
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16131
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spelling okr-10986-161312017-12-13T12:49:24Z The Middle East and North Africa Community of Practice on Employment and Social Safety Nets Angel-Urdinola, Diego F. Rodriguez Caillava, Ines Semlali, Amina ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT AGENTS BEST PRACTICES BI CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM COLLABORATION COMMUNITIES COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE DEVELOPING REGIONS DISCUSSIONS ECONOMIC SHOCKS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT KNOW-HOW KNOWLEDGE SHARING LEARNING MEDIA OPERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE POVERTY MAPS PRACTITIONERS PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SOCIAL NETWORKING SOCIAL PROTECTION VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS The World Bank is now supporting and facilitating the establishment of the first community of practice in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the area of employment and social safety nets. This community will provide a space where practitioners from MENA to share their operational experience, knowledge, and best practices on how best to improve delivery of social policy. One channel to improve the design and implementation of social programs is to foster south-south knowledge exchanges, which have proven to successfully contribute to reform of social programs and systems in other developing regions. These knowledge exchanges can take various formats; such as study tours, audio-conferences, workshops, and e-platforms. The first meeting was an attempt to gather an initial pool of practitioners in the region to define the topics to be discussed by community and to define the tools that will be employed to help and facilitate knowledge exchanges. A virtual network using the World Bank's collaboration for development platform helped practitioners stay in contact with each other, initiate discussions, ask questions, and share information on regional best practices. 2013-10-15T16:16:20Z 2013-10-15T16:16:20Z 2013-03 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16131 English en_US MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series;No. 84 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Europe and Central Asia Middle East and North Africa North Africa Middle East
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topic ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
AGENTS
BEST PRACTICES
BI
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM
COLLABORATION
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
DEVELOPING REGIONS
DISCUSSIONS
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
KNOW-HOW
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
LEARNING
MEDIA
OPERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
POVERTY MAPS
PRACTITIONERS
PROGRAMS
SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL NETWORKING
SOCIAL PROTECTION
VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
AGENTS
BEST PRACTICES
BI
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM
COLLABORATION
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
DEVELOPING REGIONS
DISCUSSIONS
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
KNOW-HOW
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
LEARNING
MEDIA
OPERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
POVERTY MAPS
PRACTITIONERS
PROGRAMS
SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL NETWORKING
SOCIAL PROTECTION
VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.
Rodriguez Caillava, Ines
Semlali, Amina
The Middle East and North Africa Community of Practice on Employment and Social Safety Nets
geographic_facet Africa
Europe and Central Asia
Middle East and North Africa
North Africa
Middle East
relation MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series;No. 84
description The World Bank is now supporting and facilitating the establishment of the first community of practice in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the area of employment and social safety nets. This community will provide a space where practitioners from MENA to share their operational experience, knowledge, and best practices on how best to improve delivery of social policy. One channel to improve the design and implementation of social programs is to foster south-south knowledge exchanges, which have proven to successfully contribute to reform of social programs and systems in other developing regions. These knowledge exchanges can take various formats; such as study tours, audio-conferences, workshops, and e-platforms. The first meeting was an attempt to gather an initial pool of practitioners in the region to define the topics to be discussed by community and to define the tools that will be employed to help and facilitate knowledge exchanges. A virtual network using the World Bank's collaboration for development platform helped practitioners stay in contact with each other, initiate discussions, ask questions, and share information on regional best practices.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.
Rodriguez Caillava, Ines
Semlali, Amina
author_facet Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.
Rodriguez Caillava, Ines
Semlali, Amina
author_sort Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.
title The Middle East and North Africa Community of Practice on Employment and Social Safety Nets
title_short The Middle East and North Africa Community of Practice on Employment and Social Safety Nets
title_full The Middle East and North Africa Community of Practice on Employment and Social Safety Nets
title_fullStr The Middle East and North Africa Community of Practice on Employment and Social Safety Nets
title_full_unstemmed The Middle East and North Africa Community of Practice on Employment and Social Safety Nets
title_sort middle east and north africa community of practice on employment and social safety nets
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16131
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