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
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17410604/middle-east-north-africa-mena-community-practice-employment-social-safety-nets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16131

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spelling	okr-10986-161312021-04-23T14:03:27Z 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://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17410604/middle-east-north-africa-mena-community-practice-employment-social-safety-nets 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
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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
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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://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17410604/middle-east-north-africa-mena-community-practice-employment-social-safety-nets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16131
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