Valentina Barca
valentinabarca.bsky.social
Valentina Barca
@valentinabarca.bsky.social
Tweeting on #socialprotection, often with a focus on #digital & #shocks. Previously SPACE (SP approaches to COVID19) Team Leader.
Stark visual!
May 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
#AI in #socialprotection @socialprotection.org webinar - Rodrigo Assumpcao nailing it as always, 'we always blame the tech, AI will do in a much faster way the good or the bad that the politics defines (...), e.g. Dutch case was a political choice.. recording soon online
February 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
International Social Security Review, Call for Papers for Special Issue: #SOCIALSECURITY: ENABLING AND PROMOTING #RESILIENCE onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
January 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The impact of social safey nets on economic, social and political outcomes in #fragile, #conflict and #violent contexts documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0..., for the reading list from the #Sahel #Adaptive #SocialProtection Program!
January 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I get teased for being 'the visuals person, but that is how my brain works. Could not find a good graphic that helped explain different statuses of #migration and #displacement, plus implications for #SocialProtection in one go.. so went for it. What would you fix/change? Can add more disclaimers!
January 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
What happened After Progresa (oportunidades/prospera)was rolled back in Mexico? osf.io/preprints/so...
December 20, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Have you also been hearing about the 'Global Alliance against #Hunger #Poverty (#SDG 1 & 2) but not really aware how it will work? There is now a useful website explaining it all @socialprotection.bsky.social globalallianceagainsthungerandpoverty.org including #socialprotection role in policy basket
December 16, 2024 at 10:26 AM
..a focus on children from UNICEF - "Building synergies and convergence across nutrition and social protection to
address child malnutrition and poverty" with great examples of recent country evolutions (4/N)
December 4, 2024 at 9:55 AM
..from #Sahel, where 11.6 million people are expected to face a #foodsecurity crisis the next lean season (x3 compared to 2019), from fantastic combo of WFP/UNICEF/World Bank authors, building evidence base for a shift to permanent social protection away from emergency firefighting (3/N)
December 4, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Interesting country reflections including #Chile's experimentations with 82 micro food bankssourced via 'food waste' from local markets serving over 60,000 people (2/N)
December 4, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Check out @ipcid-ipea.bsky.social publication: Overcoming #foodsecurity and #nutrition roadblocks in #socialprotection ipcid.org/publications... including contributions from 60+ experts and reflections on policy evolutions over the years (1/5)
December 4, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Skimming through, some design choices seem to remain unchanged from prior model (e.g. #PMT -based ranking across all user programmes? Would have questions as may not be understanding) P.s. Some of these pics I am almost storing for my own reference! E.g. metrics to assess the registration data (2/3)
November 27, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Take a look at latest by Richard Chirchir, who is not yet on here, and colleagues. It is a design report focused on evolving #SocialProtection #InformationSystem (i.e. #SocialRegistry & beyond) landscape in #Indonesia - pushing for more integration + inclusiveness www.unicef.org/indonesia/me... 1/3
November 27, 2024 at 8:49 AM