'Bread for the World',the German NGO, published a report on the place of social protection in policies of development cooperation:

The fact that social protection now figures prominently in all documents on EU development cooperation must

be welcomed. It is evidence of a greater awareness of the need for human development. The Commission’s Socieux

programme and the strategic partnership with the ILO are extremely important in promoting an agenda for

decent work and social justice. The concept of the social protection floor and the promotion of the 2012 ILO Recommendation

202 could signify enormous progress.

Nevertheless, we have to remain cautious. We cannot ignore that while the EU is promoting social protection in

the South, it is disassembling social protection systems in its own Member States. The EU’s austerity policies have

caused havoc in social policies in many countries

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