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The 61st session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) will take place from 6 to 15 February 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Commission is the advisory body responsible for the social development pillar of global development. The priority theme of this year's session is “Creating full and productive employment and decent work for all as a way of overcoming inequalities to accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.

The 61st Session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) will take place from 6 to 15 February 2023 in conference room 4 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

61st session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) 

Taking place during the 61st session of the Commission for Social Development, the high-level panel discussion will seek to identify effective policies to create full and productive employment and decent work for all as a way of overcoming inequalities to accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Discussions will focus on policies and strategies that have proven to be successful in creating more inclusive, equitable, and adaptable labour markets, at the global, regional, and national levels, as well as policies that seek to create employment and decent work in new, sustainable, and growing sectors to overcome inequality.

High-level panel discussion on Creating full and productive employment and decent work for all 

By inviting the UN Regional Commissions and relevant UN organizations, the main objective of the interactive dialogue is to link the work of the Commission for Social Development with regional and national actions for enhanced coordination and strengthened policy coherence to promote the creation of full and productive employment and decent work for all, and assist Member States to overcome inequalities to accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

The dialogue will facilitate an exchange between Member States, senior officials of the UN entities, and relevant stakeholders, including representatives of civil society, of views, policies, and strategies relevant to the priority theme of the 61st session of the Commission.

New York City

Interactive dialogue with senior officials of the UN Systems

UN headquarters

This side event to the 61st Session of the Commission for Social Development will showcase country experiences and discuss how to generate synergies between social protection and employment policies for decent work.

A total of 2 billion workers – 61.2 per cent of the world’s employed population – are in informal employment and most of them are among the 4.1 billion people who do not have any access to social protection or are inadequately protected. Extending social protection coverage to workers in the informal economy through adapted mechanisms including employment services, access to training, health protection , can contribute to expanding formal employment and enhancing the living standards of workers and their families.

At the same time, the formalization of enterprises and employment contributes to a broader contribution and tax base, which creates fiscal space for tax-financed social protection programmes for those who do not have sufficient contributory capacity, potentially triggering a virtuous cycle of development of higher productivity, higher tax revenues and better public services.

61st session of the Commission for Social Development

Full schedule

Monday, 6 February 2023

Thursday, 9 February 2023

Friday, 10 February 2023