With a view to ensuring that ministries of social development and their counterparts achieve their objectives of social inclusion and protection, strengthening institutional frameworks for social protection and how they are governed is fundamental.
This document provides guidelines on institutional frameworks for social policy and on the governance of social policies in Latin America and the Caribbean. It underscores the feasibility and possibility of adapting social policy institutions and governance processes to the specific reality of each country and to new scenarios amid the changing social reality.
It also highlights the potential for greater financial sustainability that would allow the development of universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection systems and, thus, facilitate the achievement of the social objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region.