The 2025 OECD Social Policy Ministerial meeting will be held on 14 February 2025 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France, and will focus on the theme New Frontiers for Social Policy: Investing in the Future. The meeting will provide a platform for Ministers to come together and exchange ideas, ambitions, and approaches on the new frontiers for social policy, with a view towards investing in the future.
The meeting will be co-chaired by H.E. Ms. Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho, Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security of Portugal, and H.E. Ms. Elma Saiz Delgado, Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration of Spain. The Vice-Chairs are H.E. M. Frank Vandenbroucke, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Social Affairs of Belgium; H.E. Ms. Jenna Sudds, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development of Canada; and H.E. Ms. Heather Humphreys, Minister for Social Protection of Ireland.
The High-Level Social Policy Forum will take place the day before, on 13 February, and will enable discussions between Ministers, other high-level policy makers, and a range of different stakeholders, including social partners, civil society and academia, on the same themes of the Ministerial meeting.
