A major activity under UNDP’s Support to the Government of South Africa from 2011-2012 is a “review of existing national policies, programmes, and institutional arrangements against [the background of ] international experiences and best practices on social protection.” In keeping with the Government’s strategy of pursuing South-South Cooperation for national and regional development, UNDP and the National Planning Commission (NPC) organised ahigh-level international dialogue on social protection, from 20-21 September, 2011, to examine and draw experiencesfrom Brazil, Russia, and India, all members of the BRICS Group to which South Africa was admitted in 2010.