Building National Floors of Social Protection in Southern Africa

The project will provide technical support to constitutents through assistance to ongoing processes of national dialogue, in harmony with coordinated efforts by UN and bilateral cooperating partners. It will assist the countries in implementing the building blocks of domestically owned and funded national systems of social protection. Grounded in a regional peer learning process, the project will comprise practical assistance with specific economic feasibility studies, legal expertise, support to national dialogue processes and advice on the governance and administrative aspects of implementing national social protection floors, reflecting the principles of ILO Recommendation R.202 (2012) on National Floors of Social Protection. Direct recipients: Governments and public institutions (primarily relevant Ministries in charge of social protection and social protectionagencies/institutions), employers’ and workers’ organizations, academic and other relevant civil society organizations. Ultimate beneficiaries: Vulnerable persons currently uncovered by any form of social protection. Immediate Outcome 1: Policies and innovative strategies for the implementation of a Social Protection Floor tailored to national circumstances are developed in the context of evidence based national dialogue in Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi. Immediate Outcome 2: Improved legal, administrative and governance frameworks for the extension of Social protection (including budget planning and national monitoring systems) are designed in line with international social security standards. Immediate Outcome 3: Improved knowledge base and monitoring capacity on the implementation of Social Protection floors in the three countries.

Project symbol

RAF/13/04/IRL

Admin unit

CO-Lusaka

Start date

01/01/2014

End date

31/12/2016

Total allocation

1427564

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

1427561

Development Partners

Ireland, Irish Aid

Country/Countries

Zambia

Outcomes

Creating and extending social protection floors