Rolling out social protection at technical and policy levels in Ethiopia

The activities and policy initiatives will help the government to smoothly implement the social protection policy, by providing the necessary technical and financial capacity - building support at the national, regional, and sub-regional levels. The activities build upon and expand on existing work planned and executed over the year. The first output, as per the above, will support the institutionalization and coordination of the Social Protection sector at the Federal Level to build a Social Protection System, and ensure that it is properly linked with other policies and plans and does not duplicate those. It is intended to help strengthen the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to finalize and roll out the Social Protection Policy. The second output intends to help the Government roll out the Social Protection to the different regions in Ethiopia; the country is federal. Specific interventions here will build regional capacity to undertake the necessary planning and costing steps to implement the national policy. The third output is intended to build the institutional and coordination capacities on social protection services at the sub-regional and to enhance citizenry participation in decision-making and accountability processes in order to achieve social inclusion.

Project symbol

ETH/15/50/OUF

Admin unit

CO-Addis Ababa

Start date

19/06/2015

End date

30/09/2017

Total allocation

250000

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

227477

Development Partners

Multi Partner Trust Fund Office, UNDP

Country/Countries

Ethiopia

Outcomes

Creating and extending social protection floors