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INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMME

How the International Training

Programme on Social Protection for

Sustainable Dev’t has Influenced Change

Dr. Michael Samson with the Ugandan team during the ITP training session at Landmark Hotel, Nairobi, on 26th February 2025

Sight Akatukunda, Senior
Programme Officer, Some of the ITP Training Programme Alumni share a photo moment with Dr. Michael
Communications and Advocacy Samson of Economic Policy Research Institute at ESP Offices.

he Swedish Research Institute (EPRI) have financing, and fostering effective
International over the years collaborated coordination. The initiative
development to strengthen the capacity of dubbed, the International
Cooperation government officials and key Training Programme (ITP) on
T Agency (Sida), actors to drive the social protection Social Protection for Sustainable
the Swedish Public Employment agenda through influencing policy, Development was initiated in
Service and the Economic Policy social protection programming, 2019, covering ten countries across

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