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SOCIAL PROTECTION FINANCING

Strengthening Uganda’s Social

Protection Systems is Critical….

The Government of Uganda, in collaboration with the United Nations World Food
Programme (WFP), has embarked on strengthening the country’s social protection
architecture across various building blocks. The priority areas include the legal and
policy framework, beneficiary information and assistance management, monitoring and
evaluation, governance and coordination, administration and delivery mechanisms,
and financing. In this briefing note, we highlight selected milestones achieved in the
legal and policy framework, the capacity development of human resources, and the
enhancement of beneficiary information and assistance management.

o strengthen and ambitions of the National Social
operationalize the Protection Policy. Already, over
National Social 800 national and sub national
Protection Policy government officers have received
T (2015), several trainings on a range of technical
frameworks have been developed, social protection capabilities to
including the National Social enhance their capacity to design
Protection Strategy, the National and deliver social protection
Social Protection Shock Responsive programmes using internationally
Framework, the National Social recognised social protection
Protection Communication and curricula (TRANSFORM) from the
Advocacy Strategy, the Social International Labour Organisation
Protection Capacity Development and African Union. Additionally,
Strategy, and the National Social Daniel Winter PUTAN is a Technical to sustainably deliver social
Protection Complaints and Coordinator in charge of Social protection training, a roadmap has
Grievance Guidelines. Protection Systems Strengthening been developed to institutionalise
The development of these at the United Nations World TRANSFORM curricula into an
Food Programme seconded to the
frameworks as part of the NSPP Ministry of Gender, Labour and institution of higher learning and a
(2015) reflects a comprehensive Social Development. team of 15 National Master Trainers
approach to addressing the have been accredited to deliver the
multifaceted challenges faced trainings in Uganda.
by vulnerable populations. By The National Single Registry
integrating various aspects such (NSR), and Social Assistance
as food security, nutrition, school Grant for Empowerment (SAGE)
feeding and the needs of refugees, MIS have been upgraded and
the frameworks aim to create a The National Single capacity of the two system users
more inclusive and responsive Registry (NSR), and Social has been built on the new system
social protection system. Assistance Grant for upgrades. The system upgrade has
As a way of streamlining capacity Empowerment (SAGE) MIS seen the integration of over ten
development interventions, have been upgraded and management information systems
the social protection capacity capacity of the two system into the NSR (Social Assistance
development strategy envisions Grants for Empowerment (SAGE),
local governments designing, users has been built on the Northern Uganda Social Action
delivering and reporting on new system upgrades. Fund III, Development Response
social protection in line with the to Displacement Impact Project,

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