Organisational structure

The ESP programme is located within the Directorate of Social Protection in the Ministry of Gender, Labour & Social Development. A Programme Management Unit has been established to run the day-to-day management of the Programme, under supervision of the permanent secretary through the director, social protection.

Within the Government of Uganda, the Ministry is charged with the mandate to deliver “community empowerment, protection and promotion of rights of the specified vulnerable groups for social protection and gender responsive development.