United Nations Joint Programme on Social Protection in Zambia “UNJPSP-II”

Project properties

ZMB/19/01/CEF Africa Zambia UNICEF In progress This project is part of the Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All

Description

The social protection sector in Zambia has grown significantly in recent years, guided by a comprehensive National Social Protection Policy (NSPP) framework whose implementation supported by the UN Joint Programme for Social Protection (UNJPSP) 2016-2019. Under the UNJPSP, the ILO and other UN agencies provided support to constituents to strengthen governance and administrative systems of the social protection programmes in Zambia. The current successor UN Joint Program for Social Protection (UNJPSP-II) in Zambia builds on the lessons learned from the first programme, and includes ambitious targets for streamlining benefits and service delivery through single-window service centres, support for disability inclusion across the whole of the social protection sector, strengthening state institutions responsible for administering and regulating soical protection programmes, and promoting greater citizen and beneficiary voice in the governance of the social protection system.

SDG

Goals

End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Time

21.08.2019 - 31.12.2024

Budget

3,383,644 / 4,593,010 Development Cooperation

Timeline of linked projects

Publications

25.04.2024