Malawi

• Output 1.1 – a comprehensive plan for the roll out of the national social protection policy is developed and implemented.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.2 - studies identifying the needs, gaps, and opportunities to enhance the capacity of workers and enterprises in the informal economy, with a focus on gender and disability are conducted and shared.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.3 - The campaign for ratification of Convention No. 102 is implemented, which will include comparative assessments between national legislation and practice and ILO social security standards at the request of tripartite stakeholders, and tripartite workshops to validate the conclusions and plan ahead.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.4 – Consultations and constructive dialogue between constituents are conducted for policy reform of existing national social assistance programmes to better address the needs of older people (women and men), children and people with disabilities.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.6 – An implementation plan for extending social protection coverage is designed and discussed in national tripartite social dialogue including an investment plan consolidating contributions from national government (relevant ministries and public institutions), funding partners (UN agencies, IFIs), and the private sector.
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.2 – Tools to improve the transparency and accountability of existing social protection systems are developed and disseminated.
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.3 - Technical assistance is provided to ILO constituents and civil society organizations (e.g., representative of women, PWDs, ethnic minorities) to encourage their participation and contribution in the design, implementation, and monitoring of social protection interventions.
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.1 – Knowledge products (policy briefs, RMT, ILO tools, country studies on the development of national social protection systems e.g., financing, extension of social protection, comparative analysis, SWS etc.) are published and shared in national, regional, and South-South platforms including Asia-Africa dialogues
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.2 – Government and social partners are supported to promote a culture of social protection by organizing Media training workshop, Workshop for journalists, education, and advocacy campaigns, including in the context of the Malawi’s Annual Social Protection Week and the Convention No. 102 Ratification campaign.
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.3 – Capacity building workshops using TRANSFORM training tools are prepared and implemented, with the view to enhance social protection in general, including e.g., shock responsiveness, M&E and financing, in line with national objectives.
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.4 – CSOs network on social protection are established and strengthened with the view to foment and set up partnerships with civil society organizations, including Civil Society traditional authorities, faith leaders, citizens, and non-state actors that could facilitate effective participation in and promotion of social protection
  31.12.2025
• Output.1.5 – a costing and fiscal space analysis for nationally defined social protection floors, to be discussed in national tripartite social dialogue process is conducted and published.
  31.12.2025

Mozambique

• Output 1.1 - The next social protection strategy – post 2024 is designed and implemented with the support of the ILO
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.2 – The next National Basic (non-contributory) Social Protection Strategy 2024-2029 is designed with ILO support and guided by ILO Recommendation No. 202 and ILO Convention No. 102
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.3 - Tripartite partners are supported in the framework of the Convention No. 102 Ratification Campaign, including through the elaboration of comparative assessments between national legislation and practice and ILO social security standards, technical advice on the assessment’s conclusions and recommendations, consultation workshops to validate the assessment, and overall support to the Government for completion of ratification formalities
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.4 – Social dialogue on the coverage expansion for workers in the informal economy is supported, with a focus on Gender and PWDs, including for the development of the National Strategy for Mandatory Social Security (ENSSO) approval and its implementation once adopted.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.5 - Evidence-based advocacy is supported with the objective of increasing the fiscal space assigned by the government to social protection.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.6 – Advocacy is developed to ensure that social protection is a priority in the new Five-Year Plan (PQG) and has sufficient resources for increased investments and expansion in the sector.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.7. - MOZMOD (simulating tax and benefit policies for development in Mozambique) technical retreats are organized for staff from national institutions working on social protection.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.8. - Advocacy and dialogue with IFIs are developed by the ILO as part of the UN Joint Programme on Social Protection (UNJP-SP) in Mozambique
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.1 – Improvements in system efficiency will result in expanded coverage brought about by implementation of the recommendations of the mid-term review of the Mozambique National Basic Social Security Strategy (ENSSB II) commissioned by the ILO in 2021.
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.2 – Develop and disseminate tools to improve the transparency and accountability of existing social protection systems.
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.3 - Technical assistance is provided to ILO constituents and civil society organizations (e.g., representative of women, PWDs, ethnic minorities) to encourage their participation and contribution in the design, implementation, and monitoring of social protection interventions.
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.1 – Knowledge products (MOZMOD policy briefs, RMT, ILO tools, etc.) are published and shared in national, regional, and South-South platforms including Asia-Africa dialogues
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.2 – Advocacy and capacity building activities are supported to promote a culture of social protection, including in the context of Mozambique’s Annual Social Protection Week and the Convention No. 102 Ratification Campaign, such as media training for tripartite partners, training workshops for journalists, etc.
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.3 – Capacity building workshops using TRANSFORM training tools are prepared and implemented, with the view to enhance social protection in general, including e.g., shock responsiveness, M&E and financing, in line with national objectives.
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.4 – CSOs are supported with the view to facilitate effective participation in and promotion of social protection.in Mozambique
  31.12.2025

Viet Nam

• Output 1.1 - A comprehensive national social protection framework and respective implementation plan are developed and implemented.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.2 - Analysis of social protection gaps in covering those most vulnerable, in particular PwD and Ethnic Minorities are developed and published.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.3 - The campaign for ratification of Convention No. 102 is implemented, which will include comparative assessments between national legislation and practice and ILO social security standards at the request of tripartite stakeholders, and tripartite workshops to validate the conclusions and plan ahead.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.4 – The design and implementation of effective and sustainable social protection including contributory and non-contributory schemes, with a focus on PWD, ethnic minorities and other uncovered vulnerable persons, as well as on promoting transitions from informal to formal employment is supported.
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.1 –Institutional coordination and rights-based approaches for effective delivery of social protection floors in conjunction with active labour market opportunities is supported
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.2 – Administrative access to contributory social protection is simplified (SIMPLIFY) with a focus on environmental security and the green economy.
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.3 - Technical assistance is provided to ILO constituents and civil society organizations (e.g., representative of women, PWDs, ethnic minorities) to encourage their participation and contribution in the design, implementation, and monitoring of social protection interventions.
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.1 – Knowledge products (policy briefs, RMT, ILO tools, etc.) are published and shared in national, regional, and South-South platforms including Asia-Africa dialogues
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.2 –Government and social partners are supported to promote a culture of social protection by developing a communication strategy, including in the context of the Convention No. 102 Ratification campaign.
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.3 - Capacity building of social partners and practitioners on developing multi-tiered, shock-responsive and gender sensitive social protection policies.
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.4 – CSOs network on social protection are supported with the view to foment and set up partnerships between policy makers and civil society organizations, to facilitate effective participation in and promotion of social protection.
  31.12.2025

Zambia

• Output 1.1 - NHIMA strategy of extension of coverage to the informal economy is supported through promotion of public discussions and wider information dissemination on contribution modalities and benefits
  25.04.2025
• Output 1.2 - Studies are conducted and shared to identify the needs, gaps, and policy options to enhance the capacity of workers and enterprises in the informal economy, with a focus on gender and disability, with recommendations on how to align ongoing activities with the objectives of the new national development plan (8NDP)
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.3 - The campaign for ratification of Convention No. 102 is implemented, which will include comparative assessments between national legislation and practice and ILO social security standards at the request of tripartite stakeholders, and tripartite workshops to validate the conclusions and plan ahead.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.4 – Consultations and constructive dialogue between constituents are conducted for policy reform of existing national social assistance programmes to better address the needs of older people (women and men), children and people with disabilities.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.5 – Costing and fiscal space analysis are conducted for nationally defined social protection floors, including a data collection exercise from the informal sector for an actuarial evaluation as well as determination of contributions capacity and recommendations for benefit design to be discussed in national tripartite social dialogue.
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.6 - An implementation plan for extending social protection overage is designed and discussed in national tripartite social dialogue including an investment plan consolidating contributions from national government (relevant ministries and public institutions), funding partners (UN agencies, IFIs), and the private sector.
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.1 – Studies are conducted and published to improve the coordination of the social protection system building on the experience of the Single Window Service in Zambia.
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.1 – Studies to improve the coordination of fragmented social protection programmes are conducted and published, e.g., building on the experience of the Single Window Service in Zambia.
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.2 –tools to improve the transparency and accountability of existing social protection systems are developed and disseminated.
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.3 - Administrative processes of contributory schemes (NHIMA, NAPSA. Workers) are simplified to incentivize registration and affiliation of micro, small and medium enterprises and the self-employed with a focus on the Green economy.
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.4 - Technical assistance is provided to ILO constituents and civil society organizations (e.g., representative of women, PWDs, ethnic minorities) to encourage their participation and contribution in the design, implementation, and monitoring of social protection interventions.
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.1 – Knowledge products (policy briefs, RMT, ILO tools, country studies on the development of national social protection systems e.g., financing, extension of social protection, comparative analysis, SWS, TRANSFORM etc.) are published and shared in national, regional, and South-South platforms including Asia-Africa dialogues
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.2 – Government and social partners are supported to promote a culture of social protection by organizing Media training workshop, Workshop for journalists, education, and advocacy campaigns, including in the context of the Zambia’s Annual Social Protection Week and the Convention No. 102 Ratification campaign.
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.3 – Capacity building workshops using TRANSFORM training tools are prepared and implemented, with the view to enhance social protection in general, including e.g., shock responsiveness, M&E and financing, in line with national objectives
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.4 – CSOs network on social protection are established and strengthened with the view to foment and set up partnerships with civil society organizations, including Civil Society traditional authorities, faith leaders, citizens, and non-state actors that could facilitate effective participation in and promotion of social protection
  31.12.2025

Africa

Americas

Arab States

Asia and the Pacific

Europe and Central Asia

World

• Output 1.1 – a joint knowledge sharing, advocacy, and partnership development strategy/plan is developed and implemented
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.2 – The documentation process to be shared through the RMT and the social-protection.org platform (country case studies, country pages etc.) is supported
  31.12.2025
• Output 1.3 – Good practices, case studies and research are developed documented and published
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.1 –a joint capacity building strategy/plan is developed and implemented
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.2 – Training and capacity building resources are developed for practitioners, social partners, and national trainers in Africa (TRANSFORM).
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.3 –TRANSFORM applications are Implemented and expanded to all African regions in partnership with key regional and national development and knowledge partners.
  31.12.2025
• Output 2.4 – The development of new TRANSFORM modules is promoted on priority topics to extend social protection (e.g., on social protection and climate change, or on social insurance, or at sub-district level…)
  31.12.2025
• Output 3.1 – Cross-country technical assistance is delivered of (e.g., through the ILO experts in the region, SOCPRO experts, ILO Social Protection Department’s advisory platform, or through consultants).
  31.12.2025
• Output 4.1 – Country and regional reports (on progress, M&E, …) are supported, quality checked and consolidated
  31.12.2025
• Output 4.2 – Financial and administrative management and coordination of the Partnership Programme overall is supported.
  31.12.2025