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Course on Designing and Implementing Social Transfer Programmes

The course on Designing and Implementing Social Transfer Programmes will take place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from 30 September to 11 October 2013. This course is organized by HelpAge International and EPRI.

It is aimed at policymakers, government officials and practitioners around the world.

The first five days of the course include a coordinated series of theme-oriented sessions, practical skills-building workshops, field trips to visit social transfer sites and relevant technical skills training. The course will be taught using formal lectures, practical case studies and hands-on exercises.

Topics will include:

• Role of cash transfers in reducing poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion;
• Identification of appropriate social transfer instruments for specific country contexts;
• Design of cash transfer programmes;
• Implementation issues, including registration, targeting, payment and information systems;
• Monitoring and evaluation approaches for social transfer programmes;
• Case studies of successful programmes around the world;
• Field trips to see Thailand’s social transfer system in action.

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