Protection sociale

Mettre en place des socles de protection sociale
et des systèmes complets de sécurité sociale

AFRICA REGIONAL INTER-AGENCY SOCIAL PROTECTION ASSESSMENT (ISPA) TOOLS TRAINING

Background

For over a decade, the extension of social protection has gained increased momentum in Africa. Social protection projects, programmes and activities have been developed aiming to ensure people are better protected throughout their life against risks affecting their livelihoods and their capacity to meet their income needs and access to health care. Initiatives implemented by both Governments and international organizations have proliferated so that countries are now faced by fragmentation, duplication and overlap on the one hand but still significant gaps on the other.

In light of growing demand by countries to receive support in applying the ISPA tools, this training is bringing together countries that have already experience in using ISPA tools and countries wanting to use them to facilitate exchanges on the added value of the tools, how to best apply them and lessons learnt.

Learning objectives and Training overview

The overall learning objectives of the event are to increase participants’ knowledge about the ISPA tools and gain basic skills in their use to assess social protection systems, programs or delivery mechanisms through peer-to-peer learning. This knowledge will be conveyed during the training and be kept alive and deepened through the established network of ISPA tool appliers that will continue to exchange following the event. Specific learning objectives include for participants to know about:

  1. ISPA tools structure, objectives and implementation process
  2. The types of information needed and possible related sources to complete the data collection through the questionnaire.
  3. The methodology to complete the assessment matrix and draft the country assessment report
  4. Key concepts regarding social protection systems, identification, payment mechanisms and public works

Participants: 30-40 Social Protection Experts

  1. Practitioners of national agencies (relevant Ministries, staff of social protection programmes, social protection experts of social partners etc.)
  2. International agencies’ staff working on Social Protection in Africa
  3. Countries: Countries that have included strengthening their Social Protection Systems as a priority in their Development Agenda and Decent Work Country Programme including Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Liberia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia

Duration and timing: 3 days (15-17 December 2016)

Language: French and English

Suggested reading/preparation:

  1. CODI, SPPOT, PWP, ID or Payment tool and related brochures and e-learning modules available on the website www.ispatools.org
  2. National staff: Gather information about existing social protection programmes and sources of information on social protection data in your country.

Expected outcome: Participants enhance their understanding of the importance to monitor the process and outcomes of the social protection system, programmes and delivery mechanisms. They are knowledgeable about the advantages and limitations of ISPA tools, in particular about appropriate assessment criteria, key areas that need to be analyse and suitable implementation processes to carry out such an assessment. They know a network of ISPA users that they can turn to for support if they have any questions on ISPA tool

Presentation & resources