1. Safety Net and Skills Development Project November 14, 2018

2. Overview Development Objective Components Duration
(i) Provide access to income opportunities and temporary employment to the poor and vulnerable
(ii) Put in place building blocks for a social protection system
Components
(i) Systems Building
(ii) Public Works
Duration
5 years ( )
Project Amount
US$ 21m (IDA Credit)
Coverage (planned)
~ 52,000 poor HHs (313,00 people) through PWs in Torit, Kapoeta East, Bor, Pibor, Gogrial West and Tonj South Counties, and Juba City
Implementing Agency
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare
Third party implementing Partners
UNOPS and AAH-I

3. Key Results – SP system building
Transparent & objective targeting criteria established – with biometric enabled enrollment of beneficiaries
MIS developed and functional for beneficiary registry & project monitoring
GIS based real time data monitoring
Payment through commercial banks with biometric and geo-tagged verification
Robust GRM based on community leaders & structures
Robust environmental, social & fiduciary safeguard monitoring in place
Local level implementation capacity strengthened – local gov’t & community based oversight and & coordination

4. Key Results - PW
~ 52,000 poor & vulnerable HHs ( 313,000 people) reached
74% women
30% IDPs
Close to 4 million person days work created
~ US$ 10 million transferred
Cash used for food, education, health services etc.
528 PW activities completed -> road maintenance, drainage, routine clearing, social infrastructure maintenance etc.
small scale farming
Trainings in financial literacy and WASH provided to HHs (pilot in Juba)

5. Key impacts Support agriculture production
Improved accesses to food, education and health services
89% indicated that their household income increased
82% reported increased income led to greater frequency of meals and better quality of the meals
Promoted saving & financial literacy
71% started small-scale businesses
Of these 67% saved and reinvested
Improved WASH & hygiene practices within HHs
98% surveyed felt that there was hygiene improvement in their neighborhoods
Improved mobility & accesses for service providers – i.e. water tankers reaching neighborhoods
Support agriculture production
Greater sense of unity and community cohesion

6. Successful Implementation approaches
Establishment of institutional structures at various local government levels
Ease communication and coordination with communities and beneficiaries
Build ownership, further enhanced by involving in the project monitoring and oversight
Strong community involvement at all stages of project implementation
Mobilization and sensitization before targeting and registration
Establishment of robust GRM
Allow for peaceful resolution of grievances/tensions
Strengthening of capacity of communities, beneficiaries & structures
Accountability & quality assurance measures reassures implementers but creates cost for communities/beneficiaries – balance is needed

7. Key Challenges Need is much greater than available limited resources
6 million people face severe food insecurity (June-July 2018)
Poverty deteriorated to 82% in 2017 from 66% in 2016
High implementation cost
Sustainability of the intervention and outcomes (duration, amount, approaches)
Risks related to:
Conflict & insecurity
Elite capture
Potential tension between targeted and non targeted communities /local governments

8. Safety Net as an Enabler
Safety net programs (esp. PW) can:
Increase HH income to enable purchase of basic services
Improve connectivity to markets & service centers (roads)
Enhance HH capacity & awareness through trainings
Delivery systems (for use by others) can:
Pre-targeted group of poor & vulnerable beneficiaries (cost –efficiency)
Payment transfer platform established
GRM established for peaceful resolution of conflict
Local oversight & coordination structures established

9. Thank you!