Training on Social Protection
Social protection entails all public and private initiatives that provide income or consumption transfers to the poor, protect the vulnerable against livelihood risks and enhance the social status and rights of the marginalized with the overall objective of reducing the economic and social vulnerability.
Anchored on social protection are three components that include social assistance, social security and social health insurance through which the various actors channel social protection services to the citizens. Social protection goals come in two forms; short-term goals which are meant to mitigate the immediate impact of shocks and to smooth consumption and long-term goals which include improving opportunities for inclusive growth, human capital development, equity and social stability. Effective social protection systems are vital in fostering a more equitable, just, and inclusive society.
This course will update participants’ understanding on social protection issues by comprehensively covering different approaches to social protection, including design, implementation, challenges, current trends and how social protection overlaps with other policy sectors. Participants will have the opportunity to actively engage and share their own experiences and perspectives on social protection in different program contexts.
Target Participants
This training on social protection course is highly recommended for professionals working in government institutions, non-governmental institutions, policymakers, practitioners, researchers, civil society, academia, influencers and project managers who are directly engaged in providing social protection services and its implementation in different programs.
Course Duration
Online 7 Days
Classroom-based 5 Days
What You Will Learn
By the end of this course the participants will be able to:
- Understand the concepts, definitions and types of social protection
- Utilize concrete policy steps to design, finance, implement, and deliver appropriate social protection services
- Identify global trends, tools, and good practices in social protection, particularly in the context of building up individual, household, and national socio-economic and crisis resilience
- Design enabling policies, legal and institutional frameworks that promotes a socially inclusive, just and equitable society
- Actively advocate for establishing universal, comprehensive, rights-based, and sustainable social protection policies and programs in different regional context
- Understand the role of effective leadership towards transformative social protection systems
- Reflect on the challenges, lessons learnt and success stories from social protection partnerships
Introduction to Social Protection
- Concepts and Definitions
- Objectives of Social Protection
- Social Protection functions
- Instruments of Social Protection
- Social Protection and SDGs
Types of Social Protection
- Social Assistance
- Social Security
- Social Health Insurance
- Social Care Services
- Labor Market Interventions
- Informal Social Protection
Objectives and Impacts of Social Protection Programmes
- Poverty, Inequality and Vulnerability
- Education
- Health
- Nutrition
- Empowerment
- Social Inclusion
- Economic Growth
- Employment
Design and Implementation of Social Protection Programmes
- The identification of appropriate social protection instruments for specific contexts
- The design of social protection programmes
- Implementation issues, including registration, targeting, payment and information systems
- Monitoring and evaluation approaches for social protection programmes
- Case studies of successful systems around the world
Social Protection Financing
- Sources of social protection financing
- Determinants of social expenditure
- Social protection and the economy
- Partnerships in social protection financing
- Innovative financing methods and strategies
- Types of financing systems and their application in social protection
- Institutional management of social security reserves
- Financial governance
- Concerns related to social protection financing
Social Protection and Partnerships
- Budget support for socio-economic development
- Capacity building programs
- Civil society partnerships
- Private sector partnerships
- Beneficiaries of social protection: challenges and lessons learnt
- Lifecycle risks
Cross Cutting Issues in Social Protection
- Gender Equality
- Social Inclusion
- Human Rights
- Governance
Global Trends in Social Protection
- Digitalization of social protection systems
- Expansion of social protection in informal economies
- Data and evidence-driven policies
- Aging populations
- Migration and diaspora
- Climate change and disaster resilience
- Social protection system post-COVID-19 pandemic
Developing a National Social Protection Policy
- Understanding the country’s socio-economic environment
- Context of social protection
- Policy measures
- Coordination and integration in the implementation of social protection
- The institutional framework
- Monitoring and evaluation, and communication of the policy
Case Study: Social Protection in Kenya
- Introduction to Social Protection in Kenya
- Overview of Kenya National Social Protection Policy
- Social Protection components
- Instruments of Social Protection
- Delivery and implementation mechanisms
- Social Protection success stories
