South Sudan Productive Safety Net for Socioeconomic Opportunities Project
Development Objective:
To provide cash transfers and access to income generating opportunities and strengthen the National Safety Net Delivery System.
The development objective of the Productive Safety Net for Socioeconomic Opportunities Project for South Sudan is to provide cash transfers and access to income generating opportunities and strengthen the national safety net delivery system.
The project comprises of four components.
- Cash transfer and complementary social measures will provide cash assistance to poor and vulnerable households (HHs) in selected counties to meet immediate consumption gaps while also supporting resilience building to withstand future natural shocks and promoting improved HH awareness and investment in human capital growth. It consists of following sub-components: Cash for labor-intensive public works and complementary social measures;
- Direct income support.provision of economic opportunities will implement measures aimed at enhancing economic opportunities of poor and vulnerable youth in an effort to support them to become productive citizens of South Sudan.
- Strengthened institutional capacity and social protection system will support institutional capacity building for SP and strengthening of the safety net delivery system to serve as the foundation of an eventual government-led national safety net program in South Sudan.
- project management, monitoring and evaluation, and knowledge generation will support the day-to-day project management, monitoring, and coordination, as well as broader knowledge generation.