The third Ethiopian Federal Social Protection Platform meeting supported by the SP&PFM project will take place virtually on April 16, 2021.

Agendas of the Meeting

  • Engagement of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to deliver services through social protection system focusing on Urban Destitute component of the Urban Productive Safety Net Programme (presentation by Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs).
  • Amhara Region Social Protection Fund (presentation by Amhara Bureau of Labour and Social Affairs).
  • Top-up support through Urban Productive Safety Net Program, lesson learnt (presentation by WFP/UNICEF).
  • Road map for a centralized social protection Management Information System (MIS) (presentation by Development Pathways).

Expected Participants

The Federal Social Protection Platform Members: representatives from Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA), Ministry of Agriculture, Federal Urban Job Creation & Food Security Agency, Ethiopian Health Insurance, Private Organizations’ Employees Social Security Agency (POESSA), Public Servants’ Social Security Agency (PSSSA), Ministry of Women, Children and Youth (MoWCY), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), International Labor Organization (ILO), Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, World Bank, Save the Children, European Union Delegation, UK-government – Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Help Age International -Ethiopia Program, Irish Aid, Ministry of Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)