The Â鶹ÊÓƵ in West Africa continues supporting governments in their efforts to build social protection systems across the region. This 2024 year-in-review news update provides key highlights.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s updated School Meals Policy underscores the power of national programmes to tackle global challenges, foster sustainability, and ensure every child a daily school meal by 2030.
The second ECOWAS Regional Technical Conference on Homegrown School Feeding (HGSF), held in Dakar from May 21¨C23, 2024, brought together around 120 participants from ECOWAS and non-ECOWAS countries, alongside partners from international organizations and major financial institutions like the IsDB, AfDB, and World Bank. Co-hosted by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the conference focused on ensuring costed national commitments backed by innovative financing mechanisms, sharing best practices to inspire effective strategies, and promoting knowledge exchange with robust monitoring to track progress. This collaborative effort reaffirmed regional and international commitments to advancing sustainable school feeding initiatives.
Through 12 case studies, this report examines how the Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) analyses can be leveraged to enhance the ability of national social protection systems in addressing the affordability gaps of nutritious diets.
An advocacy note on activating the Â鶹ÊÓƵ and UNICEF-pioneered ¡°twin-track approach¡± to deliver social cash transfers, looking to lessons learned from Niger following the July 2023 coup d¡¯¨¦tat.
This case study provides an overview of how the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is supporting the integration of social protection and anticipatory action (AA) in Haiti, categorized as a highly fragile and conflict-affected country.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Social Protection Implementation Plan for the Asia and the Pacific region outlines a vision for Â鶹ÊÓƵ's support to national systems from 2024 to 2028.
This document provides an overview of social protection information systems across Asia and the Pacific, highlighting opportunities for strengthening and innovation to improve data management, coverage, and programme efficiency in addressing vulnerabilities
This document outlines the key findings of a case study conducted on Chad, designed to identify Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (HDP Nexus) emergent and good practices.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ conducted a Leaving No One Behind study to identify groups being left behind in terms of access to and coverage by social protection programmes in the Philippines. This report shares the study¡¯s findings and key recommendations to inform the policies and programmes of the Government of the Philippines, the international community, and national organizations in ensuring these groups are represented and their unique needs are met.
West African countries' national commitments to school meal programmes are bolstered by strong support plans developed by partners to assist them in realizing their goals for school feeding.
Countries in the Asia Pacific region are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate-related events even though, historically, they have contributed the least to the climate crisis. The diversity of climate-related risks and hazards they face underscores the critical need for Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI) instruments which can help reduce the economic and human cost of disasters.
This factsheet summarizes Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s work with Indigenous Peoples describing the six pillars of work and providing examples across global programming.
The evaluation has covered activities related to HIV-sensitive social protection conducted by the UNAIDS Secretariat and Cosponsors (referred to as the Joint Programme) from 2018 to December 2022, with a focus on nine countries selected for their broadness and diversity of the UNAIDS geographic scope.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ strengthens Pacific Island Countries' resilience through disaster preparedness, food security, and social protection systems, addressing the climate crisis and promoting sustainable development.
This document presents an overview of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ's efforts from 2018 to 2023 in the Caribbean, focusing on enhancing social protection systems through cash transfers in response to emergencies, highlighting key lessons learned and the path forward.
