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Improving Synergies between Social Protection and Public Finance Management

Juergen Hohmann/ Doerte Bosse DEVCO B3

Main features of the programme

Amount EUR 23.2 M ( EU Budget 20.3 M) Geographical coverage

• Global. Multi-country

Objectives To increase the population's universal social protection coverage in partner countries preferably but not limited to those benefiting from EU funded budget support

• perations  contribution to USP 2030

Organisation ILO (lead), UNICEF, Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, EU MS (own funds) Implementation period 44 months

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Why this programme?

• Bringing together social protection, budget support

and public financial management

• Aligning good-practice social protection sector policies with

the DEVCO programme on ‘Collect more – spend better’

Collect more – fiscal space Spend better – sector PFM

fairness, transparency, efficiency, effectiveness of tax and contribution systems spend wisely closing the tax policy gap to broaden the tax base, fight tax avoidance Transparent budget allocation according to national priorities closing the tax compliance gap by improving the efficiency, effectiveness of administration, reinforcing tax compliance and fighting illicit financial flows. accountable, effective and efficient delivery of social transfers safeguarding of its financial sustainability

Overall approach on social protection

• 2012 Communication ‘Social Protection in European Union

Development Cooperation’

• supporting

the development

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nationally-owned social protection systems to achieve resilience, peace, stabilisation and economic growth.

• 2017 European Consensus on Development includes the right to

social protection for all

• Bilateral

geographic programmes in 26 partner countries managed through EU Delegations

• Global thematic programmes from DEVCO HQ: among them EU

SPS, SOCIEUX+, SP and PFM

Objectives  Intervention logic

• Overall objective – Increase USP in partner countries by supporting

governments in expansion and refinement of life-course risk protection including financial base and redistributive efforts

• R1 - Improved policy coherence in the design and financing of social

protection systems - adequate, sustainable, and gender-sensitive financing, enhanced consistency with national macroeconomic, fiscal, digital and SDG strategies, supra-national coordination and benchmarking of good practices.

• R2 - Better implementation and monitoring - strengthened capacities to

achieve the best impact of diversified sources of funding for SP and to plan, deliver, monitor and report on SP programmes prioritizing the poor, women, children, persons with disabilities, informal economy and migrant workers.

• R3 - Making social protection more shock-sensitive - by assisting in

developing and applying SP programmes adapted to the needs of those living in protracted fragility and crises, including forcibly displaced persons.

What to be expected?

• Support to improve SP policy making - policy and programme design, sector

policy coordination, institutional design, sector PFM and financial sustainability, with a strong emphasis on the financial and SP budgetary analysis and policy, particularly on DRM.

• Wide national dialogue and consensus-building across the entire political

spectrum, civil society organisations and social partners. Securing progress achieved through written agreements and Memoranda of Understanding.

• Specific explorative research and scenario analysis-based studies to help

generating evidence – including in the context of fragility and forced displacement.

• Support the EUDs in the integration of SP with the sectors that are

supported by the BS contracts.

• Help that women and persons living in vulnerable and marginalised

situations are expressively covered, empowered by and fully benefit from social protection programmes.

Organizational set-up and governance

Inception Phase 6 months – workplan and budget for selected countries PMU Includes ILO, UNICEF, GC-SPF Steering Committee 5 statutory member with voting rights DG DEVCO, ILO, UNICEF, 1 GC-SPF, 1 EU MS (joining EU/EFTA coordination meeting) Observers: COM services, EU MSs contributing to action Operational Committee (for Approach 2) Approve implementation of requested TA 5 persons (3 COM, 2 ILO)

• Eligible for requests EUD, Partner Countries

Advisory Board (facultative) Guidance to Action and Steering Committee Entities advocating: Rights of persons with disabilities, informal workers, gender, research in devolopment Reporting Evaluation 1 reporting cycle (+ inception report) Mid-term and evaluation (by DEVCO)

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• Approach 1 – Medium-term support to 5-8 partner

countries (2/3 of budget)

aiming to consolidate cross-sectoral efforts and resources and to strengthen SP systems

• Technical assistance, capacity and knowledge development, some

rigorous research studies

• Delivery channel: ILO, UNICEF, GC-SPF, interested EU MS (own

funds)

• TWO-PRONGED APPROACH

Region Priority Countries Main topics LA & Carribean Paraguay DRM, USP

• South. Africa

Angola System strengthening Eastern Africa Ethiopia SP Financing and PFM, explorative Research disabilities Uganda Improve Adolescent Girls SP, CSOs Western Africa Burkina Faso SP systems assessment, adaptive SP, capacity building Senegal Sub-national implemenation, gender- and disability-sensitive accounts Asia Cambodia M&E, budget transparency, forecasts, capacity building (Sectors: PFM; decentralization, education, fisheries) Nepal Adaptive SP, financing, effectiveness

• f SP spending, disabilities

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• Approach 2 - On-demand shorter-term

advisory services (1/3 of budget)

• Eligibility: all developing countries interested to increase

performance as well as (domestic) financing of social policies to maximise linkage with ongoing and planned EU budget support

• perations in relevant contexts.
• Delivery channel: ILO
• TWO-PRONGED APPROACH