Launch of National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) Action Plan and - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Launch of National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) Action Plan and Inauguration of Social Security Programme Review Conference Organized by Social Security Policy Support (SSPS) Programme Cabinet Division and General Economics Division

Basic Information on Nobo Jatra Nobo Jatra-New Beginning’ is a five year USAID Food for Peace Title II Development Food Security Activity working in SouthWest Bangladesh Approved Budget: $64,000,000

Basic Information on Nobo Jatra

Key Components & Target Participants

Focused Thematic area Social allowance Food security and disaster response Labor and livelihood interventions Human development and social empowerment Social insuranc e

MCHN Conditional Cash Transfers

MCHN Conditional Cash Transfers

Ultra Poor Graduation Program

Ultra Poor Graduation Program 10,186 extreme poor 13,922 participants women received Cash in 9 month grant of BDT15,000 entrepreneurial for launching business literacy sessions 616 Saving Groups BDT 10,476,592 (USD126,224) Total value of shares

Enhance inclusiveness Contribution Reducing poverty and vulnerability T owards Achieving Contributes in human NSSS Goals development Increasing economic growth of the country

Successes: Post Distribution Monitoring Results

Lessons Learned/Challenges Challenges Responses Intense SBCC has to take place Multiple pathways of SBCC – parallel to the cash transfers to traditional and innovative – are affect health and nutrition used to promote positive nutrition outcomes and health seeking behaviours. High levels of poverty and needs Nobo Jatra leverages multiple of local communities are beyond interventions (i.e. capacity the scope of Nobo Jatra’s design – building, market and private the project is reaching 14,000 sector linkages, entrepreneurship extreme poor participants. development) to build long term resilience, economic growth.

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