Vincenzo Vinci UNICEF Ethiopia, Social Policy Specialist

1. Reflections from the Ethiopia Productive
Safety Net Program
Vincenzo Vinci
UNICEF Ethiopia, Social Policy Specialist

2. Social Protection: From Protection to Production
IN SCT: “Cash transfer” component
• The Improved Nutrition through Integrated Basic Social
Services and Social Cash Transfer (IN-SCT) is pilot is a 3-year
pilot within the umbrella of PSNP4 covering 6000 HHs
• Designed to promote integrated delivery of social services and
targets TDS and PDS component of PSNP
• Soft-conditionalities for Temporary Direct Clients to attend PNC
and ANC care, BCC sessions & for PWs to attend BCC sessions

3. IN SCT: “plus” component
What
• BCC sessions on ante & post natal care, child growth
monitoring, IYCF, immunization etc. by HEWs for TDS & PWs
• Linkage to Nutrition & Health services for TDS & PDS
• Nutrition sensitive agricultural activities for PW, TDS & PDS
• Birth registration for TDS & PDS
• Schooling for children of TDS & PDS
Why
• To make PSNP Nutrition sensitive
• These services are prioritized in Govt. Policies (SP Policy, NNP
& HSTP)
• Services that can be delivered at decentralized levels
• Improve access to basic services.

4. Social Protection: From Protection to Production
Institutional arrangements
• Programme delivered through MoLSA, MoANR
and MoH
• Multi-Sectoral Coordination structures exist at
all levels to support service delivery
• A Case Management MIS is developed to
facilitate linkage to social services
• DWG platform exists for regular updates on
the implementation & to facilitate scale up.

5. Social Protection: From Protection to Production
Evidence on IN SCT
• Robust Impact Evaluation
• Increased Linkages to Basic Services
• Enhanced Capacity of MoLSA to manage PDS
• GSD and Nutrition Mainstreamed in the entire PSNP
• Systems Strengthened and Institutionalized

6. Social Protection: From Protection to Production
Scale-up and Way forward
• Lessons & elements of IN SCT incorporated into new ISNP pilot interventions
and inform the PSNP5 design
• SNNPR currently scaling up the IN SCT activities to 3 more Woredas (fully
government funded)
• GSD trainings were implemented in all new CiNUS woredas in 2018 and PSNP
• SWs engagement related to effective case management of PDS and TDS
clients may become solid part of PSNP5 PIM
• Nutrition sensitive social protection and cash plus is part of the national
agenda and national social protection policy

7. Thank you !!!
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