Technical Support to the National Social Protection Policy of the Gambia

This technical assistance to the National Social Protection Secretariat aims to facilitate coordination, build capacity, strengthen systems and generate evidence in the social protection sector, with a view to expanding universal life-course social protection from 2020.
The activities aim to provide advice and expertise in the social protection sector on (i) institutional development and coordination (ii) institutional strengthening and capacity building (iii) planning, budgeting and financing; building capacity at central and local levels, and (iii) support for service management and the monitoring of progress against performance indicators and the formulation of policy advisory recommendations and substantial inputs for sector policy dialogue, communication and visibility.