Making Social Protection Fit for the Future InfoPoint Lunchtime conference 4 December 2019 - Brussels 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 Global. Multi-country coverage To increase the population's universal Objectives social protection coverage in partner countries preferably but not limited to those benefiting from EU funded budget support operations contribution to USP 2030 ILO (lead), UNICEF, Global Coalition for Social Organisation Protection Floors, EU MS (own funds) Implementation 44 months 2 period
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, spend wisely effectiveness of tax and contribution systems closing the tax policy gap to broaden Transparent budget allocation the tax base, fight tax avoidance according to national priorities closing the tax compliance gap by accountable, effective and efficient improving the efficiency, effectiveness of delivery of social transfers administration, reinforcing tax compliance safeguarding of its financial and fighting illicit financial flows. sustainability
Overall approach on social protection • 2012 Communication ‘Social Protection in European Union Cooperation ’ Development - supporting the development of 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 6 months – workplan and budget for selected countries Inception Phase PMU Includes ILO, UNICEF, GC-SPF Steering 5 statutory member with voting rights Committee DG DEVCO, ILO, UNICEF, 1 GC-SPF, 1 EU MS (joining EU/EFTA coordination meeting) Observers: COM services, EU MSs contributing to action Approve implementation of requested TA Operational 5 persons (3 COM, 2 ILO) Committee (for - Eligible for requests EUD, Partner Countries Approach 2) Advisory Board Guidance to Action and Steering Committee (facultative) Entities advocating: Rights of persons with disabilities, informal workers, gender, research in devolopment Reporting 1 reporting cycle (+ inception report) 7 Evaluation Mid-term and evaluation (by DEVCO)
TWO-PRONGED APPROACH • 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) • EuropeAid 8
Region Priority Main topics Countries 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 SP systems assessment, adaptive SP, Faso 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 of SP spending, disabilities
TWO-PRONGED APPROACH • • 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 operations in relevant contexts. Delivery channel: ILO • EuropeAid 10
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