BI-Social Safety Nets (Merankabandi)

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The objectives of the Social Safety Nets Project for Burundi are to provide regular cash transfers to extreme poor and vulnerable households with children in selected areas while strengthening the delivery mechanisms for the development of a basic social safety net system. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Support to the cash transfer program, will support the development and implementation of the Merankabandi cash transfer program to be implemented in phases. It ahs the following subcomponents: (i) Cash transfers; and (ii) Behavior change for investments in human capital. 2) the second component, Support to the key delivery mechanisms of a basic social safety net system, will support the development and implementation of four key instruments. It ahs the following subcomponents: (I) Implementation of a precursor database for the registry; (ii) Core modules of the Management Information System; (iii) Monitoring and evaluation; and (iv) Capacity building and analysis for the Implementation of the National Social Protection Strategy. 3) The third component, Project Management, will provide for a Project Implementation Unit, under the authority of the Ministry of Human Rights, Social Affairs and Gender (MDPHASG) and coordinating with the SEP/CNPS.