Identity and Targeting for Social Protection Project

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The development objective of the Identity and Targeting for Social Protection Project for Morocco is to expand coverage of a unique identifying number for the Moroccan population and foreign residents, and to improve targeting of social safety nets in the Project Area. The project will have three components as follows: First component,design and development of a National Population Register (NPR) with a Unique National Identify (UNI) number will finance the acquisition of goods and provision of advisory services for the following activities in the Project Area: (i) design and development of the NPR systems, including acquisition of computer hardware and software; (ii) attribution of a UIN to the Moroccan population and foreign residents, including verification of the reliability of data and initial data uploading; (iii) technical updating of the existing information systems which will feed the NPR; (iv) preparation of the legal framework (laws and regulations) for the NPR; and (v) building institutional capacity to implement the NPR, and the establishment of a National Identity Agency; Second component,design and development of a social register (SR) will finance the acquisition of goods and provision of advisory services for the following activities in the Project Area: (i) evaluation and revision of operational manuals of SSN programs which will use the SR as an entry point; (ii) development of new procedures for household registration in the SR; (iii) design and development of the SR systems, including acquisition of computer hardware and software; (iv) technical updating of existing information systems of SSN programs which will use the SR as an entry point; (v) carrying out data collection and household registration; (vi) acquisition and development of hardware and software necessary to verify and authenticate;the identity of individuals in the SR; (vii) assessment of the data quality and performance of the targeting system in the SR; (viii) preparation of the legal framework (laws and regulations) for the SR; (ix) preparation and implementation of communication campaigns and citizen engagement mechanisms, including the development of an appeal and complaint system; and (x) building institutional capacity to implement the SR; Third component, project management, capacity building, and monitoring and evaluation will finance the support to the Project Management Unit (PMU), including provision of technical advisory services and training, carrying out of audits for the Project and financing of Incremental Operating Costs. The project will also support the PMU to develop and implement an integrated monitoring and evaluation system for the Project.