Safety Net and Skills Development

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The objective of the Safety Net and Skills Development Project (SNSDP) for South Sudan is to provide access to income opportunities and temporary employment to the poor and vulnerable and put in place building blocks for a social protection system. The project has three components. The first component is social protection system and project management. This component will seek to develop basic features of a social protection system, as outlined in the SSDP 2011-2013, and build government capacity to implement the project, through two interrelated sub-components. This component will focus on providing support to Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GOSS) in the development of a social protection policy, as well as putting in place the necessary implementation and coordination capacity. It has following two sub-components: (a) support for a social protection system. This sub-component will support GOSS to put in place the building blocks of a Social Protection (SP) system through assistance with the drafting of a social protection policy and putting in place a set of basic operational tools; and (b) capacity building and project management. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Cooperatives, and Rural Development (MoAFCRD) will serve as the lead project implementing agency and will be responsible for the overall management and coordination of the project. The second component is public works. The objective of this component is to provide income for youth and women from poor households through a seasonal transfer, linked to participation in public works, in order to increase and sustain household assets, and smooth consumption during lean seasons. The third component is skills development. The objective of this component is to provide youth from poor and vulnerable households with access to livelihood opportunities through comprehensive skills development training comprised of technical, entrepreneurship and life skills. Through this component, short term skills training, based on market demand, will be provided to rural and urban poor youth, males as well as females, aged 18-30 years.