Senegal Safety Net Project

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The objectives of the Social Safety Net Project for Senegal are to support the establishment of building blocks for the social safety net system and to provide targeted cash transfers to poor and vulnerable households. The project has two components. (1) Support to the development of the social safety net system component will support the government in the development of the social safety net system, as part of a national social protection framework. This component will support (i) the development of core instruments and procedures that will form the backbone of a social safety net system, and (ii) the strengthening of the institutional capacity of the Social Protection Delegation (DGPSN) and sectoral actors of the social safety net system. (2) Support to the national targeted cash transfer program for poor and vulnerable household’s component will support the expansion and strengthening of the National Cash Transfer Program (PNBSF). This component will finance: (i) monetary transfers to PNBSF beneficiary households; (ii) accompanying measures put in place by the DGPSN, sectoral actors and local institutions; and (iii) selected program management and evaluation costs.