Social Assistance System Modernization Project

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The Social Assistance System Modernization Project seeks significant improvement of the effectiveness of Ukraine's social assistance system by better targeting of the cash benefits and reduction of burden on beneficiaries. The project consists of the following components: Component 1) will focus on modernization and improvement of the capacity of the local and regional social welfare offices to enable delivery of better quality services to clients. It will support organizational and operational reforms, transformation of social assistance from a disjoint set of program-specific arrangements to a unified, function-based and client-oriented structure. It will develop capacities that would enable effective implementation of the ongoing social assistance reform program. Component 2) will aim to build the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy (MOLSP) capacity for development of social assistance policies, with the systemic approach to monitoring program outcomes and policy impacts. It will also develop capacity of local and regional social welfare offices to outreach to the poorest parts of the population with an effort to include them into the social assistance programs financed by the Government. Component 3) will aim to strengthen institutional capacity of the MOLSP for efficient and effective implementation of the program.