Social Safety Nets & Employment Support Project

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The objectives of the Social Safety Nets and Employment Support Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina are: (i) to support non-insurance cash transfers in reaching the eligible poor and disabled; (ii) to improve the efficiency and transparency of benefit administration; and (iii) to support job brokerage services for those active job seekers who become ineligible to receive cash transfers or who are vulnerable (e.g., poor, disabled but able to work, hard-to-serve, demobilized soldiers, etc.). There are five components to the project, the first component being enhancing safety net design (eligibility processes). This component will improve the transparency and effectiveness of non-insurance cash transfers to reach eligible poor, disabled; and vulnerable through introduction of improved targeting mechanisms. The second component is the strengthening benefits administration and oversight. This component will improve transparency and efficiency of benefits administration through development and improvement of functional registries, capacity building, oversight and controls, and monitoring of benefits. The third component is the job brokerage and employment support. This component will support job brokerage services for those active job seekers who become ineligible to receive cash transfers or who are vulnerable (e.g., poor, disabled but able work, hard-to-serve, demobilized soldiers, etc.). The fourth component is the communication strategy. This component will support transparency, public awareness, and a Government communication strategy to foster understanding of the need for improved benefits targeting and other safety net reforms. Finally, the fifth component is the project management and implementation.