Somalia Shock Responsive Safety Net for Human Capital Project Third Additional Financing

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The Shock Responsive Safety Net for Human Capital Project (SNHCP) supports the Federal Government of Somalia's national social protection platform "Baxnaano". The project provides poor and vulnerable households nutrition linked cash transfers to meet their immediate consumption gaps and protect against famine and malnutrition risks expected as a result of the developing drought in 2019. With a view towards longer term development, the project also support efforts by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) to strengthen institutional resilience, establish key delivery mechanisms of a national social protection system and supports pilots on key social protection interventions. The project also supports establishment of a national Unified Social Registry, its data collection and update mechanisms. The project has four components:1. Nutrition-Linked unconditional cash transfers - An unconditional cash transfer program which covers 200,000 chronically poor and vulnerable households with focus on households with children aged under five years in 25 districts across all Federal Member States (FMS) and Somaliland. The component also supports provision of emergency cash transfers to 338,000 drought affected households.2. Delivery Systems and Institutional Capacity Building - The component supports development of a Unified Social Registry and Baxnaano management information system (MIS).3. Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Management - The component finances the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) within MoLSA and helps strengthen horizontal coordination with other line ministries as well as between FGS and FMS. The component also supports implementation of key social protection intervention pilots.4. Household Registration in the USR - This component finances the expansion of the USR by registering households not yet included in the database using its common registration form (CRF).