TORFacilitation for Social Protection Study Tour in South Africa for Government Stakeholders & CDGP
Staff
1. Background
SCI and ACF have been contracted by DFID to implement a large-scale social protection programme in
Northern Nigeria, the Child Development Grant Programme (CDGP). CDGP provides an unconditional
cash transfer of 3,500 NGN (approximately £14) per month to pregnant women and women with
children under the age of two (2) in Zamfara and Jigawa accompanied by behavioural change
communication, to tackle poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition. The programme will be
implemented in two states of Northern Nigeria, Jigawa and Zamfara, with close collaboration and
involvement of state governments. The programme is aimed at reducing the prevalence of stunting
and infant mortality. There are 4 key outputs of the programme:
- Output 1: Design and delivery a secure payments mechanism providing regular, timely cash
transfers to 60,000 pregnant women and women with under-2s.
- Output 2: Effective system for mobilisation, targeting and complementary interventions.
- Output 3: Enhanced government capacities for managing cash transfers in focus States.
- Output 4: Evidence of cash transfer modalities and impacts provided to policymakers and
practitioners at State and Federal levels.
SCI, ACF and DFID aim to secure increased political and institutional commitment by the Zamfara and
Jigawa state governments to implement effective state-wide social protection to deliver improved
nutrition, food security and poverty reduction for women and children at scale. The CGDP aims to
engage state authorities in a proactive strategy that builds understanding, and technical capability
through technical assistance, secondments and capacity-building, awareness and improved
understanding of social protection.
2. Capacity Building of Government
Social Protection is a rapidly emerging policy area in addressing poverty, food insecurity as well as
improving access to health and education. After over a decade of donor support and social protection
initiatives led by the international community, concerns have been made on the sustainability of
donor-led programmes and there is agreement on the central role of government in developing and
administering social protection programmes. As a result, there is consensus that developing and
strengthening social protection systems as well as collaborating with other stakeholders on the
systems agenda should be at the core of social protection initiatives.
SCI recognised the need to review and further develop its role in social protection, as NGOs play less
of a role in direct implementation and, increasingly, are providing technical support to government.
As part of the CDGP stakeholder’s capacity building strategy, SCI will commence a process of capacity
building government stakeholders in building social protection systems and increasing the coverage
of effective and accountable national social protection systems that deliver breakthroughs for
children. To achieve this CDGP has identified three key capacity building activities for government:
- Social Protection training: “Building Effective Social Protection Systems in Nigeria” planned
for July 2015
- Cash Transfer Training: Design and Implementation planned for 4th quarter
- Study Tours: Date and Tour country to be confirmed
3. Objectives of Study Tour
There will be two 1 week study tours with the following main objectives:
- Enabling South-South learning and foster peer-to-peer networking between countries
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Expose stakeholders to the design and implementation of effective national social protection
programmes
Expected outcome:
- Building consensus and momentum for social protection programme implementation.
- Participants will develop an understanding of the roles played by government, civil society and
the private sector in social protection programmes’ design, delivery and evaluation.
The tour will include:
Presentations focus group discussions and field trips to see social protection programmes in
action.
- Interaction with key stakeholders, such as policymakers and programme implementers,
providing practical and relevant information for adaptation in delegates’ own countries.
- Sessions also aimed to identify optimal interventions to meet specific country needs and
constraints.
4. Role of Facilitator
The two study tours will have a total of 10 participants each. The participants in each group will include
government stakeholders and CDGP representatives ensuring that at least 12 government
stakeholders participate in the tours (6 in each tour).
The Study Tour Facilitator will be responsible for the following:
Planning the tour
- This includes identifying the social protection programmes to visit
- Being the go between/liaison with the social protection programmes in preparation for the
visit
- Develop detailed tour itinerary
- Providing the briefing notes on the programmes that will be visited.
Conduct Workshops
- The facilitator will conduct workshops with support of the programmes visited to highlight the
key learning from each site. He/she will also produce briefing notes for the participants.
Logistics
- The facilitator will accompany the participants to all sites throughout the week
- Make recommendation of hotels that have proven acceptable to participants on previous
study tours participants
- Organising local/ground transport.
Deliverables
- Comprehensive Itinerary prior to visit
- Briefs on the Programmes to be visited prior to visit
- Study Tour Report
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