Save the Children’s social protection activities ‘ Show and Tell’- 5 th May 2011

SCUK Publications Social Protection +Child Survival (2010),Children + Social Protection (2007) - positioning on child-focused SP Hungry for Change (2009) Investing in the Future (2007) – cash transfers/safety nets as part of 8 component package;– position paper on role of cash transfers in reducing child malnutrition Lasting Benefits (2009) –evidence on impact of cash transfers on determinants of child mortality Advancing Child-Sensitive Social Protection (2009) HEA and Cost of Diet – tools and analysis on vulnerability analysis and cost of a nutritious diet 2

SCUK positions – Role of cash transfers Accelerate progress in child survival (MDG4) Policy response to child malnutrition, and child poverty more generally Enable poor people to purchase more and better quality food, access healthcare and education, safeguard their assets, improve the quality of care received by their children and reduce child exploitation. This in turn helps to make families and communities more resilient and productive 3

Main messages - social protection agenda... Progressive realisation of comprehensive, nationally-defined, long-term social protection systems Part of national and international efforts to reduce child malnutrition and child mortality Programmes designed to maximise their impact on the nutrition and broader wellbeing of pregnant women and children under 2. Analyse the types and causes of vulnerability and deprivation different groups of children face and combine complementary interventions. Informed by vulnerability analysis, cost of meeting basic needs (cost of diet and taking into account seasonal variations.) 4

Social protection and cash programming 1. Large-scale social protection programmes – In partnership, largely with Governments – Kenya - Partnering in implementing the HSNP, providing evidence on targeting methodologies – Ethiopia - implementing PSNP - extended to pastoral areas and complimentary interventions – Mozambique – Partnering with Government to provide evidence on operalisation of National Strategy 2. Cash programming – examples from Niger, Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Sudan –‘ Safety nets ’ approach – Programme evaluations and advocacy 5

Support to development of national systems Evidence based on implementation on impact and design of social protection e.g. Ethiopia, Niger Commissioning and undertaking research on social protection – feasibility studies e.g. Rwanda Participation in national social protection platforms, partners in developing strategies – Rwanda, Mozambique, Ethiopia Vulnerability analysis – Cost of Diet and HEA – including training (in West Africa region), analysis in Ethiopia, Niger, Bangladesh, Mali, Nigeria 6

Save the Children Sweden and Save the Children Finland SCS - Funding to African Platform for Social Protection – Project in collaboration with national civil society social protection platforms in Rwanda and Uganda – Project aim – to support awareness and capacity building of civil societies to successfully advocate for policy systems and structures to ensure non- discrimination of marginalised children in Rwanda and Uganda Research on social protection and child protection SCF – Child-sensitive social protection - Asia 7