1. Krista Kruft, Programme Development and Quality Director,
Piloting a child sensitive social protection approach in Zambia through the GRZ’s SCT
Krista Kruft, Programme Development and Quality Director,
John Kabongo, Technical Specialist Social Protection Save the Children International, Zambia Country Office

2. What do we know about the impact of social protection on children?
It works! Social assistance programmes (cash and kind) focused on children have a proven impact on children’s wellbeing
Key elements of success are: programme design (targeting, participation, social accountability, access to services and info) and contextualisation (broader economic policies, linkages to and investment in social services e.g. health, education)
SP programs for children: Can result in positive spill-over effects for children (pensions in South Africa) but can also have unintended negative impacts (e.g. public works can result in child labour)
Social protection programmes which are linked to relevant social services generally work better (e.g links to social workers)
Social Protection programmes not directly focused on children give mixed results.

3. Why does social protection need to be child sensitive?
Moral and legal commitments – UNCRC (Art 26)
Poverty is a root cause of child rights violations and creates both direct and indirect barriers to the realisations of children’s rights
High returns to investment - addressing inter-generational transmission of poverty
General social protection may not result into meaningful investment in children – in fact can be counter productive

4. What do we mean by “Child-Sensitive”?
Policies, programmes and interventions in all contexts explicitly aim to maximize the benefits for children and minimize any harms.
And they do so by:
Assessing and monitoring both positive and potential negative impacts for children, disaggregated by the age, gender and vulnerabilities of the child.
Listening to and taking account of the voices and views of children in their planning, design, implementation and review.

5. Child-sensitive Social Protection is:
Policies, programmes and systems that address the specific patterns of children’s poverty and vulnerability and recognize the long-term developmental benefits of investing in children.
Child-sensitive social protection
INCLUDE CHILDREN’S VOICES
MONITOR IMPACTS FOR CHILDREN
MAXIMIZE POSITIVE IMPACTS
MINIMIZE NEGATIVE IMPACTS

6. Child Sensitive Social Protection as the umbrella
Child Protection Sensitive Social Protection
Nutrition Sensitive Social Protection
Education Sensitive Social Protection

7. Save the Children Zambia’s Role in CSSP
Coverage
Effectiveness
Child-sensitivity
Support national programmes
Improving access for the most vulnerable
Improving accountability to children
Promoting linkages with basic services
Pilot new approaches
Child poverty analysis
Child-sensitivity analysis
Support and lead research
Trainings, learning exchanges
Build Capacity
Increase and improve the quality of systems and programmes
Increase the level of public spending
Reduce barriers to access for the most deprived children
Advocate for child sensitivity
Analysis of government budget allocations and impacts
Monitor expenditure and impacts of CSSP

8. Save the Children’s CSSP approach in Zambia
Improved government policies, programmes and their implementation at the local/ regional/ national level for Child Sensitive Social Protection Programmes
Enhanced child sensitivity of
service providers, social protection
Recipients (households/
families/ parents and caregivers)
and the community
Improved delivery of basic services which are relevant to social protection programmes in the CSSP project area
Improved access of children and their families, especially the most deprived and vulnerable, to social protection programs in a transparent and accountable manner in the project area
Access to social protection
Improve relevant service delivery
Influence government strategy and program design
Child sensitivity linked to SP schemes

9. Quality Service delivery
Improved coordination, collaboration and linkages between basic services, social protection programmes and the target communities/households in the project area
SP programs
Advocacy
Child-sensitivity
Access to SP
Quality Service delivery
Basic services
Communities/ care givers

10. Design & Implementation of CSSP and learnings from Asia
Examples of Expanding access to social protection schemes: India, p. 14
Examples of Enhanced Child Sensitivity India, Nepal, p. 15/16

11. CSSP Lessons Learnt…
Inconsistent disbursements of the SCT by the beneficiaries in Lufwanyama ( 4months lapse in Shimukunami)
SCT beneficiaries are not engaged in any livelihood activities resulting in high dependence on the scheme.
Further strengthen the linkages and coordination system between ministries to improve information flow and access to basic services.
More mothers/caregivers taking children to under five clinics

12. Key Milestones
Harnessing SP for the most vulnerable (SCUK, Zambia & CSO-SUN Alliance) Study
Mapping , Gender & REACH Studies in Lufwanyama
CSSP Baseline for Lufwanyama
Support towards formation of the National TWG on Nutrition & SP
Support & Participation JARs & SP Week (2016 & 2017)
Support to MCDSS development of Guidelines for Nutrition & SP implementation
Additionally:
CSSP Baseline for Lufwanyama done
SCT beneficiaries in Lufwanyama sensitised on importance of being sensitive to the needs of children in the utilisation of the SCT
Chinemu community used part of the SCT money to mould bricks for a Health Post so that sick children and mothers can access health service
Strengthened linkages at community level among key stakeholders (MCDSS, MoH, MoE, MoA)
Support & Participation in JARs & SP Week Events (2016 & 2017)
Improved accountability through community meetings on basic services
Observed changes in perception on the use of SCT towards children needs (Education, Health, Nutrition, Shelter)
CSSP International workshop held in October in Zambia

13. CSSP Lessons Learnt…
CWACs inadequate information on record keeping and basic equipment to help them carry out their duties e.g. bicycles, forms, books, box files, identity cards etc.
CWACs lack of incentives contributing to drop outs
All the committees in the community must be encouraged to report to the Ward development Committee (WDC)

14. CSSP Next Steps
Child Poverty &Vulnerability Study
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) study
Building the Evidence Base
Development of the CSSP Package
Continue Enhancing Child Sensitivity
Continued Advocacy for CSSP through improved government policies, programmes
CSSP Stakeholders Workshop