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Social Protection Action Plans (SPAP) 2016-2020, Ethiopia

Reference number: RFP–S&L–2015-9117485

National Social Protection Strategy & Action Plans

Development & Implementation Ethiopia

UNICEF

Project Proposal

Submitted: March 27, 2015

Project number: RFP–S&L–2015-9117485 Project title: Develop Social Protection Action Plans

(SPAP)-2016-2020 for Addis Ababa & 4 Regions Ethiopia Proposed start date: May 4, 2015

Authorizing Personnel: Ms. Laurat Ogunjobi Project Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Consultancy Team: Mr. Andre Kahlmeyer, Ms. Virginia Vigliar, Ms. Laia Ruiz Mingote, Ms. Esther Hennchen Ms.

Laurat Ogunjobi

Cush Consulting Group, Inc. 47 W. Division Street, Suite 255

Chicago, IL 60610 United States of America

Tel: 877.943.3386

Fax: 978.299.8852



TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACRONYMS .......................................................................................... 3

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 4

COMPANY PROFILE ......................................................................... 5-8

CONTRACTING EXPERIENCE........................................................... 9-10

BUDGET ..................................................................................... 11-12

CONTEXT ........................................................................................ 13

METHODOLOGY……………………………………………………………………14-16

WORKPLAN ................................................................................ 17-20

QUALITY ASSURANCE………………………………………………………………21

TIMELINE ....................................................................................... 13

Annexes

Annex A: Declaration Form

Annex B&C: Technical Proposal

Annex D: Financial Capacity



LIST OF ACRONYMS

CCC Community Care Coalition

CCG Cush Consulting Group, Inc.

FDRE Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

GTP Growth & Transformation Plan

HR Human Rights

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

POA&M Plan of Action & Milestones

SPI Social Protection Implementation

SOW Scope of Work

RA Risk Assessment

SII Social Inclusion Implementation

SPSP Social Protection Security Plan

TPM Team Planning Meeting





INTRODUCTION

Social Protection is an important social concept. In its basic ideology, it is

defined by Cush Consulting Group as 'a sub-set of protective actions that

help address risks, vulnerabilities and deprivation of the social fabric needed

for the further development of a thriving and promising society. It has

become central to many policy discussions as both a conceptual approach

and a concrete set of policies. As a conceptual approach, social protection

offers a way of thinking that requires groups and individuals to redefine their

approach to living a fulfilling life, the role of the government in facilitating

this, and the vulnerabilities of particular groups or individuals. As a set of

policies, social protection consists of interventions that address

vulnerabilities and factors, which hinder a group or individual's capacity to

enjoy a fulfilling life. The social protection concept is diversified and multi

faceted, going into various spheres of societal development. CCG is well

aware of the complexities and importance of creating a well defined

systematic strategy needed to implement a sustainable social protection

structure, which will be instrumental in laying the foundation for future

growth and sustainability. Our consulting team has been specially picked,

and are all passionate about helping to promote, develop and solidify the

development of Ethiopia’s greatest resource, it’s citizens.

Keeping in mind the origin of the social protection concept and the

requirements of this project CCG proposes to collaborate with local

organizations and governing bodies to develop and implement a safety net

and legal protection for citizens recuperating from violence and oppression, a

social security and national group insurance system compatible with the

infrastructure and additional programs in support of the overall objective by

elaborating a POA&M.

As a practical alternative, CCG has developed a resourceful collaboration

methodology that provides the FDRE with actionable information it can use

to assess the overall impact of their Social Protection Security Plan (SPSP),

make recommendations that can be used to determine which program

elements can be handed over to Community Care Coalitions (CCC), and

identify best practices for further implementation projects. If awarded the

project, we will work with local agencies for every aspect of the project, even

for financial accounting and management. We have chosen to work with

Addis Investment as our business and financial management consultancy

group, and are excited to be a direct and indirect part of Ethiopia’s

development.



COMPANY PROFILE

Cush Consulting Group, Inc. is a philanthropic public relations and communications firm specializing in educational, cultural and philanthropic initiatives. The company provides alternatives for conducting various market analysis, document communications, research and project management. CCG specializes in the strategic branding and development of educational, cultural and philanthropic based projects in order to facilitate community development. We strive to make a positive impact on social and community advancement, and are utilizing communications, technology and philanthropy as supporting tools in doing so. The Cush Consulting team consists of professionally skilled research, communications, sustainable development, governance, archaeology and anthropology consultants. We are a well-diversified and international team with extensive experience operating in austere and demanding environments such as: the Middle East,

Africa, and Southwest Asia (Iraq and Afghanistan). Combined, we have proficient speakers of multiple languages including English, Spanish, Catalan, French, German, Arabic, and Hausa, to name a few.

Our combined multi faceted backgrounds are conflict resolution, multi cultural affairs, monitoring and evaluations and governance, to name a few. In addition, our team has a broad set of skills in strategy planning, cooperation for development, access to health and social services, social research and project management.

Although this project can be performed by two international consultants, we

are proposing a five person team to ensure perfection and thoroughness.

The various schedules of the consultants may sometimes overlap, and we

want to ensure every facet of the project is covered. On the following page,

please see the organizational structure, roles and profiles of the team.



Authorizing Personnel & President. Documentation & Communications

Consultant

Ms. Laurat Ogunjobi

The Founder and brain of Cush Consulting Group, Laurat Ogunjobi is a

professional communications professional with extensive working in both the

private and public sector. She attained her undergraduate studies in the

United States focusing on Communications and her post graduate studies in

Spain with a focus on International relations. She has a proven record of

success, and has received many awards and specialized training from

various institutions such as MIT, UNU-Merit in collaboration with

Maastricht University in international relations and communications,

sustainable development, project management and organizational

development. Her work involves research, grant & technical writing,

contracts and philanthropic partnering and development. She served as the

Director of Communications for ACORN, a national nonprofit organization in

the United States and traveled to West Africa on a special project to serve as

an International Reporter for the Analyst Newspaper, a political newspaper

in cohesion with UNMIL (United Nations Mission in Liberia). Having the

vision and heart of a philanthropist, she continued her career in

philanthropic communications and dedicated herself towards community

development, writing, subcontracting and consulting with companies such

as Barcelona Global, Strategic Philanthropy, Education First, Worldcoo, and

The Lithos Project on a variety development and communications strategy

consulting, cultural integration and urban planning projects.

Project Advisor

Mr Andre Kahlmeyer

Andre works as an independent consultant and specializes in the design,

monitoring and evaluation of development, humanitarian and stabilization

interventions in fragile, conflict and post-conflict environments. He has been

responsible for numerous civilian fact-finding, design and evaluation

missions to the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and South East Asia and

has worked as a consultant for major development agencies, donors and

MFAs (including the UK, US, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, UAE),

for UN agencies and for INGOs such as International Alert. Before becoming

a consultant, Andre was employed by Channel Research, the European

External Action Service's Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP)

mission in Iraq, the German Federal Foreign Office, Deutsche Gesellschaft

für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and the Parliamentary Assembly of

NATO. Andre holds an M.A. degree in Middle Eastern/Arabic studies,

Political Science and History; and currently works on a dissertation at KCL's



War Studies Department. His key areas of interest & expertise are in design,

implementation , evaluation of donor interventions, peace building and

conflict prevention, conflict and risk analysis, conflict sensitivity, perception

surveys on peace and conflict issues, governance, rule of law, stabilization,

SSR, DDR, Middle East politics and diplomacy and (Islamic) radicalization.

He has extensive CVE country experience; Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria,

Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, DRC,

Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya,

Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria,

OPT, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Sudan,

Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, UAE, Uganda, Uzbekistan,

and Yemen.

Supporting Research & Policy Implementation Consultant

Ms Virginia Vigliar

Virginia has technical expertise in implementing and designing Monitoring &

Evaluation frameworks and strategies. During and after the declared

emergency in August 2011 in Somalia, Virginia put in practice her technical

expertise to support monitoring systems of FAO Somalia activities during a

intense time. She has learned that practical experimentation with different

methods and tools in monitoring is important to develop the necessary skills

to make choices that have a greater impact in reaching a predetermined aim.

She has practical experience with implementation of participatory

monitoring methods such as focus groups and key informant interviews, as

well as less targeted monitoring (RTCs). Virginia has 3 years of field

experience and has worked in Malawi, Kenya and Somalia. She has solid

knowledge in Project Management (concept note, budgeting, reporting) and

M&E within an international organization. In FAO, she participated in the

creation of an ad hoc innovative M&E tool for emergency activities in

Somalia. She has strong research skills that she has developed in her

academic and professional experience. Currently conducting research on

how to measure impact of human rights education projects across.

Virginia often represented the Organizations she was working for with

donors, local partners or journalists and contractors, discussing

implementation and negotiating accords when there were obstacles in the

implementation or in the monitoring. Her strong negotiation, networking and

public relations skills have been useful in communicating with key

stakeholders in the field and at HQ level and in the implementation and

evaluation of participatory approaches in projects. She currently co-

manages a website where she publishes articles, debate and stories on

development, human rights and current affairs. She one of the main writers

and editors, and she has been successful at engaging many contributors

which have written from Dadaab, Nairobi, New Dehli and more.



Supporting Social Inclusion & Policy Implementation Consultant

Ms. Laia Ruiz Mingote

Laia is a social policy activist, consultant and human rights journalist.

Currently, she works as an independent consultant in global health,

community engagement, trials design and communications. She has

designed and implemented several projects related to health, research and

development and community engagement. Recently, she has been accepted

to complete a Master on Anthropology: Advanced Research and Social

Intervention degree at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

As Co-founder of Planeta Salud, an organization that advocates for the

research and development of new health tools for poverty related diseases

and promotes ethics within clinical trials, Laia’s role included community

engagement and institutional development. With her work, Laia promotes

the revitalization of community participation in clinical trials in order to

ensure that they meet the highest standards of ethics. She also engages in

qualitative research about community engagement impact in global health,

global immunization and communication issues.

Public Policy Lead Consultant

Ms. Esther Hennchen

Esther Hennchen is currently an independent international consultant and a

senior researcher. Due to her strong academic background (Ph.D candidate in

Management, Master in Research, LSE Master in International Development,

Postgraduate Studies in African Society), Esther has a solid background in

research methods and in-depth knowledge in the area of human rights, social

protection policy and strategy (focus on children), poverty reduction programs,

global governance initiatives and corporate social responsibility. During her

professional appointments at the World Bank, UNICEF, Intermon Oxfam and

the international consultancy Gesaworld, Esther has worked in Nigeria, Senegal,

Niger, Chad, Argentina, Uruguay, and in Europe. More precisely, Esther was

involved as a senior researcher and advisor for the evaluation of completed

World Bank’s projects in Health, Nutrition and Population in Egypt, the

development of Panama’s and Uruguay’s social protection policy and strategy for

children, the formulation/implementation, strategic planning and policy advice

of national social policy and health reform projects in Latin America and

Europe, and global governance initiatives and Human Rights in the extractive

industry in Africa. She has also gained experience as a junior researcher for

UNICEF and Justice Africa on child protection policy on the ground and on

practice amongst child protection organizations in Africa.



CONTRACTING EXPERIENCE

Assignment Name National Stability & Reconsiliation Program

Country: Nigeria

Location within Country: Abuja, Lagos, Port Hartcourt, Kano

Name of Client: DFID

Address: NSRP, British Embassy, Abuja

Duration of Assignment: 15 months

Start date: 11/2012

Completion Date: 2/2014

Total No of Staff Months: 6

Contract Value: 50,000 GBP

Value of Services Rendered: 500 GBP per day, 100 working days

Name of Associated Contractors: British Council

Project Description: Stabilization project sponsored by UK government

Services Provided Description: Project design advising, monitoring and implementation, recruitment and training of staff


Assignment Name: Global GSO Consultancy 2014 on GAVI

Alliance 2016 – 2020 Strategic Plan

Countries: Activities in Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, India, Nigeria and

Uganda

Location within Country:

Name of Client: GAVI CSO Constituency

Address: GAVI CSO Secretariat, Health Department, International

Federal of Red Cross and Red Cross Crescent Societies. Chemin des Crets, 17, 1211 Petot Saconnex, Geneva Switzerland


Start date: January 1, 2014

Completion Date: March 30, 2014


Contract Value: 30,000 CHF

Value of Services Rendered: 500 per day, 40 working days

Name of Associated Contractors: Planet Salud

Project Description: The GAVI CSO global consultation was

designed by the CSO Steering Committee as a qualitative research initiative to collect and present civil society’s perspective on GAVI’s strategy. The consultation has been run by

Planeta Salud on behalf of the

Steering Committee. During a one-month period, 187 CSO constituents members from 31 countries gave meaningful



feedback through the global consultation

Services Provided Description: Design and implementation of quality research mechanisms (in English), data analysis and elaboration of Final Report with recommendations.

(http://www.gavi-cso.org/library/global-cso-consultation-reports-2014)


Assignment Name: United Nations Mission in Liberia

Country: Liberia

Location within Country: Monrovia

Name of Client: Analyst Political Newspaper

Address: Carey Street, Monrovia


Start date: 06/2003

Completion Date: 12/2003


Contract Value: 30,000 USD

Value of Services Rendered: 300 USD per day 100 working.

Name of Associated Contractors: UNMIL & Analyst Liberia

Project Description: To assist facilitate safe reporting practices

Services Provided Description: Provided field visits to various journalism and communications programs. Holding workshops

and focus groups on ethical journalism, free speech and political reporting standards.

http://www.gavi-cso.org/library/global-cso-consultation-reports-2014

http://www.gavi-cso.org/library/global-cso-consultation-reports-2014



Budget

Consultancy Team Costs

Name Description of Role &

Function

Number of Days

Daily Consultancy

Rate

Amount to be Paid

Mr. Andre Haylmeyer

Advisor (no field unless necessary)

9 $750.00 $6,750.00

Ms. Virginia Vigliar.

Monitoring & Evaluation (field & office)

50 $325.00 $16,250.00

Ms. Laia Ruiz

Mingote

Research,

Evaluation & Communications (field & office)

35 $325.00 $11,375.00

Ms. Laurat Ogunjobi

Lead Consultant, Documentation & Research (field & office)

55 $400.00 $22,000.00

Ms. Esther Hennechen

Policy Analysis Consultant (no field)

25 $300.00 $7,500.00

Total Consultancy

Team Costs

174 $63,875

Company’s out of Pocket Expenses*

Items

Detail

Unit Rate

Total Amount

International Travel

6 tickets for 3 travellers

$850.00

$5100.00

Local Travel (within Ethiopia)

Affiliated local agency chartered

driver

N/A

N/A

Ground Transportation

Approximately 40 field days

$25.00

$1000.00



Accommodations

40 days in the field for 3 people

$120.00

$4800.00

Per diems

80 days (40 days in field x 2

consultants)

$7.00

$560.00

Business

Communications

40 field days

$3.00

$120.00

Visa Fees

3 Business Visa’s

for 1 US National and 3 EU Nationals

$60.00

$180.00

Printing

40 days in field

$3.00

$120.00

Miscellaneous Costs

CCG Responsibility CCG Responsibility

CCG Responsibility

Health Insurance+ Emergency insurance + health for field team

40 days in field CCG Responsibility

CCG Responsibility

Total Company out of pocket

expenses

11,880

* *All direct costs are indicative at time of proposal/will need to be recalculated based on

actual costs at time of research. Particularly in the case of flights, budget figures are based on

prices at the time of search. Ordinarily, timetables shift, availabilities change, and flights

must be rebooked. As such, we retain the right to revisit these figures at the time of inception

to ensure that the Consultant team is fairly compensated for actual direct costs It should also

be noted that flights have been allotted as though it will be possible to visit each field site

directly without delays in availability. Should country teams not be available, additional

flights will need to be allotted to enable the consultants to return home and back to the next

site



Context

Ethiopia is a country in the Eastern Region of Africa, also known as the

Horn of Africa, with a population of approximately 94 million people. Despite

recent economic growth and a rarely seen rainfall, poverty and hunger

remain widespread in Ethiopia. Much of the population lacks access to clean

water, health care and education. Millions continue to face chronic food

insecurity and water shortages, and thousands of children die before the age

of five for reasons relating to malnutrition and access to health care (the

child mortality rank was last measured at 39.0). This situation is well known

by the Government of Ethiopia, and is working tireless to address it.

According to the National Social Protection Policy that was released in 2012,

social protection is a central public policy component for countries

addressing poverty, vulnerability and inequality. Investing in social

protection reduces the vulnerabilities of poor people to external disturbances

such as aggregate income shocks, instability in the price of essential

commodities, and the effect of climate change (e.g. droughts leading to

famine). Studies have shown that comprehensive social protection plans can

help vulnerable communities to be more resilient when facing such crises.

A good social protection plan can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of

investments in areas such as agriculture, hygiene and health, education,

and water sanitation thus accelerating the attainment of the development

goals of the country, especially for the most vulnerable members of society.

The recently released NSPP by the Ethiopian Government is a milestone in

the country’s efforts to tackle persistent inequities, support human capital

formation, and promote resilience and inclusive growth going forward.

In line with the Terms of Reference (ToRs) in the RFP proposed by UNICEF,

the Cush Consulting Group team of consultants, in cooperation with

MoLSAS aim to develop, five comprehensive, cost-efficient Social Protection

Action Plans (one national and four regional), aligned with the specific needs

of Addis Ababa and the four regions specified in the RFP and to be

implemented during the period 2016-2020 aligned with the current legal

framework.



Methodology

As mentioned earlier, the general objective of this project is to assist in the

thorough and professional development of a comprehensive, cost-efficient

Social Protection Plans (SPAPs) that is aligned with the specific needs of

Addis Ababa and the four selected regions (i.e. Tigray national regional state;

Oromia regional state; Southern Nations; Nationalities and Peoples' regional

state and Amhara regional state bureaus of Labour and Social Affairs).

The elaboration of the SPAPs is designed as a collaborative effort of Cush

Consulting Group, and National and Regional Stakeholders. the consulting

firm will use interdisciplinary social research methods, based on

anthropology; sociology and ethnography to gather the information needed

and implement a qualitative analysis of the data.

Although Ethiopia has already developed a National Social Protection Policy

and a Social Protection Strategy that aims to improve the quality of life for

it’s citizens and increase national welfare, there is still the need to establish

specific roadmaps prioritizing activities, timing and geographical areas for

the implementation of this legal framework. The latter will take the form of

the Social Protection Action Plans as described in the RFP.

Due to the current situation in the country and the work on social protection

already done, CCG wants to implement an in-depth qualitative research that

will require a smaller sample group to obtain the information needed to

develop the SPAPs and a cascade implementation strategy that will make it

easier to realistically implement them and evaluate such implementation.

Consequently, CCG wants to develop SPAPs with an integrated cascade

approach. The cascade process can be understood as a hierarchy of

structures in time and space, where interactions with the different

structures may affect the whole system. In the case of Ethiopia, Social

Protection Policies and Actions Plans rely both at the national and the

regional level. This approach helps to prioritize implementation of the SPAPs

by helping allocate activities according to the positive consequences that

each activity may have within a regional, but also at the national level, and

vice versa. After a cost-benefit analysis, we can allocate a status to each

activity according to the amount of benefits each of them will have at the

different levels. Therefore, we can set a filter that will help prioritize activities

according to direct benefits and create a clear action path. Activities will be

categorized based on different features simultaneously, amount of impact in

social protection; impact at different structure levels; cost of each activity

and better cost-impact rate (in-depth cost-benefit analysis). Activities with a

higher score in all fields will be the primary ones to be put in place.



This prioritization is key; also in settings with few resources and an

ambitious strategy, as is the case in the current Ethiopian legal framework

with an ambitious National Social Protection Policy recently approved.

Applying the cascade paradigm we can develop meaningful and cost-efficient

SPAPs as described in the RFP.

To set the score mechanisms for the SPAPs’ cascade, CCG will use different

and complementary fieldwork methods:

Substantive desk review of relevant documents: The consultants team will gain valuable information about the legislation framework by analyzing and summarizing strategies, policies, evaluations, studies and programmes related to social protection in Ethiopia and surrounding low and middle-income countries with similar political

and social context. Previous plans developed by MoLSA and/or partners, as well as the evaluation of those plans, will be included in the desk review process. This review is key to settle the scoring system for the cascade approach.

Interviews and questionnaires; The team of consultants will identify governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, as well as national and regional affiliations whose intelligence is key for the successful development of the SPAPs. The stakeholders will be categorized by influence, subject matter knowledge and capacity of analysis. Those with higher scores will be personally interviewed. Meanwhile, others with lower scores will be asked to answer the questionnaires.

Public hearings: In order to obtain first-hand information from citizens and future users of the SPAPs, nine public hearings will be organized (one at a national level, eight at regional level). The public hearings will allow us to get information of the specific needs, objectives, gaps and challenges as well as the type of actions that the citizens expect from the SPAPs at a grassroots level.

Drafts evaluation. The SPAPs drafts will be developed using all the information gathered through the methods described above and following the cascade approach to facilitate the future implementation. The drafts will be shared with stakeholders to obtain their feedback. This feedback will be gathered using personal interviews, public consultative processes and ten focus groups discussions. They will also be categorized according to the structure of the comments, such as;

1. High importance. The comments make reference to key issues and methodologies that must be addressed immediately.

2. Medium importance. The comments make reference to issues and methodologies that are somewhat important but should be further discussed and could be addressed later.

3. Low Importance. The comments make reference to issues and methodologies not directly related to the SPAPs elaboration and, therefore, may or may not be included in the final version.

SPAPs Finalization. After the reviewing process with stakeholders and the inclusion of the feedback, the final versions of the one NSPAP and four RPAPs (Addis Ababa and four regions) will be shared with



the stakeholders for the final approve before submitting it to MoLSA and REPOM.

Team Planning Meeting. During the whole project, the consultants’ team will meet regularly to plan, evaluate and implement the work plan in close collaboration with the MoLSA members and other national, regional and international stakeholders. To ensure cost-efficiency, the vast majority of the TPM will be done electronically (via teleconference). Also, meetings with stakeholders will be held during the planed field visits as stated in the work plan and timeline.



. Social Protection Action Plans (SPAP) 2016-2020, Ethiopia


Work Plan & Staffing of Activities

General Objective

Develop comprehensive, cost-efficient Social Protection Action Plans (SPAPs) aligned

with the specifics needs of Addis-Ababa and four Ethiopian regions

Specific Objective 1 (SO1)

Deeply understand the Social Protection landscape in Ethiopia and the four regional

contexts

Accountable:

CCG

Expected Accomplishment Activities Outcome/

deliverable/i

ndicators

Accountable


deliverable/i

ndicators

Accountable

Expected Accomplishment 1

Legal framework has been

analyzed exhaustively 1.1 Identify existing documents relevant to the project: legislation, policies, strategies, evaluations, studies and/ or programmes –including but not limited to the National Social Protection Policy, the Social Protection Strategy and previous Social Protection Action Plans (SPAPs) both national and regional. Similar documents from other countries with close social-economic background will be included in the analysis.

1.1.1 Full

inventory of

legal

documents

directly

related to

Social

Protection

landscape in

Ethiopia.

Ms. Esther

Hennchen

1. 2 Identify the main stakeholders in

collaboration with focal person in MoLSA

at the federal, regional and local level to

gather intelligence about legal

framework, implementation levels and

challenges. The stakeholders will be

catalogued by influence, knowledge on

the subject, and capacity of analysis.

Those with higher scores will be

personally interviewed meanwhile others

with lower scores will be asked to answer

the questionnaires.

1.2.1

Comprehensi

ve list of

main

stakeholders

involved in

Social

Protection

design,

implementati

on and

evaluation

within

Ethiopia.

1.2.2 Score

system used

to catalogue

stakeholders.

Ms. Laia

Ruiz-Mingote

1.3 Analyze through qualitative methods

aiming to understand how social-

economic, political, cultural and

organizational factors affects social

protection in all written information

gathered, in order to identify strategic

lines, strengths and weakness, gaps and

challenges within the Ethiopian Social

Protection Framework.

1.3.1 First

Diagnostic of

the current

Social

Protection

Legal

Framework

in Ethiopia

and the four

regions.

Ms. Virginia

Vigliar


Thoroughly diagnose the state

of Social Protection by first-

hand information of

2.1 Conduct 25 per plan personal

interviews and 60 questionnaires per

plan with identified stakeholders in 1.2

2.1.1

Thorough

diagnostic of

Ms. Virginia

Vigliar





Specific Objective 2 (SO2)

Create one National Social Protection Action Plan and Four Regional Social

Protection Action Plans, cost-efficient, timely appropriate and aligned with

legislative framework that will cover Ethiopians citizens’ needs

Accountable:

CCG

Expected

Accomplishment

Activities Outcome/

deliverable/i

ndicators

Accountable

implementers and care

receivers

to contrast 1.3 diagnostic and identify

areas of improvement and support

needed with first-hand information. The

interviews will also include debate on the

vision, goals, objectives, targets and

other programme related components

that will lead to the development of a

NSPAP and, when appropriate, the four

RSPAP, identifying the committed and

allocated budget and existing budget

gaps.

the current

Social

Protection

Legal

Framework

in Ethiopia

and the four

regions.

2.1.2

Minutes of

the

interviews

and recorded

responses to

questionnair

es.

2.2 Eight public hearings in the four

regions selected and one at national level

(focused in community leaders,

grassroots organizations workers and

other members of communities with

extensive knowledge about social

protection situation) organized in

collaboration with MoLSA and/or

regional government in order to obtain

direct information from citizens of how

they envision the Social Protection Plans,

needs and action needed from their

perspective in order to facilitate the

elaboration of meaningful SPAPs.

Materials will be developed to support

and facilitate the discussion. The aim of

this activity is understand how citizens

make sense of their own experiences

within the social protection current

framework.

2.2.1

Minutes of

the nine

public

hearings and

summary of

proposals

and

feedback.

2.2.2

Imaging and

materials

prepared for

the public

hearings.

Mr. Andre

Kahlmeyer

2.3 Elaboration of an in-depth diagnostic

of current Social Protection Situation in

Ethiopia and the four selected regions.

2.3.1

Document of

diagnostic,

identifying

legal

framework

and real-life

challenges,

gaps,

weakness

and

strengths

points of

Social

Protection in

Ethiopia and

the four

selected

regions.

Ms. Esther

Hennchen







deliverable/i

ndicators

Accountable


Drafts of five SPAPs (one

national, four regional)

3.1 Creation of the five SPAPs (one

national, four regional) including all the

information gathered through previous

activities. Set objectives, results,

activities and indicators within a cascade

framework –prioritizing the activities by

cost-efficiency analysis and aligned to

national and international standards.

3.1.1 Soft

copy of

national

social

protection

action plan.

3.1.2 Soft

copy of four

regional

social

protection

action plans.

Ms. Virginia

Vigliar

3.2 Presentation of drafts to members of

the MoLSA and regional officers and their

feedback inclusion.

3.2.1 Soft

copy of

national

social

protection

action plan

with first

feedback

included.

3.2.2 Soft

copy of four

regional

social

protection

action plans

with first

feedback

included.

Ms. Laurat

Ogunjobi

Public review of the five SPAPs

(one national, four regional)

4.1 Set online program for a public

consultative process, where stakeholders

can review the drafts and give

meaningful input.

4.1.1

Platform and

summary of

online

answers.

Ms. Laurat

Ogunjobi

4.2 25 (five per draft, one national and

four regional) personal interviews with

stakeholders identified in 1.2 to obtain

direct and meaningful feedback from

them about the drafts presented.

4.2.1

Minutes of

the

interviews.

4.2.2

Summary of

answers and

feedback.

Ms. Laia Ruiz

Mingote

4.3 Organization of 10 focus groups

discussions in close collaboration with

MoLSA officers and stakeholders, in

order to obtain meaningful feedback

about the proposed drafts. Materials will

be developed to support and facilitate the

discussion:

Two national focus groups

discussions with 15-20 national and international stakeholders.

Eight regional focus groups

discussions with 15-20 regional, local and grassroots stakeholders each. Each of the four regions will host two focus groups

4.3.1

Minutes of

the 10 focus

groups

discussions

including a

summary

with the

main

feedback

regarding

Social

Protection

current

situation.

Ms. Laia Ruiz

Mingote






deliverable/i

ndicators

Accountable


discussions. 4.3.2

Imaging and

materials

elaborated to

support and

facilitate the

discussion.

4.4 Categorization of feedback in three

levels:

First importance. The comments make reference to key issues and

methodologies that must be addressed immediately.

Second importance. The comments make reference to issues and methodologies that

are somewhat important but should be further discussed and could be addressed later.

Third importance. The comments make reference to issues and methodologies not directly related to the SPAPs elaboration.

4.4.1

Document

with all

feedback

categorized

by

importance.

4.4.2

Inclusion of

feedback to

the five

SPAPs drafts.

Ms. Laurat

Ogunjobi

Presentation of final SPAPs (one

national, four regional) ready

for roll out

5.1 Elaboration of the final SPAPs (one

national, four regional) including

feedback by importance –due

methodologies or topics issues. The

SPAPs will maintain the cascade

methodology to facilitate up-take and will

include objectives, results, activities and

indicators – based also on a consensus

agreement with stakeholders.

5.1.1 The

final Social

Protection

Action Plans

both the

national and

regional ones

developed

and

submitted.

Laia Ruiz

Mingote

5.2 Presentation of drafts to members of

the MoLSA and regional officers and their

last feedback inclusion if needed.

5.2.1

Summary of

feedback.

5.2.2

Inclusion of

meaningful

feedback in

the final

version of the

SPAPs (one

national, four

regional).

Ms. Virginia

Vigliar

5.3 Public Presentation of the Final

SPAPs

5.3.1

Consolidate

and

submission

of final report

both in hard

copy and soft

copies to

MoLSA and

funding

agency.

Ms. Laurat

Ogunjobi





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UNICEF Project Proposal - s3. · PDF fileGTP Growth & Transformation Plan HR Human Rights M&E ... to assess the overall impact of their Social Protection Security Plan (SPSP),