Cash for Jobs Project

The development objective of the Cash for Jobs Project for Burundi is to strengthen management capacity, scale up safety net programs, and promote productive inclusion and access to jobs. The project comprises of six components. The first component, scaling up safety nets to the national territory objective is to scale up safety nets interventions initiated under the Merankabandi project at national level. It consists of following sub-components: (i) cash transfers for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency response; (ii) scaling up cash transfers; and (iii) behavior change for investments in human capital. The second component, productive inclusion and access to jobs objective is to enhance income generating capacity of disadvantaged groups through increased productivity of household-based activities (subsistence agriculture, self-production); and strengthened participation in labor markets (access to jobs). It consists of following sub-components: (i) productive inclusion in rural settings; and (ii) access to jobs in urban settings. The third component, development of social protection delivery systems will contribute to the key building blocks of the safety nets delivery system. It consists of following sub-components: (i) scaling up basic delivery mechanisms of a basic safety nets system; and (ii) development of a national social registry. The fourth component, integration of refugee and host communities into national social protection systems will finance: (i) the cash transfers and productive inclusion grants for refugees and host community beneficiaries; (ii) operational costs related to the implementation of the cash transfers, human capital development and productive inclusion, and jobs activities; (iii) technical assistance to national office for the protection of refugees and stateless persons (ONPRA); and (iv) goods and services for the implementation of the proposed activities. The fifth component, project management and implementation objective...