Social Protection COVID-19 response and recovery

The development objectives of Social Protection COVID-19 Response and Recovery Project for Sao Tome and Principe are to strengthen the social protection system and expand the coverage of social protection programs. This project has four components. 1) The first component, Institutional strengthening of the social protection sector, aims to address critical institutional needs for implementation of the social protection activities and thus will strengthen institutional capacity to deliver social protection programs. 2) The second component, Social assistance programs, has the following sub-components: (i) Socio Economic Resilience Program for COVID-19 response; and (ii) Vulnerable Families Program – VFP. 3) The third component, Project implementation support, will directly finance the costs associated with the fiduciary management of the project. 4) The fourth component, Contingency Emergency Response (CERC) is included under the project in accordance with World Bank Policy Investment Project Financing, paragraph 12, for situations of urgent need of assistance.