Social Protection Emergency Crisis Response Project

The development objective of Social Protection Emergency Crisis Response Project is to provide safety net transfers to targeted households affected by the multiple crises facing Djibouti and strengthen adaptive social protection mechanisms to respond to future crises. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Emergency Safety Nets Transfers, aims to support the horizontal scale-up of the national safety net program by providing targeted transfers in cash and in-kind to the poor and vulnerable households affected by drought, food, and fuel price increases. 2) The second component, Strengthening Adaptive Social Protection and Community Resilience Mechanisms, aims to finance activities to strengthen and further develop adaptive social protection systems; scale up productive inclusion activities under the Integrated Cash Transfers and Human Capital Project (PITCH) project with an emphasis on making the activities more responsive to crises; and contribute to the overall community engagement and awareness about crises impacts, preparedness and mitigations. 3) The third component, Project Management and Coordination, aims to support coordination, monitoring, evaluation, and the additional project operational costs of Ministry of Social Affairs and Solidarity (MASS) and other institutions involved in implementation support at the central and local levels.