Social Protection Modernization and Economic Inclusion Project

The development objective of the Social Protection Modernization and Economic Inclusion Project for Tajikistan is to support the Government of Tajikistan in protecting poor and vulnerable households from shocks, promoting economic inclusion, and improving social protection systems. The project comprises of five components. The first component, emergency assistance to low‐income families contributes to the achievement of the first part of the project development objective (PDO), by helping mitigate the impact of the current economic and political crisis on newly targeted social assistance (TSA) eligible poor and vulnerable families in 2023. It consists of following sub-components: (i) supporting low‐income families to cope with lower incomes; and (ii) outreach and communication. The second component, support to unemployed including labor migrants contributes to the achievement of the second part of the PDO, by helping enhance support to the unemployed and promote economic inclusion. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening employment services to support the unemployed; (ii) enhancing economic inclusion; and (iii) capacity building and awareness raising activities. The third component, strengthening social protection delivery systems objective is to improve the social protection delivery systems in Tajikistan and contribute to the achievement of the third part of the PDO. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening the national registry for social protection; (ii) case management system for integrated provision of social services; and (iii) capacity building and equipment. The fourth component, project management and monitoring aims to provide daily support for execution of the project coordination and management interventions to ensure implementation progresses smoothly according to the agreed plan. It consists of following sub-components: (i) management and monitoring of components 1 and 3; and (ii) management and monitoring of...