UNDP reinforces the national commitment to social protection. In order to empower the most vulnerable, to have more equitable access to social protection services, including insurance schemes and access to productive employment, the social protection system needs to be more inclusive, equitable, efficient and sustainable.

This will also require that the necessary life skills and employability of social protection beneficiaries are strengthened to facilitate their socioeconomic empowerment, resilience and graduation from social programmes.

UNDP supports the digitalization of conditional cash transfer systems to improve efficiency and evidence-based targeting. It will ensure that social protection packages are truly accessible by persons with disabilities, elderly people, people working in the informal sector, women in rural areas, people receiving microcredits and other persons in vulnerable situations.

Special focus will be given to broadening social protection, service provision and promoting behavioral changes to overcome poverty. UNDP will achieve this with the Ministry of Social Solidarity through the capacity-building and innovations for women and vulnerable persons to support their graduation from conditional cash transfer programs to sustainable, autonomous income-generating activities.

Field-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will be key partners for behavioral change outreach and job creation that reduce reliance on cash transfers. Collaboration will be strong with ILO, UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund, with linkages to the entrepreneurship support that UNDP will also provide.

Health 

UNDP promotes services for people living with or most at risk for HIV by strengthening the institutional capacities of national disease programs for HIV and tuberculosis under the Ministry of Health and Population, as well as relevant civil society organizations to scale up and sustain treatment and care-related, equitable HIV and tuberculosis services, especially those aimed at prevention.

Integrated local development 

UNDP partners with the Ministry of Local Development to develop a decentralized local administration system in selected governorates using digital solutions. This process will promote integrated local development and uphold excellence and equity in local public service delivery to advance local economic and social development.

To strengthen the rule of law, improve access to judicial services and address the large case backlogs in the judicial system, UNDP prioritizes access to legal aid for women and accelerate the automation and digitalization of family courts for accessible quality and quick services to litigants. UNDP works with the Ministry of Justice to develop its capacities by providing technical assistance and knowledge exchange with other countries.