The Uganda Social Protection Platform (USPP) was founded by Development Research and Training (DRT), Action Aid International-Uganda, Cross Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU), National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU), World Vision, Platform for Labor Action (PLA), Uganda Reach the Aged Association (URAA) and Plan International Uganda, in December 2007 and formally established in February 2011. It is a loose coalition of civil society organizations working at District and national levels, with a stake in championing Social Protection (SP) as a measure for tackling poverty and addressing risk and vulnerability in Uganda.

The Platform is expected to strengthen civil society efforts to increasing understanding and demand for social protection in Uganda, and increase the quality, profile and voice of SP actors on social protection issues. The common Platform is also expected to provide legitimacy for SP actors to demand for Government’s political commitment towards SP policies and interventions, and increase the quality and strength of a collective voice, the profile and visibility of SP issues.