The recognition and use of social protection as an effective tool in fragile and conflict-affected contexts is gaining momentum globally. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region faces urgent and complex crises, affecting increasingly vulnerable groups—including refugees, internally displaced people, women, and children. To date, social assistance has been largely based on subsidies, which are being progressively replaced by targeted social protection schemes within a larger context of subsidy reforms. New programmes are yet to meet the coverage previously achieved by subsidies and cannot yet effectively address the urgent needs of the region’s affected populations (UNICEF and IPC-IG 2019).
This month’s newsletter presents recent content providing insights into meeting MENA’s social protection demands in the contexts of State fragility, humanitarian crises, limited fiscal space, and resource insecurity. These lessons and best practices are relevant to other regions facing similar challenges.
We are also pleased to announce the launch of our USP2030 webinar series, the first webinar series designed exclusively by the socialprotection.org team, organized in collaboration with IPC-IG. This series will bring together a variety of practitioners and experts to discuss key topics involving universal social protection programmes and policies, from their current state to possible challenges and opportunities. We hope you find value in this content and can learn further about the topic!
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