“Developing a digital and integrated information system is a crucial step in building a national social protection system. It enables the flow and management of information within the social protection sector and between social protection and other sectors such as education, health, agriculture, humanitarian and disaster risk management (DRM). Why? Because the ability of a country to care for its people and respond to their lifecycle needs depends on its ability to identify those who are in need, enrol them, provide tailored benefits and services, and follow up to cater to evolving circumstances. Governments also need to be able to monitor programme impacts and track and adequately plan expenditure. All of these actions require dynamic and real-time data and information exchange if the goal of universal coverage is to be achieved”.
See also: Social Registry; Integrated Beneficiary Registry; MIS.
Source: Barca, V. and Chirchir, R. 2019. “Building an integrated and digital social protection information system”. GIZ. <https://www.giz.de/de/downloads/giz2019-en-integrated-digital-social-protection-information-system.pdf>. Accessed 16 October 2020.
