Social Protection Commission

The Social Protection Commission's functions include some of the following:

1. to advise and report to the Minister and the Permanent Secretary on the formulation of national policy on matters relating to social protection;
2. to forge and build linkages between social sectors to develop common tools and platforms to plan, implement and monitor social protection programmes in an integrated fashion working in collaboration with stakeholder ministries;
3. to work in collaboration with stake holder ministries, private sector and civil society
4. to facilitate development of legislative frameworks for social protection programmes;
5. to advocate for the social protection investments and support national human and economic development by building sustainable national systems, policy and legislative reform to effectively address the multiple vulnerabilities faced by children and their families;
6. to create and strengthen an enabling environment for social protection services and systems to reduce poverty and inequity and to increase economic participation and social inclusion specifically as it relates to vulnerable groups;
7. to assist in developing social protection programmes that are affordable and sustainably financed through evidence-based decisions, including technical assessments such as budget and fiscal space analyses;
8. promote the development and strengthening of an integrated, equitable and sustainable social protection system to help reduce poverty and vulnerability as well as deliver child and gender sensitive programs;
9. to provide leadership and collaboration on the implementation of the various social protection and national poverty reduction programmes;
10. to liaise with international and regional developmental partners to secure financial and educational support to undertake social research through the formulation of grant proposals with the Department;