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• Support ICT strategy and strengthen
district stakeholder knowledge and
ICT skills.
• Support migration of materials to
digital and mobile platforms.
• Collaborate with the National
Identification and Registration
Authority (NIRA) on National
Identification Numbers and digital
identity advancement.
• Support enhancement and use of
MIS in government programmes.

Grievance Mechanisms:
Above and Below: Katunguru Karago Shoe-making project in Kabarole District • Strengthen grievance mechanism
design, transparency, timeliness and
accountability. Advancing a digital social Senior Citizen Grant (SCG/SAGE), digitalisation at national and district
protection agenda will benefit both WFP Northern Uganda Social Action Fund levels.
and government service delivery, by (NUSAF) and Development Response
accelerating and enhancing the impact of to Displacement Impacts (DRDIP). Strengthening the National
social assistance on the most vulnerable. • Strengthen private sector Single Registry (NSR):
To reach this objective, WFP will engagement in financial services. • Support the Ministry of Gender,
leverage its current investments and • Provide technical assistance to Labour and Social Development to
positioning with the government and the the government to transition develop and implement the NSR.
private sector to accelerate and enhance programmes to digital payment • Ensure access to the Karamoja Social
the impact of assistance on the most solutions. Registry (KSR) by third party users.
vulnerable, using digital technology in Beneficiary Information and • Migrate data from the KSR to the NSR.
the following areas: Assistance Management: • Support the integration and use of
• Consolidate and strengthen use of social protection programme MIS
Digital payments: management information systems and the NSR in West Nile.
• Advance programme-specific (MIS) in WFP’s refugee assistance
digitalisation efforts and enhance programmes and the Maternal and Contribute to the debate on a
information flow for national social Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) national Social Registry:
protection programmes such as the programme in West Nile.
• Test the use of KSR for shock-response,
with a prioritised update in Karamoja
to be able to respond early to food
insecurity crises.
• Assess the feasibility and sustainability
to include vulnerability to shocks
data and contribute to the national
debate on the establishment of a
social registry.

Digital learning platforms:
• Pilot digital learning for social
assistance to improve access by
district local governments and lower
the cost of delivering knowledge
about social protection.

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