Page 31 - Social Protection Newsletter

SoCIAl ProTeCTIon ProgrAMMeS

Youth display some of the products made by Katenga Youth Fruit Juice Processing Project in Rukungiri District
and will continue to be supported with Intensive Public Works, sub-county Government appreciates the
Technical Assistance from the World Bank, training of trainers, development of development partners that have
International Labour Organisation (ILO) guidelines for lowlands implementing supported social protection interventions
and the World Food Programme (WFP). labour intensive public works, among as we continue to build a national social
Relatedly, following the successful other activities. All these activities are protection system.
implementation of a one-year supported by a Labour Intensive Public
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Works Advisor.
between Government represented by
MGLSD and WFP, then “the Ministry”
has just signed yet another one-year
MoU to further disseminate the National
Guidelines for Labour Intensive Public
Works and broader social protection
policy implementation in line with labour
intensive public works programming. The
success was attributed to work undertaken
that included the dissemination of the
National Guidelines for Labour Intensive
Public Works, the district training of
trainers targeting district implementation
teams for Labour Intensive Public Works
programmes and South to South learning
for Northern and West Nile to Elgon sub-
region. This phase of the MOU focuses on
assessment of programmes undertaken
by Ministries, Departments and Agencies
of Government that implement labour
intensive public works for compliance Juice Processed and Packed by Katenga Youth Fruit Juice Processing Project in Rukungiri
District
with the National Guidelines for Labour

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