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ICT PerSPeCTIVe

A number of social protection
programmes have been put in
place by government and non-
government actors, to address Joshua Mugisa

poverty and vulnerability. MIS Officer –ESP programme

nsr is a tool for synchronisation

of data on social protection

he Uganda Vision 2040 and NDP
II underscore the importance of
social protection in addressing
social and economic risks and
Tvulnerabilities. Additionally,
the Third National Development Plan (NDP
III) (2020/21 – 2024/25) aims at increasing
household incomes and improving the quality
of life of Ugandans through, among others,
sustainable industrialisation for inclusive
growth, employment and sustainable wealth
creation as well as human capital development.
The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social
Development (MGLSD) developed the National
Social Protection Policy, which was approved
and launched by Government in 2015.
The National Single Registry (NSR) is premised
on the National Social Protection Policy, 2015,
which is anchored on two pillars: Social security,
and Social care & support services, within which
different stakeholders are providing social
protection services to citizens.
The Ministry, in line with its mandate of
empowering communities to harness their
potential through skills development, labour
productivity and cultural growth for sustainable
and gender responsive development, continues
to coordinate the social protection policy
implementation across the country, registering
A number of social protection programmes have been put in place by government a number of milestones, subsequently leading
and non-government actors to growth of social protection coverage in the

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