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dIreCTor’S PerSPeCTIVe

The National Social Protection
Policy Outlines Government’s
vision for a well-coordinated
national social protection
system. The policy and its 5-year
programme Plan of Interventions James ebitu
(PPI) outlines a number of Director Social Protection,
objectives MGLSD

the national single registry

to promote coordination and

transparency in social protection

he development of the • The Northern Uganda Social Action for integration of IT Services and Office
National Single Registry Fund (NUSAF3) of the Prime Minister to integrate the
(NSR) is anchored in the • The Disability Grant Third Northern Uganda Social Action
Vision 2040, the Third ii. Social Insurance: Fund (NUSAF) Management Information
T National Development • The National Social Security Fund Systems (MIS) and the Monitoring
Plan (NDP III) which, underscores • The Public Service Pension Fund and Evaluation Framework. We also
the importance of social protection iii. Social Care and Support worked closely with the World Food
in addressing risks and vulnerabilities Services: Programme that have done tremendous
and the Social Protection Policy (2015). • OVC MIS work in developing and maintaining
Through this system, we are able to • National Gender Based Violence a community register in the Karamoja
consolidate, store, and share data and Database Sub-Region.
information across the various social • The Uganda Child Help line (SAUTI) With the NSR now in place we expect
protection programmes. iv. Under Complementary to reap the following benefits and also
The process to establish the NSR Interventions: mitigate gaps identified in the NSR Policy:
began in 2017 with a comprehensive • Youth Livelihood programme i. The unified and integrated systems
mapping and assessment of the state • The Uganda Women Entrepreneurship under the NSR will help in creating order,
of Social Protection Management Fund better coordination in the sector and
Information Systems in Uganda. As part The result of this assessment was the ensure that resources are channelled to
of the assessment criteria, we studied National Single Registry (NSR) Design where they are most deserved.
the operational, systemic, staffing Model which we used to come up with ii. We will be able to identify and
and capacity readiness of the various what we launched on 4th February, prevent benefit fraud and double dipping
programmes. The report also identified 2021. The design of this NSR has been as iii. We will be able to apply a potentially

gaps and steps needed to transform the a result of multi-stakeholder collaboration more equitable approach to distributing
systems to the required level. At the time, across government including, the resources based on objective and
Social Protection programmes assessed National Identification and Registration comparable information
per thematic areas included: Authority (NIRA) for the verification iv. We will be able to assess the
i. Direct Income Support: of social protection beneficiaries; the effectiveness, impact and sustainability
• The Social Assistance Grant for Uganda National Bureau of Statistics of social protection interventions.

Empowerment (SAGE) (UBOS) for use of a single geo-master list While there are immense benefits from
• The Food for Assets programme under of administrative units in the country; the the NSR, I wish to inform you that the
World Food Programme (WFP). National IT Authority – Uganda (NITA-U) process of its development has certainly

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