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Social Safety Net Reform Puente Program in Suriname Clarisse Pawironadi – Dasi Ministry of Social Affairs and Public Housing April 6, 2010 Overview • Existing Social Safety Net within Sozavo; • Challenges; • Studies done; • Main Proposals; • ‘Puente’ in Suriname: – Update – Next steps • Conclusion Existing Social Safety Net within Sozavo • Targeted and untargeted cash transfer programs; • Medical card program; • Day care centers, Home care for the elderly; • Residential homes for target groups; • Counseling services for target groups; • Family coaching project. Challenges • Programs are: – administered by the different ministries; – serve the same general target group; – have separate targeting procedures; • Beneficiaries are required to apply for each program; • Inefficient use of human and financial capital. Challenges (cont’d) SoZaVo Regional Devt. - Medical Card - School Supplies etc. - CDFS Health - Medical Care interior Social Safety Net Education -School transportation; -School Allowance Labor: -Training Foundation (SAO); Studies done • Suriname’s Poverty and Social Safety Net Assessment (2005); • Institutionele/organisatorische studie & capaciteits versterkingsplan SoZaVo (2006); • Social Safety Reform Strategy (2007); • Consultations with the relevant stakeholders (ministries, NGOs, International Organisations etc.); • Seminar regarding the Conditional Cash Transfers (June 2007); • 2008: Design Porposal for a Social Protection Reform in Suriname; • Comprehensive Capacity Strengthening Plan and Strategic Framework (March 2010). Main Proposals • Integration of programs to reduce the duplication and fragmentation in service delivery (Unified National Cash Transfer); • Improve targeting (PMT); Poor and Vulnerable target groups • Promote the Transition to actively participate in society (Puente Program a la Suriname); ‘Puente’ in Suriname Update: • Assessment of the Capacity of divisions providing immaterial services; • Assessment training needs; • Basic internal trainings: • Training on Community development • Training in Basic Counseling • Identification division providing immaterial services in implementing Puente components. Next Steps • Install steering committee ‘Puente in Suriname’; • Identification group Social Workers and target group participating in ‘Puente in Suriname’; • Promotion ‘Puente in Suriname’. Conclusion • The existing Social Safety Net within Sozavo; • Challenges; • Studies done; • ‘Puente’ in Suriname: – Update – Next steps End of Presentation Thank you