DFID 7371 Service Provider for Expanding Social Protection Phase II Programme in Uganda

The purpose of ESP II is to provide technical and financial assistance to the Government of Uganda (mainly, MGLSD) to consolidate a national social protection system in Uganda. ESP I has laid a strong foundation, however, these gains are at risk of being reversed if they are not consolidated within a strong legal and institutional framework, including a national institution capable of making direct grants to households, and backed up by bigger government budget allocations. The programme is therefore intended to achieve a sustainable national social protection system which is institutionalised, financed (with an increasing proportion coming from Uganda's own growing tax base), and reaching beneficiaries across the entire country.