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World Bank course: For Protection and Promotion: The Design and Implementation of Effective Social Safety Nets 2010

“For Protection and Promotion: the Design and Implementation of Effective Safety Nets” is a two week course aimed at providing participants with an in-depth understanding of the conceptual and practical issues involved in the development of individual safety net programs and full safety net systems that protect poor and vulnerable population groups from income risk, link them to essential social services and help them escape poverty. The role of social safety nets has been magnified during the recent food, fuel and financial crisis. The course builds on the latest research findings by the World Bank and other academic and research institutions. It considers practical experience from around the world and draws lessons for low-income, middle-income and accession countries. Participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss challenging social safety net issues in their own country, and work toward solutions with other participants and experts.

Target Audience
This course is designed for policymakers and research staff from civil stakeholders, NGOs involved in the implementation of safety nets, researchers and trainers from academic institutions, and policy analysts from NGOs, journalists working on issues related to poverty reduction and social protection, and operational staff from the World Bank and from bilateral and multilateral donor agencies. As teamwork is important in safety nets programs we encourage interested countries to nominate teams engaged in the design, implementation or evaluation of safety nets programs.

Language
The course will be conducted entirely in English and therefore a good command of English is required.