Capacity building - Training in strategic planning and social administration for key staff of the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) UNDER the project of “Technical assistance in development and implementation of Social Protection Systems at Ministry of Social Affairs.”

Project Overview

MOSA is the regulatory body and implementing agency responsible for the Social Protection System in oPt, with its branches in 17 Governorates in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Its responsibility is twofold: 1) to develop, populate and manage a centralized database of "poor households in Palestine" and 2) to develop, manage and implement a single, poverty-based cash transfer program that caters to the "poorest of the poor".“Technical assistance in development and implementation of Social Protection Systems at Ministry of Social Affairs “, is a two years EC funded project that commenced in March 2010 and ended in September 2012. The overall objectives of this project were to:Improve the Ministry of Social Affairs’ (MOSA) capacity to carry out its mandate regarding social; and Support the Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA) in implementing its responsibilities, particularly regarding reform of social safety nets, and development and implementation of an integrated and comprehensive strategy and policy for a more effective social protection system covering all poor and vulnerable segments of the Palestinian population.Within the frame work of this project, a large training programme in strategic planning and social administration was implemented for key staff of the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) of Palestine. The training programme targeted three groups: Top-level administrative staff at the central ministry, Middle-level administrative staff at the central Ministry, and Key administrative staff of the MoSA regional directorates and special units.