Addis Ababa, 24 October, 2018 Maurice Lorka, CAADP Adviser, AUC

1. Summary of the Biennial
Review Critical Analysis and
Lessons for Social Protection
Addis Ababa, 24 October, 2018
Maurice Lorka, CAADP Adviser, AUC

2. Social Protection in the
Malabo Declaration
• Commitment 3: Ending Hunger by 2025
• AU Heads of State committed to integrate
measures for increased agricultural
productivity with social protection
initiatives focusing on vulnerable social
groups through committing targeted budget
lines within our national budgets.

3. Social Protection in the
Malabo Declaration
• Strengthening strategic
food and cash reserves
to respond to food
shortages occasioned by
periodic prolonged
droughts or other
disasters/emergencies

4. Social Protection in the
Malabo Declaration
• Strengthening early warning
systems to facilitate advanced
and proactive responses to
disasters and emergencies
with food and nutrition
security implications
• Targeting priority geographic
areas and community groups
for interventions

5. Social Protection in the
Malabo Declaration
• Encouraging and facilitating
increased consumption of
locally produced food
items, including the
promotion of innovative
school feeding programs
that use food items
sourced from the local
farming community

6. Measuring Social Protection
in the Biennial Review

7. Results from the BR Report
• Mali, South Africa and Zimbabwe have
reported to be “on track”
• Budget line on Social Protection as percentage
of the Total resource requirements for
coverage of the vulnerable social groups –
2016 Milestone: 100%

8. Challenges
1. Country data availability for the 43 indicators…
specially on Social Protection
2. Data quality …
3. Harmonization of data management
methodologies used by countries …
4. Scorecards approach very new to some Technical
Experts & Researchers involved in the process…
5. FUNDING the BR process: Limited resources…

9. Summary of Recommendations
1. Check data sources
2. Implication of National Bureau of Statistics and
other agencies working on the same thematic
areas (e.g. FAO, ILO, UNICEF, ReSAKSS, etc)
3. Improve household/national surveys
4. Use ICT and Software to collect data
5. Improve Resource Mobilization at all levels.

10. Q01 Q02 Q03 Q04
2017
Q05 Q06 Q07 Q08
2018
Q09 Q10 Q11 Q12
2019
Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16
2020
The BR
mechanism is
established and
has delivered
on the
Inaugural
Biennial Report
to the January
2018 AU
Assembly.
1.1
Accountability
platforms are
established and
institutionalize
d to make best
use of the BR
exercise for
responsive
actions.
1.2
Process for the
2019 BR Report
to the January
2020 Assembly.
1.3
Strengthening M&E Systems @
Country, for the e-Biennial
2.1
Strengthening
M&E Systems
@ RECs, AUC
levels
2.2
Responsive programmes-activities emerging from the AU
Decisions on the BR are designed and implemented
1.4
Done
Pathway of the AU-led
Biennial Review

11. “
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MERCI
THANK YOU
ASANTE
SHUKRAN
Contact Person: Maurice Lorka, CAADP Adviser, AUC
n’guessanp@Africa-union.org
https://au.int/rea