Assessing and preparing social protection systems for disaster response - sharing an innovative tool and its application in countries

Social protection has deep relevance for CCA, DRR and Disaster Response, and can be a mechanism to support people when they need it the most. However, not all social protection systems are geared to respond to covariate shocks. UNICEF has developed a tool that helps to assess the preparedness of social protection systems & incrementally strengthen them. This tool creates a unique opportunity for DRR and social protection stakeholders to collaborate on operationalizing the priority actions outlined in the Sendai Framework for DRR. This session presents the tool & an example of its application.