ISPA - Inter Agency Social Protection Overview of tools for SP assessments
SSN Core Course – April 2018
Luz Rodriguez and Marco Schaefer (ISPA Coordination Team)
CLICKER QUESTION: Previous knowledge of ISPA
“Have you ever heard about the ISPA tools?”
Your Answers:
A. Yes
B. No
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CLICKER QUESTION: Type of organization
“In what type of organization do you currently work?”
Your Answers:
A. Government institution
B. Development partner/International dvlp. agency
C. NGO
D. Research/academic institution
E. Other
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CLICKER QUESTION: Role performed in your current job
“In your current work you are responsible for…”
Your Answers:
A. Designing social protection programs/systems
B. Implementing social protection programs
C. Monitoring and evaluating programs/systems performance
D. All the above
E. Other
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CLICKER QUESTION: Roles performed in your current job
“In your current job assignment do you work/interact with one or more international organizations/development partners?”
Your Answers:
A. Only one
B. More than one
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CLICKER QUESTION: Roles performed in your current job
“In your current job assignment do you work/interact with one or more than one in-country stakeholder?”
Your Answers:
A. Yes, I have to deal with various stakeholders
B. No, I deal with one ministry/agency only
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Most probably ISPA tools may be useful for you….
…because countries social protection systemsoften suffer from…
…fragmentation
Countries social protection systemsoften suffer from…
…design flaws
Countries social protection systemsoften suffer from…
…lack of coordination
…hence the OBJECTIVES of the ISPA tools:
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Help countries to improve their SPL systems by providing a framework and a series of practical tools to:
analyze the strengths and weakness of the overall systems, programs or delivery mechanisms in place
offer policy options
stimulate coordination of SP stakeholders at country level
…that has been agreed upon and is jointly developed by the ISPA Initiative partner agencies:
WHAT ARE ISPA TOOLS?
Which ISPA tools are already available?www.ispatools.org
Which ISPA tools are currently in development?
Progress in actual application to date:60 Applications in 52 Countries
Lesotho - WB
# Downloads of tools to date
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# Tool downloads (app 11682 in total)
Source: googleanalytics, May 3rd, 2018.
WHEN TO USE ISPA TOOLS?
Design
Monitoring
ESPECIALLY WHEN SEEKING TO MOVE FROM FRAGMENTED TO HARMONIZED SP SYSTEMS!
Capacity Development
Learning
Stakeholderdialogue
Assessing/reforming
WHO CAN USE THE ISPA TOOLS?
Everyone with relevant experience in SP can apply ISPA tools
Tools are open access – free & available for download www.ispatools.org
Target group: SP experts: - Government institutions- International development agencies-Academic/research institutions
Assessment team: typically 2-4 experts with inputs from relevant stakeholders
WHAT DOES AN ISPA TOOL INCLUDE?
“What Matters” Guidance•Lays technical foundation for assessment•Provides good practices from international experience•Provides instructions to gather information•Describes how the assessment is organized
QuestionnaireGathers qualitative and quantitative information
Assessment MatrixAssesses against the agreed criteria on a four point scale
Country Report•Presents the findings•Highlights strengths and weaknesses in relationto good international practice•Summarizes complex landscape of policies and institutions•Provide policy options to be used as jumping off pointfor future dialogue between stakeholders
Implementation Guidelines
Outlines the process of application of ISPA tools from start to completion
HOW TO APPLY ISPA TOOLS?Key steps of tool application
1) Planning and
preparation
2) Gettingstarted
3) Data collection
4) Assessment
5) Country report
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3 – 15 months
TO KEEP IN MIND
ISPA tools do not replace in-depth sector studies!
Are not meant to use to ’rank’
countries
Do not offer a one size fits all
solutions
ISPA TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO USE NOW!
CLICKER QUESTION:
“Now that you know more about ISPA, will you be interested in applying an ISPA tool?”
Your Answers:
A. Yes
B. No
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CLICKER QUESTION:What next?
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