Alinea International Ltd

Published purpose

The Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) initiative targets some of the underlying causes of food insecurity, or lack of access to safe, nutritious and sufficent food, in Ethiopia. Led by the Government of Ethiopia, with the support of DFATD and other donors, this flagship program helps meet the food needs of many of the country’s most impoverished people in the time between harvests by providing them predictable, multi-year transfers of either food or cash. Recognizing Canada’s expertise on capacity development, the Government of Ethiopia and other donor partners have mandated DFATD to design and implement a capacity development initiative, the Safety Net Support Facility, as part of Canada’s overall support to the Productive Safety Net Program. The Safety Net Support Facility project aims to enhance the technical, administration, and management capacity of government partners to deliver the PSNP. It provides technical assistance to regional implementers of the PSNP in four regions of Ethiopia (Tigray; Amhara; Oromiya; and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region) in order to improve the PSNP results. This is achieved by strengthening institutional systems, processes and coordination mechanisms and increasing the organizational capacity of key PSNP implementers.