Globally, social protection programmes are gaining traction as instruments to achieve sustainable development and reduce vulnerabilities faced by households in the context of a complex system of cascading and interacting epidemiological, economic, social and political shocks. Strengthening responsive social protection systems offers the potential to mitigate the short-term impacts while contributing to building the resilience of people to future threats and crises.
The Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) is offering various versions of the course that will help the participants strengthen their knowledge and skills on social protection, and explore new ways to design and implement adaptive and shock-responsive social protection systems.
We are offering three versions of the course:
- Executive In-Person Course: One-week in-person course at Cape Town (June 12, 2022-June 18, 2022)
- Hybrid Online and In-Person Course: Online e-Learning Course (May 12, 2022- August 18, 2022) and one-week in-person course at Cape Town (June 12, 2022-June 18, 2022)
- All Online e-Learning Course: 15 Weeks e-Learning course (May 12, 2022- August 18, 2022)
Who should attend this course?
- Officials, policy-makers and practitioners of public institutions and ministries
- NGOs and civil society organisations
- Experts and civil servants from international agencies
- Other key actors engaged in social protection
Course Pricing
Hybrid Online and In-Person Course = USD 3600*
Executive In-Person Course = USD 2750*
All-Online Course = USD 1700
*Accommodation charges of USD 1350 for six nights will be additional and optional for the Hybrid Online and In-Person Course and the Executive In-Person Course
Group discounts may be available. For more information, please contact courses@epri.org.za or karishma@epri.org.za
What will you learn?
Topics include:
- How social protection reduces poverty, vulnerability and exclusion, particularly during crises.
- How to identify shock-responsive social protection instruments for specific country contexts.
- How to design and implement adaptive social protection systems.
- Implementation issues, including registration, targeting, payment and information systems.
- Integrating shock-responsiveness across all dimensions of social protection.
- Strengthening developmental impacts, by integrating inter-sectoral initiatives to multiply social protection impacts and support the Sustainable Development Goals, with a particular focus on emergency response and resilience-building.
- Financing and co-financing social protection reforms, adaptations, expansions and integrations, particularly during financially constrained crises.
- How monitoring and evaluating social protection systems can enable evidence-based change, particularly in the face of unprecedented uncertainty.
Course Modules
What is included?
The course fee covers the following:
- Interactive Workshops: Small scale and live interactive sessions – drill down on specific issues with a how-to-focus.
- Peer Learning: Peer-driven discussions around various issues and challenges.
- Unlimited access to course materials: Access videos and critical readings, recordings of webinars and speaker’s presentations even after the course ends.
- Participation in live webinars with social protection experts.
- Access to the DIASPS Virtual Course Platform: Your access to EPRI’s past webinar recordings, presentations and reading material will continue even after the course ends.
- Certificate of Achievement: Upon successful completion of the programme, you will receive a Certificate of Achievement.
What makes EPRI’s course unique?
Real-Time Interaction with Social Protection Experts Currently Working with Governments on COVID-19 Responses
Meet with social protection experts and learn about the latest strategic trends and insights in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and explore how they can be applied to achieve your mission-critical priorities, adapting and strengthening a responsive social protection system.
Actionable Insights and Advice Tailored to Your Role and Context
Get expert advice from mentors, experienced social protection experts and other professionals, who are available throughout the programme to help you achieve your learning objectives as well as share actionable insights, advice, and tools to drive the impact of your social protection responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Real-Time Application for Immediate Impact
Master important social protection concepts and frameworks as you tackle real-world case studies. Through mentored learning and discussions with peers, you will learn how to apply concepts and newly acquired skills to design and implement responsive social protection systems within your country-specific context.
High Impact, Engaging, and Interactive Learning Experience
Through relevant design and effective delivery, EPRI’s online programme builds upon the integrated collaboration of EPRI faculty, social protection experts, and other professionals to convey complex concepts in the most comprehensible way. With video lectures complemented by a rich set of interactive elements, simulation exercises, online discussions and participatory activities, each component is designed to keep you engaged and involved.
Flexible Learning
With three different versions of the course, offering in-person as well as online learning, you can choose which option is most suitable for you based on your learning objectives and set individual goals that align with your country-specific context and projects.
Meaningful Networking
Connect with engaged peers to gain first-hand insight from those facing challenges similar to yours, learn from their experiences and perspectives, all while sharing your own.
“The resources on experiences from different countries, cross country examples and global best practices expanded our horizon on the potential of social protection.”
Bessie Msusa
Chief Economist, Government of Malawi
“The course exposed us to country case experiences from Asia, Europe and Latin America, and guest experts worldwide sharing their own experiences of what has worked regarding targeted social protection programmes.”
Marion Marion Mbabazi Sandra
Senior Policy Analyst, Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development, Government of Uganda.