Building Opportunities and Outcomes in Social Protection and Youth Employment

About this project

The project aims to support the poor and most vulnerable of the population by providing targeted interventions to provide job opportunities now, improve access to better jobs for tomorrow and build resilience. The project will achieve this through the following three components using a multi-sectoral approach: Component 1 (Connecting Youth and Women to Better Jobs Today) will support youth and women's access wage and self-employment activities in selected urban areas. Component 2 (Investing in People for Better Jobs Tomorrow) aims to directly support vulnerable households, comprising three subcomponents designed to address different aspects of human capital development and resilience through cash transfers. Sub-component 2.1 will support the provision of a unconditional cash transfers; sub-component 2.2 will provide human capital co-responsibility cash transfers for health and nutrition as well as education; and sub-component 2.3 will provide financing of emergency cash transfers in response to a potential future climate-related shock and establish a contingent funding mechanism. Component 3 (Adaptive Social Protection Delivery Systems and Project Management) supports three key areas crucial for the long-term sustainability and effectiveness of social protection interventions in Somalia. Sub-component 3.1 supports institutional capacity building for adaptive social protection systems; sub-component 3.2 finances a National Socio-economic Survey for the Unified Social Registry…

Published by

World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Somalia

Sectors

Social protection and welfare services policy, planning and administrationEducation policy and administrative managementHealth statistics and dataMulti-hazard response preparedness

Places

Mogadishu

Funded by

International Development Association

Implemented by

Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs

Accountable

Federal Republic of Somalia

Passes funds through

International Development Association

Published by World Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 44000-P507443.

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