Day 2 - Monday, 03 April 2023
PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION 1: STRATEGIES TO ACCELERATE INCLUSIVE AND INTERGRATED SOCIAL PROTECTION
Keynote Speaker Presentation: Reaching the Unreached: Making Social Protection Systems Inclusive of Rural Population (PDF, 1.MB)
Mr. Marco Knowles, Senior Social Protection Specialist & Team leader - Food & Agriculture Organization, Rome
Speaker 1: Emerging Social Registries in Social Protection and its effectiveness (PDF, 2.1MB)
Stephanie Bitengo - National Social Protection Secretariat
Speaker 2: The Case of Universal Child Benefit in Kenya (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Richard Obiga, Programme Officer - National Social Protection Secretariat
Breakout Session 1 - Topic: Role of Social Protection in the Changing Nature of Work: The Gig Economy
Speaker 1: From Financial Protection to Financial Security (PDF, 1MB)
Elizabeth Nkukuu, CFA AG. CEO Financial Inclusion Fund (Hustler Fund)
Breakout Session 2: Capacity and Skills in the Social Protection Sector
Speaker 1: Prof Ludeki Chweya - Kenya School of Government
Speaker 2: Lydia Makena Micheni - HelpAge International
Breakout Session 3: The Role of Private Sector in Expanding Social Protection
Speaker 2: The Private Sector and Social Protection in Kenya (PDF, 650KB)
Caroline Tett, Director Safeguarding & Advocacy, GiveDirectly
PLENARY SESSION 2: DYNAMICS OF THE SOCIAL PROTECTION SECTOR IN THE ERA OF EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY
Speaker 1: Richard Nyakundi Rori, Social Protection Policy and Research Analyst - National Social Security Fund (NSSF)
Speaker 2: Juliet Maara, Social Protection Specialist - National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)
Speaker 3: Expansion of Contributory and Non-Contributory Social Protection Systems International (PDF, 2.2MB)
Aurelie Klein, Social Protection Programme Manager, Rwanda and Burundi, International Labour Organisation (ILO)
TOPIC: LEVERAGING ON TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO SOCIAL PROTECTION: A CASE STUDY ON IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY
Speaker 2: Susan Momanyi - Social Policy Specialist/Disability Inclusion Focal Point UNICEF, Kenya
TOPIC: EFFECTIVE COORDINATION OF THE SOCIAL PROTECTION SECTOR
Speaker 1: Coordination of the Social Protection Sector (PDF, 1.4MB)
Mr. Omondi Otieno - Global Director Capacities for Health and Social Policy (CHASP)
Speaker 2: Enhancing Coordination in Social Protection Policy Regimes (PDF, 1.6 MB)
Prof. Collins Miruka - Director of the School of Business and Management Studies at The Technical University of Kenya
TOPIC: THE FUTURE OF INNOVATIONS IN SOCIAL PROTECTION TARGETING
Speaker 1: Scaling Effective Causes: Cash Transfers and AI/ML (PDF, 2.2MB)
Michael Kayemba, Innovations Director - GiveDirectly Uganda Office
Speaker 2: Digital Data Systems and Targeting for Social Protection (1.5MB)
Sarah Mkisa - Head of Monitoring, Accountability, Evaluation & Learning plus Digital Innovation - Save the Children
Day 3 - Tuesday, 04 April 2023
PLENARY SESSION 3: IMPACT OF SOCIAL PROTECTION INTERVENTIONS IN KENYA
Integration of Social Protection Systems in Tackling Life Cycle Risks (PDF, 800KB)
Prof. Gituro Wainaina - Professor of Business Analytics at the University of Nairobi - Faculty of Business and Management Sciences
BREAKOUT SESSION 7: Experiences on Enhanced SP Coverage
Speaker 1: Role of Social Protection in Achieving Zero Hunger (PDF, 1.3MB)
Sheila Nkunika - World Food Programme (WFP)
Speaker 2: Social Assistance coverage and Social Insurance coverage in Africa (PDF, 900KB)
Dr Luke Harman - Social Protection Specialist - UNICEF
BREAKOUT SESSION 8: Opportunities for Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced People in Social Protection Systems
Danielle Trotter: Senior Social Protection Officer - UNHCR Regional Bureau for East, the Horn and the Great Lakes
Speaker 2: Inclusive Social Protection Systems for Forcibly Displaced Populations (PDF, 780KB)
Hellen Owiti, Programme Development and Quality Director, Save the Children East & Southern Africa
BREAKOUT SESSION 9: Financing Social Protection in Kenya to Promote Inclusive Growth
Speaker 1: Financing Social Protection in Kenya to Promote Inclusive Growth (PDF, 1.3MB)
Dr. Bob Libert Muchabaiwa Public Finance Specialist - UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Nairobi
Speaker 2: Financing Social Protection to Promote Inclusive Growth - The West Pokot County Experience (PDF, 2.1MB)
Chebet Mungo, Chief officer, Finance & Economic Planning West Pokot County
Day 4 - Wednesday, 05 April 2023
PLENARY SESSION 5: TOWARDS SHOCK RESPONSIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION IN EMERGENCIES
Gala Dahlet, Social Protection Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO
PLENARY SESSION 6: FINANCING SHOCK RESPONSIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION
Presenter 1: Early Action and Shock Responsive Social Protection a Global Perspective (PDF, 460KB)
David Kamau, Social Protection Specialist , World Food Program WFP
Presenter 2: Role of National Governments in Addressing Shock - Responsive Social Protection - Financing of National Drought Emergency Fund in Kenya
A case of increased funding to cushion the vulnerable population in seasons of drought: (PDF, 1.1MB)
Lt Col (Rtd), Hared Hassan Adan CGSU (USA), NDU (USA): CEO - NDMA, Ministry of ASALs
BREAKOUT SESSION 10
Topic: Cash plus interventions- the role of Cash and Voucher in addressing humanitarian Social Protection.
Speaker 1: Operational linkages between Social Protection Systems, Disaster Preparedness, Early Warning and ManagementPeter Murgor, CVA, Markets & Social Protection Manager, Kenya Red Cross & Kenya Cash Working Group Co-chair
BREAKOUT SESSION 11
Topic: Linking SP to income generation: A case for Economic Inclusion Programme in Kenya
Speaker 1: Linking Social Protection to Income Generation: A Case for Economic Inclusion Programming in KenyaWinnie Mwasiaji, National Social Protection Specialist, Food and Agriculture Organization, Kenya
Speaker 2: Designing and Delivering Government-led Graduation Programs for People Living in Extreme PovertyTaddeo Muriuki, Chief Government Relations Officer, Village Enterprise