Light-Touch Mapping of SDC Activities in Social Protection
Abstract
Social protection is not explicitly mentioned as part of SDC’s strategic objectives 2017-
2020 or listed as a SDC priority theme (as outlined in ‘Dispatch 2017-2020’). Yet many
SDC country offices do engage with social protection – either through their support of
wider policy frameworks or by providing input into specific interventions. As social
protection is not a separate theme within SDC, there is no direct overview of activities
that are undertaken in this area across the organisation. This note presents findings of
a light-touch mapping exercise aiming to obtain insight into the ongoing engagements
with social protection across SDC. It is based on information obtained from geographical
divisions guided by a basic definition of social protection.