Duration of assignment: 6 months
Narrative description of Project:
The overall objective of the assignment was conducting needs and vulnerability assessment on both supply and demand side of the social protection system in Armenia to tailor the existing system to the current realities and anticipated developments. The scope of work revolves around synthesizing the current social needs and capacity structures and provide recommendations to help the government, both central and local, and respective social providers to better organize their policies and interventions, systems and processes and products around the needs and local preferences (citizen-centric approach), rather than following only the expediency of the service provider. The principles of do-no-harm and leave-no-one-behind guided the assignment with a special focus on women, children, youth, the elderly, veterans, and person with disabilities.