Social protection, child protection and jobs
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Enhancing adaptive social protection in fragile countries
Genesis partnered with UNICEF headquarters and country offices in Kenya, Guatemala, Iraq, Madagascar and Sierra Leone to analyse pathways for scaling up Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) through Public Finance Management (PFM) systems.

Djibouti adopts targeted approach to social protection
Genesis has been contracted by UNICEF to conduct a budget analysis on social protection spending in Djibouti, along with a fiscal space analysis to recommend ways that the government can increase resources for social protection.

Investment agenda to empower Niger’s youth
Genesis, in partnership with UNICEF Niger, is spearheading an initiative to empower Niger’s youth by addressing the challenges they face in a rapidly evolving world, particularly in the areas of education, skills development, entrepreneurship and employment.

Investing in Ukraine’s youth is key to post-war recovery
Why is investing in Ukraine’s youth important, and how can it be done effectively and efficiently? To answer this question, Genesis was contracted by UNICEF to develop an investment case to inform the scale-up of youth services and ensure adequate resources, quality interventions and effective partnerships.

Improving child social services in Iraq
Genesis was contracted by UNICEF Iraq to strengthen social services in Iraq by focusing on the children of the area. It will help grow the social safety network with a cash-transfer programme in Iraq as well as the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

Bridging the social protection gap for Zambia’s vulnerable children
Genesis has been contracted by the World Bank to support the Government of Zambia to design and pilot service delivery models for the inclusion of vulnerable children orphaned or affected by Covid-19 and other adversities into the country’s Social Cash Transfer Programme.

Social spending review aims to spur on reforms in Iraq
Genesis has been contracted to conduct a Social Protection Expenditure and Performance Review as part of efforts to improve social protection outcomes and accelerate reforms in Iraq.

Social protection expenditure review in Jordan
Genesis was contracted by UNICEF to examine social protection spending and efficiency in Jordan with the aim of bolstering the government’s efforts in scaling up programmes across the country, while improving their efficiency, quality and uptake.

Financing adaptive social protection in fragile nations
Genesis was contracted to conduct a multi-country study of the public finance systems and processes used as part of adaptive social protection (ASP) responses in fragile countries over the past five to six years. The evidence gathered will help UNICEF to strengthen ASP systems in fragile countries.

Employability toolkit to bridge skills gap in higher education
Genesis was contracted by the Education Development Centre under USAID’s Leading Through Learning Global Platform agreement to develop a Higher Education Employability Toolkit for Africa as well as Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

Enhancing economic prospects for youth on the margins
Genesis, in partnership with Generation Unlimited (GenU) and 10 UNICEF country offices, is conducting a foundational landscape analysis across Africa and the Middle East that informs the development of the investment agenda in each country and addresses challenges confronting the youth.

From learning to earning: Assessing SA’s youth skilling model
Genesis was contracted by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to assess the effectiveness of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) workstream model in fostering demand-led skills and creating an agile workforce.

Equipping Zambia’s youth with employability skills
UNICEF Zambia, alongside the Zambian government, partnered with Genesis to undertake a thorough landscape analysis focused on skills development and career education geared towards employability and entrepreneurship for the nation’s youth.

Addressing food security in a global pandemic
Genesis Analytics, through the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), advised the Solidarity Fund on if, and how, it could support a sustainable food production intervention that addressed the persistent experience of hunger by the most vulnerable households in South Africa (which has been aggravated by Covid-19).

Ensuring the greatest impact of Covid relief funds in SA
The Solidarity Fund was set up in March 2020 to fund a range of initiatives that addressed the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) funded Genesis Analytics to provide extensive and wide-ranging technical support for the fund to ensure that the investments made by the fund had the greatest possible impact.

Assessing impact of family planning programme for Kenyan girls
Genesis was contracted to conduct a rapid impact assessment of the Choice for Change (C4C) family planning programme in Kenya targeting adolescent girls. Choice for Change is a CIFF-funded initiative, though implemented through Marie Stopes Kenya (MSK), IPAS and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Early flood forecasting system for Incomati Basin
Genesis was engaged as the financial and economic adviser on a three-year project to support a holistic flood risk mitigation system in the Incomati Basin. Our work was integral in establishing the need for an early warning flood forecasting system (EWFFS) and its requirements for financial sustainability.