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What is P4SP?

Partnerships for Social Protection (P4SP) is a four year, AUD18 million Australian Government program that supports governments in Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste to strengthen their national social protection systems.

Through these systems, P4SP works to support community and economic wellbeing, particularly following COVID-19, and helps build resilience to future shocks.

P4SP supports networking, learning and knowledge sharing across the region, grounded in experience and evidence from the Pacific and Timor-Leste.

What can P4SP offer?

P4SP provides tailored support to strengthen national social protection systems through:

• Short- or long-term advisors who work alongside partner governments to build and strengthen inclusive and sustainable social protection systems
• Specialist on-call technical assistance from our network of over 70 global experts spanning:
  • Social protection policy (including integration with disability, ageing populations, children, social services, health and nutrition, livelihoods and labour markets, climate change and humanitarian responses)
  • Financing and fiscal management for social protection
  • Governance and strengthening institutional capacity
  • Social protection operations (including Management Information Systems, financial inclusion, and payments)
  • Economic analysis, modelling and undertaking simulations
  • Ensuring gender equality, disability and social inclusion are considered and promoted in social protection policies and programs
  • The role of social protection in relation to climate change
  • Monitoring and evaluation of social protection programs and policies.
• Research and analysis to help improve understanding of social protection in the region
• Training, learning, and networking opportunities, in-country and across the region
• Partnerships, advocacy and policy dialogue with partner governments, civil society organisations and other development partners
• Supporting the piloting of new initiatives and helping procure and implement solutions to improve the delivery of social protection programs.