📋 Tender Overview
Project Name
Strengthening Project Development of Health and Social Protection Sector (Subproject 7)
Project Number
58174-005
Country / Economy
Georgia
Project Status
Active
Project Type / Modality of Assistance
Technical Assistance
Source of Funding / Amount
TA 10428-GEO: Strengthening Project Development of Health and Social Protection Sector (Subproject 7)
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 200,000.00
Operational Priorities
OP1: Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities
OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality
OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity
Sector / Subsector
Health / Health care finance - Health system development
Gender
Effective gender mainstreaming
Description
The overall aim of the TA will be to support the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs, commonly referred to as the Ministry of Health (MOH), for capacity development, policy advice, and potential program identification and preparation. The TA will support MOH's two new social protection pilots on homecare and personal assistant services that have close linkages with the health sector (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, kinesiology, nutrition, mental health, etc.).
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy
The TA explores the nexus between health and social protection and is strategically linked with a common overall objective to allow for the enabling sector environment and opening new business opportunities. The TA is particularly aligned with ADB's strategic objective (ii) foster a more resilient and inclusive society under the current ADB country partnership strategy for Georgia (CPS), 2024-2028. The TA project is linked to the following operational priorities: OP1: Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality and OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity. The TA will achieve the anticipated impact by providing needed policy advice for scaling up social protection services and building capacity of relevant institutions in managing and designing policy solutions for ensuring wider reach for social protection services for the longer term.
Impact
Foster a more resilient and inclusive society
Project Outcome
Description of Outcome
The main outcome of the TA is to strengthen the Ministry of Health's (MOH) new social protection services, particularly benefiting women and persons with disabilities. The TA's performance indicators are:
By the end of 2025:
1. MOH's monitoring and evaluation system developed for implementation.
2. The retention rate of MOH's homecare workers and personal assistants (out of which 80% women) improved
