NARRATE IN UNITED NATIONS TONE, FLUENCY AND STYLE OF WRITING WHICH STAKEHOLDERS THE UN ESWATINI CAN PARTNER WITH TO ACHIEVE THIS OUTCOME. Also consider funding and financing partners, private sector, and civil society organisations Strategic Priority I: Inclusive Social Well-Being
Emphasizing enhanced systems for social service delivery, accountability, and equitable access for all with a focus on the vulnerable, thus ensuring that No One is Left Behind.
Outcome Statement
By 2030, all people in Eswatini are benefiting from efficient systems that deliver quality services particularly for the vulnerable populations.
Output 1: Strengthened health systems underpinned by strong governance institutions to deliver universal health access.
Proposed Transformative Solutions Consolidated From SPR
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Strengthen Healthcare Systems for improved health care service delivery: Develop the capacity of healthcare workers, particularly in relation to young people and persons with disabilities. Create favourable conditions for retaining healthcare workers and update training curricula for improved competence. Build public-private partnerships to enhance healthcare service delivery across sectors, ensuring that all citizens have access to high-quality public services. Strengthen Community Healthcare system for quality service delivery. Introduce and maintain standards of service for improved quality of healthcare.
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Enhance Supply Chain Management and Technology Integration: Develop the capacities to improve supply chain management and coordination, address shortages of essential medicines and equipment, and integrate digital tools for patient records, medicine, and diagnostics into the healthcare system.
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Implement Sustainable Health Financing and Governance: Explore sustainable health financing actions and establish governance mechanisms to ensure transparency, accountability, and equitable resource distribution. Introduce programme-based budgeting system for increased efficiency of the health system. Advocate for the healthcare workforce policy to ensure sustainability.
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Promote Anti-Corruption and Policy Sensitization: Strengthen parliamentary oversight for the effective implementation of the anti-corruption act and healthcare workforce policy to ensure better governance and reduce corruption in the healthcare sector.
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Maintain Achievements in Fight Against HIV: Reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Ensure availability of youth-friendly SRH services.
Output 2: Education system’s capacity is strengthened to deliver quality, lifelong learning opportunities for improved employability, skills enhancement, and entrepreneurship.
Proposed Transformative Solutions Consolidated From SPR
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Improve School Readiness for Better Learning Outcomes: Progressively Increase Coverage of Early Learning Programmes. Develop effective early learning programmes and curricula. Train specialized teachers for early learning. Increase demand for early learning programmes in communities proportionate to the capacity for service delivery.
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Enhance Education Relevance and Curriculum Development: Develop inclusive curricula tailored to labour market needs, including vocational training and entrepreneurial education, and
ensure the curriculum is relevant for the 21st century by integrating digitalization and digital
literacy. Effectively implement the competency-based curriculum by scaling it up and aligning it with societal and economic needs.
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Improve Teacher Training and Professional Development: Strengthen the capacity of In-Service Training system of MOET. Provide teacher training on inclusive education, focusing on children with disabilities and valnerable groups, and enhance in-service training to improve teaching quality and effectiveness across all levels of education.
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Address Education System Efficiency and Equity: Introduce quality improvement measures to reduce dropout rates and grade repetition. Establish robust monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to improve education quality and equity, ensuring resources are allocated efficiently. Reform learning assessment systems.
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Support Digitalization for Education: Improve infrastructure to support a digitalized world, ensuring communities have access to the digital tools and resources necessary for education, employment, and daily life.
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Promote Psychosocial Support Services for the Youth (in and out of school youth): Provide services to address teenage pregnancy and mental health issues, while improving knowledge and skills among youth and society to promote the adoption of protective and healthy behaviours, reducing risky behaviours, and enhancing overall well-being.
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Promote Public-Private Partnership in Education: Develop and introduce effective models for public-private partnership in education sector to increase access and quality of service. Introduce innovative models for financing and cost recovery in higher levels of education.
Output 3: Strengthened social protection systems to reduce inequality and protect vulnerable households from economic and environmental shocks.
Proposed Transformative Solutions Consolidated From SPR
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Strengthen Social Protection Systems and Policies: Strengthen disaster-responsive social protection systems to safeguard against climate-related shocks and enhance social protection for the poor and vulnerable, including children from poor households and persons with disabilities. Implement effective policies that address key social issues and promote inclusive development across all sectors. Implement programmes that increase efficiency of current investment in social protection.
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Promote Inclusive Access to Services and Opportunities: Support the government in better linking beneficiaries to health, education, and employment opportunities. Increase accessibility to integrated education, livelihood, and employment opportunities, particularly for vulnerable groups, to foster inclusive economic growth and social mobility.
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Enhance Social and Physical Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities: Support development of enabling environment for inclusion of persons with disabilities. Implement social behaviour change programmes to reduce stigma and promote social inclusion of persons with disabilities. Implement measures for inclusion of persons with disabilities in all services from early stages of life, including health and education. Enhance Physical and Infrastructure Adaptation. Physically adapt social service infrastructure to better accommodate persons with disabilities,
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Foster Inclusive Economic and Social Development in efforts to Address Socio-cultural Barriers: Support policies that foster inclusive economic growth and development, ensuring valnerable groups have access to the resources, opportunities, and support needed to thrive in society to ensure social inclusion, equality, and respect for all individuals.
Output 4: Strengthened governance systems to promote accountable, and equitable development, ensuring efficient public service delivery for all.
Proposed Transformative Solutions Consolidated From SPR
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Enhance Transparency, Accountability, and Inclusive Governance: Promote transparency and accountability through digitalization of public services, citizen feedback mechanisms, and
comprehensive performance management systems. Implement policies that strengthen
governance frameworks and improve coordination at all levels of government, fostering public trust and effective administration. Strengthening platforms for social dialogue and tripartite engagement.
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Strengthen Legal and Institutional Frameworks: Strengthen judicial and law enforcement institutions to uphold the rule of law, improve labour dispute resolution mechanisms, and harmonize the mandates of ministries, agencies, and commissions to eliminate overlap. Regularly review and update laws to align with international best practices and ensure compliance with global standards.
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Strengthen Labor and Employment Systems: Provide human and financial support to labour inspections, review labour laws to ensure fairness, and implement strategic compliance plans across vulnerable sectors. Adopt results-based management and key performance indicators (KPIs) to improve the performance of government employees and ensure merit-based hiring in the public sector.
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Support Sustainable Development and Policy Implementation: Support the enactment of local government bill into an Act, review and finalize the national land policy for sustainable development and establish competitive platforms for public-private dialogue to ensure balanced policy and budget decisions. Strengthen data collection and statistical methods to inform evidence-based decision-making and foster long-term economic planning.