Preparation of Child Sensitive Social Protection Project Förberedelse av barnkänsligt socialt skyddsprojekt UNICEF har ansökt hos Sida för finansiering om 7 341 808 USD (ca 61 813 700 kronor) till "Bekämpning av barnfattigdom och sårbarhet i Boucle du Mouhoun, Centrala-Norra, Norra och Östra regionerna" i Burkina Faso under perioden 2018-2020.
Det övergripande målet med detta projekt är att ta itu med flaskhalsar på efterfrågesidan för att förbättra barns rättigheter genom ett barn-sensitivt socialt skyddsnät i 5 kommuner i Boucle du Mouhoun, 3 kommuner i centrala norra, 3 kommuner i norra och 4 kommuner i östra regionen.
UNICEF, tillsammans med Rädda Barnen, lät utföra en fattigdomsprofilering och sårbarhetsanalys av barn i Boucle du Mouhoun för att mäta flerdimensionell barnfattigdom och sårbarhet i kommunerna Boromo, Dédougou, Kona, Safané och Ye. Eftersom projektet är avsett att genomföras i ytterligare 3 regioner utöver Boucle du Mouhoun-regionen, syftar detta bidrag till att göra en analys av fattigdomsprofileringen och sårbarheten hos barn i dessa 4 regioner och att fokusera på fattiga och utsatta hushåll på 15 kommuner i alla 5 regionerna. UNICEF has applied to Sida for funding of 7,341,808 USD (about 61.813.700 SEK) to the "Tackling child poverty and vulnerabilities in the Boucle du Mouhoun, Centre-North, North and East regions" in Burkina Faso during the period 2018-2020. 
The overall objective of this project is to address demand side bottlenecks to improve the realization of children’s rights through a Child-Sensitive Social Protection in 5 municipalities in Boucle du Mouhoun, 3 municipalities in Centre North, 3 municipalities in North and 4 municipalities in East regions.
In 2016, UNICEF, together with Save the Children, commissioned a poverty profiling and vulnerability analysis of children in the Boucle du Mouhoun to measure multidimensional child poverty and vulnerability in Boromo, Dédougou, Kona, Safané, and Ye municipalities. Since the project is intended to be implemented in other 3 regions in addition to Boucle du Mouhoun region, this contribution aims to carry out a poverty profiling and vulnerability analysis of children in these 4 regions and to make the targeting of poor and vulnerable household in 15 municipalities households in all the 5 regions. The preparation phase of the project “Child-sensitive social protection in the Boucle du Mouhoun, North, Center-North and East regions: aimed to set up preliminary activities for the implementation of a major child-sensitive social protection project. The approach encompassed development of cash transfer tools, elaboration of a child sensitivity package, access to basic services on health, nutrition and WASH as key strategies to address child poverty in Burkina Faso. TFour areas of intervention were concerned:• Conduct a child poverty and profiling analysis with a sound methodology to dissect di-mensions of child poverty and deprivations as well as the structural causes of their vul-nerability in the regions of East, North and Centre-North• Ensure the targeting and registering of poor and vulnerable population in the single na-tional registry following the consensual targeting methodology based on the principle of subsidiarity promoted by the National Social Protection Policy; • Build technical and institutional capacities (training, setting up of communal social ser-vices) of 15 communes targeted to host a child-sensitive social protection project;• Develop child-sensitive tools to encourage better investments aiming at addressing the needs and rights of children at the household and community levels.The main results include the following:• A mixed survey (quantitative and qualitative) was conducted to profile the multidimen-sional poverty of children in the Centre North, North and East regions according to the methodology applied in the Boucle du Mouhoun Region (annex 1), disaggregated by sex and gender, using both monetary and non-monetary approaches (deprivations according to dimensions: WASH, health, nutrition, education, etc.);• The poor and vulnerable population of the 15 communes were targeted and registered in the single registry for which data are being processed by the SP/CNPS; • A "child-sensitive" package of modules was developed to encourage better investment in children's needs and rights at the household and community levels (life skills module, gender sensitivity tool, specific investment for boys and girls, etc.);• The launch of the multidimensional poverty study conducted in the Boucle du Mouhoun in 2016 and the establishment of a working group at national level;• The social services of the 15 targeted communes (government’s institutions providing social services) were provided with equipment to support the establishment of the na-tional single registry of poor and vulnerable people.The project has been implemented from 2017-12-01 to 2018-05-31.