Harness the role of community-based organizations for inclusiveness. Community-based organizations (CBOs) played an active role in implementing the PMEP, such as facilitating information dissemination in the community, collecting applications from interested unemployed individuals, and connecting them to ward offices. Similarly, CBOs helped the government in identifying poor and vulnerable people as recipients of its food distribution efforts and contributed to addressing food needs during the crisis. When CBOs and the government work together, with an appropriate coordination mechanism, they can play an even more active and important role to mitigate the socioeconomic impact of future disasters. Such close collaboration can contribute to better identification of poor and affected individuals and distribution of relief items and to improved monitoring of Gender and inclusion biases in service access. Strengthening the capacity of CBOs and properly coordinating and aligning their contribution can maximize their impact on reforms.
COVID-19 Active Response and Expenditure Support Program