The EU Social Protection Systems Programme (EU-SPS) is a 4-year programme supporting ten developing partner country governments and national expert institutions in their efforts to develop inclusive and sustainable social protection systems in close co-ordination with other international partners.

Launched on 1 January 2015, the EU-SPS Programme’s support is focused on strengthening the partner countries' domestic analytic and management capacities in social protection. The partner countries are: Cambodia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Togo, Vietnam and Zambia.

Close co-operation with partner countries

The country specific activities are designed in cooperation with the national agency appointed by the partner government to work with the EU-SPS. The activities carried out have been determined and prioritised by the partner government as suitable areas for cooperation.

The EU-SPS works in close cooperation with the partner country stakeholders such as national social protection policy makers and policy implementation planners, research institutes, universities, and think tanks, civil society organisations, service and care providers, and their national and international partners.

More information about EU-SPS partner countries

EU Action implemented by two agencies

The EU-SPS is an EU Action co-financed by the European Commission, the OECD and the Government of Finland.

The implementing agencies for the EU-SPS are the OECD Development Centre and the Government of Finland’s National Institute for Health and Welfare (abbreviated ‘THL’ in Finnish). 

More information on the partner agencies:

• OECD Development Centre
• National Institute for Health and Welfare THL 
• Directorate General for International Co-operation and Development (DEVCO)

EU-SPS Programme brochure (pdf, 1 Mb)

The EU-SPS programme management team is responsible for the contents of this website and it does not necessarily represent fully the official views of the co-financing partners.