Socio-Economic Response & Recovery Framework COVID-19 in Angola

In March 2020, in response to the global health pandemic of COVID-19 the United Nations Development System (UNDS) switched to emergency mode in order to support all Member States.

The UN Framework addresses five areas: 1) ensuring that essential health services are still available and protecting health systems; 2) helping people cope with adversity, through social protection and basic services; 3) protecting jobs, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, and informal sector workers through economic response and recovery programs; 4) guiding the necessary surge in fiscal and financial stimulus to make macroeconomic policies work for the most vulnerable and strengthening multilateral and regional responses; and 5) promoting social cohesion and investing in community-led resilience and response systems.

In all Member States, UN Country Teams (UNCTs) have undertaken the task of repurposing and reprogramming efforts in close collaboration with donors and partners, without losing sight of the promise of the 2030 Agenda. The socio-economic response is led by the UN Resident Coordinator, with UNDP as technical lead, working with the UNCT as one across all facets of the response. The UN Direct Health Response led by WHO is also integrated in order to achieve greater coherence and allow accountability.

Based on the mentioned five pillars, the UNCT in Angola prepared this UN Socio-Economic Response Plan to COVID-19, which addresses both programmatic and policy support national needs, to which a budget is attached with costs and financial gaps.