Social & Human Capital Systems
Strengthening the systems that enable people and communities to access quality health, education, protection and economic opportunities.
Strengthening the systems that enable people and communities to access quality health, education, protection and economic opportunities.
Areas of specialisation
Where this domain goes deep, and what each area covers in practice.
Health Systems Support
Improving the capacity, resilience and performance of health systems to deliver accessible, equitable and high-quality services. This specialization covers primary healthcare, health workforce development, maternal and child health, nutrition, community health, health information systems and service-delivery improvement. It also addresses institutional capacity, health governance, emergency preparedness and the integration of climate resilience into health policies, programmes and frontline services.
Education & Skills Development
Strengthening education and skills-development systems to improve access, quality, relevance and learning outcomes. This specialization covers education-sector planning, institutional capacity development, teacher training, curriculum design and review, technical and vocational education, education management systems and quality assurance. It also supports the development of market-responsive skills programmes, apprenticeships and skills-to-employment pathways that connect education and training with labour-market opportunities.
Social Protection Systems
Developing inclusive, adaptive and shock-responsive systems that protect vulnerable households, reduce poverty and strengthen resilience. This specialization covers social safety nets, cash-transfer programmes, social assistance, beneficiary targeting, registration systems and grievance-redress mechanisms. It also includes social protection policy development, programme design, delivery-system strengthening and the integration of social assistance with humanitarian response, livelihoods and longer-term economic inclusion.
Youth & Employment
Creating practical pathways for young people to acquire relevant skills, access employment and participate meaningfully in economic and civic life. This specialization includes youth-programme design, labour-market assessments, technical and soft-skills development, apprenticeships, job-matching services, entrepreneurship support and enterprise development. It also covers youth-engagement frameworks that strengthen young people’s participation in policy, community development and decision-making processes.
Gender & Social Inclusion
Embedding gender equality and social inclusion across policies, institutions, programmes and service-delivery systems. This specialization includes gender and inclusion analysis, women’s economic empowerment, disability inclusion, safeguarding, inclusive programme design and support for marginalized and underserved groups. It also addresses the social and institutional barriers that restrict participation, access to services, economic opportunity and representation in decision-making.
Community Development
Strengthening community institutions, local participation and collective capacity to address development challenges and build resilience. This specialization covers community-driven development, participatory planning, civic engagement, social accountability, community mobilization and locally led programme design. It also supports inclusive consultation, community feedback systems, conflict-sensitive engagement and stronger collaboration between communities, public institutions and local service providers.
