United Nations development assistance framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19: Contextualization in Senegal October 2020 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FRAMEWORK FOR THE IMMEDIATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESPONSE TO COVID-19 Preface In recent years, Senegal has recorded strong economic growth and significant progress in social development through the implementation of the Senegal Emergent Plan (PSE). Unfortunately, like other countries in the world and as various studies have shown, the impact of COVID-19 threatens to undermine the progress made by the country and in particular the achievement of the Goals set out in Agendas 2030 and Agenda 2063. The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a health crisis. It is also an economic, social, humanitarian, security and human rights crisis that affects us as individuals, families, communities and societies. To stem it, the Government of Senegal, under the leadership of President Macky SALL, has set up an Economic and Social Resilience Program (PRES) for very short-term actions. The magnitude of the shock resulting from this pandemic has necessitated the reorganization of development interventions through the Adjusted and Accelerated Priority Action Plan (PAP 2A) which not only provides a strengthened response to this shock, but also lays the foundations for a strong economic recovery that should keep the country on the initially adopted path of emergence. This United Nations Framework for Socio-Economic Response in Senegal is the collective contribution of the United Nations in Senegal in response to the socio-economic impact of COVID-19. The framework will put into practice the March 2020 report of the UN Secretary General “Shared responsibility, global solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19”. This response of the United Nations System has a results and resources framework that reflects the priority interventions formulated jointly over a 13- month period. These are aligned with the effects of the United Nations Framework Plan for Cooperation for Sustainable Development (UNSDCF 2019-2023) and the five pillars of the Secretary General’s Socio-Economic Response Plan. In addition, these priority interventions will be integrated into the joint work plans of UNSDCF 2021, to ensure the coherence of interventions in support of national development priorities. This socio-economic response framework to the COVID-19 pandemic is part of the strengthening of the excellent existing cooperation between the Government of Senegal and the United Nations System and provides concrete, multifaceted and flexible support to the Government of Senegal and its population in order to build better than before to accelerate our efforts to achieve Agenda 2030. His Excellency Mr. Siaka COULIBALY Mr. Amadou HOTT Resident Coordinator Minister of Economy, of the United Nations System Planning and Cooperation in Senegal UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FRAMEWORK FOR THE IMMEDIATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESPONSE TO COVID-19 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FRAMEWORK FOR THE IMMEDIATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESPONSE TO COVID-19 5 Table of contents Summary 7 I. Introduction 11 II. Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 in Senegall 15 III. National crisis response mechanisms 33 IV. Post-COVID-19 Paradigm Shift “Building Back Better” or to better rebuild 41 V. Programmatic Priorities of the Response Framework 49 VI. Partnership and Resource Mobilization 69 VII. Monitoring/Evaluation and Communication on the Response Framework 71 VII. Results and resources framework ( see attached file) 73 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FRAMEWORK FOR THE IMMEDIATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESPONSE TO COVID-19 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FRAMEWORK FOR THE IMMEDIATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESPONSE TO COVID-19 Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has led to several sovereignty”; “strengthening of social crises of a health, economic and social protection for better resilience” as well nature. To face this crisis, the Government as “greater capacity for private sector of Senegal has taken various measures to intervention in the economy”. The following limit the disastrous consequences on the sectors are therefore the subject of particular economy and the different social sectors. attention: intensive, abundant and resilient Thus, a first series of measures fall under a agriculture, an inclusive health system, an state of health emergency. These were related efficient education system, a strong national to the establishment of a curfew at night, private sector and the strengthening of social the prohibition of inter-city travel, closure of protection, industrial transformation and the mosques, etc. At the same time, to mitigate the digital economy. economic and social impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the Government developed and In addition, in May 2020, the United Nations began implementing an Economic and Social COVID-19 Readiness Plan and Response in Resilience Plan (PRES) with a fund called Senegal was launched on the basis of the FORCE-COVID-19 amounting to FCFA 1,000 UNDAF, the cooperation framework between billion, or 7% of GDP. This amount was used the United Nations and Senegal. The document to support the health sector, the diaspora detailed the actions of the different UN entities and vulnerable households, to pay water and to complement national efforts undertaken in electricity bills, to partially remission of the tax the fight against the virus and its spread. It also debt, etc. Nearly 80% of the resources were outlined immediate interventions to address specifically allocated to businesses in order the economic and social consequences of to preserve jobs and maintain the productive the pandemic in Senegal, aligned with the capacities of the Senegalese economy. In Economic and Social Resilience Program addition to the PRES, other sectoral measures launched by the Government of Senegal in have been taken in particular in the areas of April. Following a review conducted in July health and education as a national response to 2020, it was assessed that approximately the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the State of US$234 million would have been required Senegal revised the second priority action plan for the urgent implementation of activities to of the Senegal Emergent Plan (PAP 2/PSE) support the Government’s efforts until the end to integrate the entire government’s recovery of 2020. An amount of approximately US$73 plan. This adjusted and accelerated PAP 2 million was foreseen in the form of a loan. (PAP 2A), to win the bet to revive the economy, Thanks to the reallocation of already existing backs its vision on the priority of “endogenous resources, about US$ 161 million was made development oriented towards a favorable available by the various UN agencies in Senegal. and more competitive productive sector with Donor contributions helped to make up the the involvement of a strong national private remaining balance. With the launch of this sector as well as on the principles of ethics, new socio-economic framework, the COVID-19 local preference and solidarity. The PAP 2A is Readiness and Response Plan is coming to an committed to promoting an economy based on end. All the activities that were not completed “reducing dependence on the outside through have been transferred to the socio-economic sustainable and inclusive industrialization”; framework while remaining included in the “accelerating food, health and pharmaceutical COVID-19 Readiness Plan and Response Plan 8 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FRAMEWORK FOR THE IMMEDIATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESPONSE TO COVID-19 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FRAMEWORK FOR THE IMMEDIATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESPONSE TO COVID-19 9 presented to the Government as well as in while continuing to provide ambulatory and The six pillar products are: PS2.1: Social measures so that macroeconomic policies the UNDAF.The United Nations system, with a specific care. More specifically, the following protection systems are strengthened to make benefit the most vulnerable, green recovery view to preparing for a post-Covid era, offers a measures should be operationalized: them more resilient and pro-poor; PS2.2: and strengthening multilateral and regional framework to support countries to emerge from Maintenance of essential food and nutritional responses. The major actions to be • Implementing health security based this crisis and create economies and societies services is supported; PS2.3: Continuity of implemented will relate specifically to: on health system reform; that are more resilient to shocks of such quality water and sanitation services delivery • The orientation of the macroeconomic magnitude. This framework is based on the • Ensuring sovereignty in the production is supported; PS2.4: Learning for all children policies objectives towards those that paradigm of “Building Back Better” and more and supply of medicines. and adolescents, preferably in schools, is guarantee the inclusion of vulnerable specifically it is about using the of recovery, supported; PS2.5: Specialized protection for The 3 products of pillar 1 are: PSI.1. Rapid populations and consideration of the rehabilitation and reconstruction phases after particularly vulnerable groups is strengthened analytical and policy support and technical environment; a disaster to increase the resilience of nations and PS2.6: Mechanisms for preventing and advice is provided; PSI2: Secure delivery of and communities by integrating disaster risk responding to violence against women and • The use of budgetary instruments