The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) designed and conducted a mapping project in nine local self-government units that provided an up-to-date overview of available social protection programs, coverage of the population by these programs and their needs, and critical differences between needs and opportunities related to the provision of social protection services.

The project was implemented with the aim of defining recommendations for the improvement of existing and/or introduction of new social protection services in partner units of local self-government, as well as inter-municipal and inter-entity cooperation.