The Department of Information Services has launched the Public Information Campaign for the Gambia Social Registry (GAMSR). The first regional launching was held on 15th October 2020 at the Governor’s office in Brikama, West Coast Region.
Gambia Government is establishing a Social Registry as part of its move towards an integrated social protection system in the country.
The GAMSR is a data collection tool designed to store, analyze and categorize the population’s demographic and socio-economic information to inform programming and support policy development and reforms. It also serves as an entry point for poor and vulnerable individuals or populations to potentially be included in, and benefit from, social protection programs once they register, by allowing development partners and other interest groups to better identify them.
The GAMSR will facilitate easy coordination and synergies among support programs, thus preventing duplication of efforts, reducing administrative cost, and allowing the unreached to be reached.
The Department of Information Services is therefore leading a regional community outreach exercise to raise more awareness about the Social Registry and the upcoming nationwide household registration exercise by GBoS.