[{"bbox": [158, 153, 1073, 312], "category": "Text", "text": "Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela R4V estimates than at least 7.2 million Venezuelans have left their country, and 6.1 million reside in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (R4V, 2023). Out of these, approximately 1.5 million live in Peru, including 1 million in the capital Lima, making it the second largest city with Venezuelan inhabitants after Caracas. Peru is the second country for refugees and migrants from Venezuela after Colombia and the leading host country for Venezuelan asylum seekers (530 000)."}, {"bbox": [158, 324, 1073, 429], "category": "Text", "text": "The Peruvian Government created new legal mechanisms for regularising migrants and refugees in 2021: the Humanitarian Residency and the Temporary Permanence Permit Card (CPP). Both mechanisms support the integration of the Venezuelan population and grant access to different levels of health, social insurance and social services."}, {"bbox": [158, 442, 1073, 522], "category": "Text", "text": "Notwithstanding advances in the regulation of migrants and access to some services for migrants, a strategic improvement of inclusion and social policies at territorial and local levels is required to guarantee the implementation of inclusive social protection programmes and services for all."}, {"bbox": [158, 535, 1073, 587], "category": "Text", "text": "The EU is both a key ally in the field of social protection and has been providing support extensively, under various instruments, to the Venezuelan migration crisis."}, {"bbox": [158, 600, 1073, 734], "category": "Text", "text": "The action builds on previous work and results of the highly regarded EUROsociAL programme, with the advantage of setting-up a permanent in county dialogue and support. It will operate in synergy with the bilateral support to Peru's health sector and the regional TEI on Inclusive Societies in LAC: It will contribute to the regional Global Gateway Flagship on Human Development, supporting the EU-Latin America investment agenda."}, {"bbox": [158, 746, 1073, 826], "category": "Text", "text": "It is also complementary to the array of EU funded actions providing assistance and support to the inclusion of migrants, in particular the project *Supporting Host Communities for Refugees and Migrants in the Border Regions of Colombia, Ecuador and Perú* (SI Frontera), implemented by GIZ."}, {"bbox": [147, 852, 401, 882], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.2 Problem Analysis"}, {"bbox": [158, 899, 325, 925], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Social protection"}, {"bbox": [158, 938, 1073, 1072], "category": "Text", "text": "The severe socio-economic impact caused by COVID19 pandemic highlighted the structural fragilities and underinvestment in the social protection, in rural and indigenous areas. These are exacerbated by a fragmentation of social protection policies and programmes and lack of articulation of the various social protection schemes and programmes in Perú. The sector has been historically fragmented in a contributory and a non-contributory pillar."}, {"bbox": [158, 1083, 1073, 1242], "category": "Text", "text": "The non-contributory pillar, whose responsibility lies with the Ministry of Social Development and Inclusion (MIDIS) and the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Population (MIMP), serves the poorest sectors of the country with programmes and services that are targeted to prevent, alleviate and overcome poverty and to some extent vulnerability, primarily in rural areas. These programs generally lack articulation with other social policies or even within the contributory pillar of the social protection."}, {"bbox": [158, 1254, 907, 1282], "category": "Text", "text": "MIDIS oversees the administration of these social assistance programs, including:"}, {"bbox": [195, 1294, 1073, 1348], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Pension 65: the national solidarity assistance program for people over 65 living in extreme poverty;"}, {"bbox": [195, 1359, 792, 1387], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Juntos, the conditional cash transfer program for the poorest;"}, {"bbox": [195, 1399, 638, 1427], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Cuna Más, subsidised day-care for children;"}, {"bbox": [195, 1439, 1073, 1467], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Contigo, a non-contributory pension for people with severe disability in situation of poverty;"}, {"bbox": [195, 1478, 667, 1506], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Qali Warma, the national school food program;"}, {"bbox": [195, 1518, 944, 1546], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Trabaja Perú, the program for the generation of inclusive social employment;"}, {"bbox": [195, 1558, 817, 1586], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Productive Youth, the national youth employment program; and"}, {"bbox": [976, 1666, 1081, 1691], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 6 of 27"}]