sp:Program

https://publicschema.org/sp/Program

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A government or institutional social protection intervention that provides benefits to eligible individuals or households based on defined criteria. A program has a name, implementing agency, targeting approach, and coverage area.

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Properties

Property Type Definition
Name string
The full display name of the record. Depending on the concept, this is a person's or group's name, or the title of a program, instrument, scoring rule, or software product.
Implementing agency string The government ministry or organization responsible for program administration.
Coverage area concept:Location The geographic or administrative scope of program coverage.
Targeting approach string (sp/targeting-approach) The method used to identify eligible beneficiaries.
Conditionality type string (sp/conditionality-type)
Whether the program requires beneficiaries to meet behavioral conditions to receive benefits (unconditional, conditional, soft conditional, labelled).
Start date date The date on which this became effective.
End date date
The last day on which this is effective. A period includes both its start date and its end date, so a period that applies only on 30 June 2026 has start date 2026-06-30 and end date 2026-06-30.

Evidence

Present in 4 of 6 mapped delivery systems.

Standard Equivalent Match
DCI IBR Programme close
Both describe a social protection program; DCI emphasizes benefit modalities and institutional classification while PublicSchema emphasizes coverage area and targeting approach

Referenced by this concept

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