Learn from anywhere
Access capacity-building programmes from different locations
The platform for learning.
The Learning Management System
for Social Protection.
Mizizi, meaning roots, is the digital learning foundation of The Institute for Social Policy. Just as strong roots nourish growth, Mizizi places knowledge and learning at the center of building stronger social policy and social protection systems.
Mizizi is the Institute's Learning Management Information System (LMIS), providing the infrastructure through which knowledge is organized, transferred, and accessed. It enables learners to participate in structured capacity-building courses, connect with faculty expertise, and engage with practical learning resources, wherever they are.
Mizizi is the root through which the Institute delivers and extends the work of the faculty. While The faculty brings policy leadership, field experience, and evidence into the learning experience, Mizizi provides the digital environment that enables this expertise to reach more learners, across diverse contexts and over time.
More than a platform for hosting courses, Mizizi supports a continuous learning journey. It connects people to knowledge, knowledge to practice, and learning to the development of stronger social protection systems.
Mizizi
Through Mizizi, learners can:
Structured pathways
Follow structured and relevant learning pathways
Faculty and resources
Engage with faculty expertise, evidence and practical resources
Applied to practice
Connect learning to real policy and programme challenges
A pace that fits
Learn at a pace that responds to their professional responsibilities
Dialogue and exchange
Participate in dialogue and exchange with other learners
Materials that stay
Revisit learning materials beyond the formal course period
Growth that continues
Continue developing their capabilities beyond the classroom
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Training
Your journey begins with a course designed around the realities of social protection practice.
Our programmes use real African and global case studies, simulations, practical tools, applied assignments, peer learning, and guidance from experienced practitioners. Every course is designed to help you strengthen your decision-making and apply what you learn directly in your work.
But completing a course is not the end of your engagement with the Institute. It is your entry point into a wider professional community.
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Knowledge Hub
You gain access to the Knowledge Hub, a growing repository and publishing platform for social protection knowledge.
The Hub brings together research, practical tools, policy insights, case studies, publications, and lessons from implementation. It allows you to continue learning during and after your course, while staying connected to new ideas and developments in the sector.
You can also contribute your own experience, insights, and work, helping to turn knowledge from the field into resources that benefit the wider social protection community.
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Jamii House
Jamii is a Kiswahili word meaning community. Jamii House is where participants, alumni, practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and sector leaders come together to exchange ideas and build lasting professional relationships.
Through podcasts, webinars, conferences, expert dialogues, debates, live lectures, alumni engagements, and the annual Jamii House Lecture, you remain connected long after your course ends. You can join conversations, share your experience, speak as a guest, learn from others, and contribute to the issues shaping social protection.
Jamii House gives the Institute its human connection. It transforms a learning experience into a lasting professional community.
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Social Research Centre
The Social Research Centre creates opportunities to investigate the questions that matter to social protection policy and practice.
Participants and alumni who want to take their learning further may contribute to research, collaborate with experts, publish their work, or receive support to explore promising research ideas. The Centre will generate evidence on what works, what does not, and why, then feed those insights back into our courses, publications, and professional conversations.
In this way, you are not only accessing knowledge. You can help create it.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Our training is designed for mid-to-senior-level professionals working in social protection and related fields. This includes policymakers, government officials, programme managers, development partners, NGO practitioners, researchers, consultants, and other professionals involved in designing, financing, delivering, or strengthening social protection systems.
Our courses may have different entry requirements depending on their focus, but all are designed for professionals who want to strengthen their practice and contribute to better social protection outcomes.