• should have become fully involved in the formulation and implementation of national social protection programmes, while better aligning their engagement and contributions to national-led social policy frameworks; • research centres should have studied and disseminated information, created awareness and understanding about the benefits of social protection for economic growth among policy makers and practitioners to increase awareness of the longterm economic benefit of social protection, beyond the moral and human rights imperatives. By 2020, development partners • should have committed to increased and longer-term investments in building and strengthening national social protection structures for social protection in terms of skills, capacity and organisational ability and effectiveness; • should have made funding decisions based on a broad analysis of funding gaps set against an overall social protection strategy developed in a participatory manner so that social protection strategies are owned and led by government. 47