Key issues the programme addresses include: multidimensional child poverty; child-sensitive social protection; disparity reduction of ethnic minority children and women through more targeted policy and data support; changing family patterns/structures; elected officials' representational, legislative and oversight functions; monitoring socio-economic progress at national and sub-national levels; ODA management; social auditing; participatory development and monitoring.

The programme contributes to national priorities such as disparity reduction, data and monitoring, ethnic minority development, capacity building, parliamentary  oversight, support to the family,poverty reduction, and ODA management.