The presentation on 'Designing and Implementing Social Transfer Programmes' was given by Krzysztof Hagemejer the 4th of August 2007 in Cape Town, South Africa. In this presentation 4 topics are discussed: 1. Overview of the information, statistical data and assumptions required to assess current and future costs of the social protection scheme2. Costing (social budgeting) as inherent part of the social protection monitoring mechanism3. Discussion of factors and parameters driving costsof different social protection schemes4. The role of quantitative policy analyst in social protection (Overview of the tools and skills necessary)