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The CALP Network believes in collective action and transforming the humanitarian system. Together we seek to maximize the potential that humanitarian cash and voucher assistance can bring to people in contexts of crisis.
CVA, Climate & Environment Community of Practice: A greener response?
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Mitigating the environmental impacts of CVA
“Stop the war and let me return to my home, even if it is destroyed.” Community priorities and perceptions of aid and support in Gaza
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In early November, Ground Truth Solutions (GTS) and Arab World for Research and Development (AWRAD) set about talking to people in Gaza to find out what the humanitarian situation looked like from their perspective. Access challenges for large agencies are well known, but how have communities been...
Cash Feasibility Snapshot Report – Site Assessment (Round 34) and Village Assessment Survey (Round 17), August – September 2023
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Between August and September 2023, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Data and Research Unit (DRU), through its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) methodology, deployed the Site Assessment (SA) and Village Assessment Survey (VAS) tools to assess the mobility, needs and vulnerabilities of...
Cash & Voucher Assistance Design and Delivery
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At the heart of impactful humanitarian cash and voucher assistance, is effective programme delivery. Find out more about how and when CVA is delivered and by whom.
Cash For Education in Akkar
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This research aims to explore the effects of cash assistance on the ability of girls and boys in Akkar, Lebanon, to access and stay in education. It delves into the complex crisis in Lebanon, which involves economic decline, disruptions in education, and adverse impacts on vulnerable groups like girls and...
Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) Design, MENA Community of Practice Terms of Reference
Guidelines and Tools
CaLP Network in MENA, following a consultative process, established 4 CVA communities of practice with thematic focus and one being the CVA & Localization Community Of Practice (LCOP) in December 2021. This regional space brings together donors, UN agencies, INGOs, local actors, and other stakeholders to...
Lessons Learned Workshop Report: Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) in Response to Ukraine and Impacted Countries Crisis Emergency Appeal
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Since the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine at the end of February 2022, approximately one-third of people from Ukraine have been displaced, leading to one of the largest displacement crises in the world. From the period of 24 February 2022 until 20 November 2023, 182,047 displaced people from Ukraine...
Cash and Voucher Assistance for Protection Outcomes in Mine Action Tip Sheet
Guidelines and Tools
Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) can be an effective means, where feasible and appropriate, to improve protection outcomes for individuals, households and communities affected by the presence of Explosive Remnants of War (ERW). However, use of CVA within humanitarian Mine Action (MA) sector has been...
Terms of Reference Locally Led Responses Community of Practice (LLR CoP) 2024
Guidelines and Tools
CALP Network in MENA, following a consultative process, established 4 CVA communities of practice with a thematic focus, one being the CVA & Localization Community Of Practice (LCOP) in December 2021. This regional space brings together donors, UN agencies, INGOs, local actors, and other stakeholders to...
Child Protection and Cash and Voucher Assistance Tip Sheet
Guidelines and Tools
This tip sheet includes key terminology and messages, a summary of the latest available evidence and various tips on strategy, programme design and cycle management in respect of using Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA) as an assistance modality for Child Protection outcomes. A list of key related resources...
MENA CVA & Social Protection Community of Practice (CoP) Terms of Reference (ToR) 2024
Guidelines and Tools
The Social Protection Community of Practice (SP-CoP) is a network of individuals and organizations interested in sharing knowledge and experience related to social protection programs. SP-CoP aims to create a space for discussion and learning around social protection policies and programs, focusing on...
Housing, Land and Property and Cash and Voucher Assistance Tip Sheet
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This tip sheet summarises key points to reflect on HLP programmes when considering the support of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) for the achievement of HLP outcomes. It is intended to assist HLP Area of Responsibility coordinators and partners to highlight linkages between Cash and Voucher Assistance...
CALP Network Annual Plans – 2024-25
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Cash is not only more efficient than other forms of humanitarian assistance in most cases, but it’s also the preferred form of support for most people in situations of crisis – creating a compelling need to increases both the use and quality of CVA. CALP’s latest Annual plan, April 2024 to March...
Concept Note: A purpose-driven global fund for scaling digital cash transfers to accelerate progress on ending extreme poverty by 2030
Policy paper
Advances a call for the creation of a new global fund dedicated exclusively to scaling digital cash transfers across low-income countries to accelerate progress on ending extreme poverty by 2030—a structure that would be very similar to GAVI. The working group is building on ideas put forward by...
“No-one has ever helped me like this.” User journeys of cash recipients in Ukraine
Case Study
Russia‘s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has caused a severe
humanitarian crisis – with widespread displacement, destruction of infrastructure, and
an urgent need for humanitarian assistance. In response, the humanitarian community
has supported the Ukrainian government to initiate...
Common Principles for Linking Humanitarian Assistance and Social Protection
Policy paper
The Social Protection Inter-Agency Cooperation Board (SPIAC-B) Working Group on Linking Humanitarian Assistance and Social Protection aims to strengthen links between humanitarian assistance (HA) and social protection (SP), with cash transfers as the main entry point. Our membership brings together...
Framework for Greening Humanitarian Action in the Pacific
Guidelines and Tools
The Pacific region is highly vulnerable to the increasingly frequent and severe disasters caused by natural hazards, including extreme weather and climate change. Whilst humanitarian responses to these disasters are increasing proportionally, their own negative impacts must be reduced. Incorporating...
Just in Time: Advancing anticipatory cash in Pakistan
Guidelines and Tools
Cash and voucher assistance in humanitarian response has grown significantly in recent years, with evidence showing that it supports the agency of recipients, reduces harmful coping strategies, supports local economies, and is a cost-effective form of humanitarian assistance.
The use of cash as a form...
Tenzin Manell
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Tenzin is CORE’s Senior Cash and Markets Advisor. Her current portfolio includes technical support and learning on CVA and livelihoods. Tenzin has a background in humanitarian and development settings and has worked for the past 13 years on economic empowerment and protection programming in Brazil,...