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Direct and Indirect Benefits of Food and Cash Assistance in Uganda
Case Study
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has the vision to escalate Cash Based Transfers (CBT) initiatives in coordination with the Government of Uganda. This study aims to gain a better understanding of the direct and indirect benefits of food and cash transfers to refugees and asylum seekers within...
Understanding the Impact of a Humanitarian Cash Transfer (HCT) Program in Colombia
Case Study
The Venezuelan humanitarian crisis represents one of the largest displacement crises in the world, on the order of 6.1 million people (UNHCR 2022a). Colombia currently hosts more than 1.82 million Venezuelans, 60 percent of whom are in irregular situations that prevent them from accessing public services,...
Layering Cash into Market Systems Programs: Catalyzing market-driven recovery in Nigeria
Case Study
This paper examines the case of the Nigeria Rural Resilience Activity (RRA), a five-year, US$49 million Activity funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Feed the Future portfolio within the states of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe and Gombe (BAY-G) in North Eastern Nigeria (NEN) and...
Mapping of Sectoral CVA Interventions – Iraq
Guidelines and Tools
After the de-activation of the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group (ICCG) led by UN OCHA in 2022, in January 2023 the Cash Working Group (CWG) transitioned into the Iraq Cash Forum (ICF), a technical advisory and coordination platform for cash partners in Iraq. The ICF sits under the Humanitarian Country...
Cash Working Group De-activation in Iraq
Case Study
The humanitarian context in Iraq has evolved significantly in the past years, advancing towards recovery and sustainability for the conflict-affected population. During 2022, the humanitarian coordination structure worked on a process to phase out, in line with the transitional context. Clusters and the...
Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance Targeting Framework
Guidelines and Tools
Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) is currently the preferred response modality to cover basic needs of affected populations across Ukraine. The multi-sectoral response seeks to use MPCA to address the basic humanitarian needs of affected people in a holistic manner, reaching 5 million people in 2022....
Investigating Operational Models for Multi-purpose Cash Delivery and Links to Social Protection: Spotlight on the Middle East and North Africa
Report
This piece of research looked at six case studies in the MENA region where CVA is being delivered at scale. It looked at the characteristics of the operational models of delivering multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA), and how that enables (or not) links with existing national social protection...
GeniusTags
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GeniusTags is a software solution provider, that focuses on delivering transformative technology for non-profits in the humanitarian and development sectors since 2016. We’re committed to fostering collaboration and enhancing public sector program outcomes through innovative products, including CVA...
Online specialisation workshop | Cash and voucher assistance and human mobility
Members event
Introduction
The number of people forced to leave their homes due to conflicts, violence, or disasters has reached an all-time high, with over 103 million people according to the UN Refugee Agency. Cash and voucher assistance (CVA) has emerged as one of the optimal aid modalities to ensure the dignity and...
Humanitarian Leadership Conference: panel discussion on ‘The urgent need to accelerate progress on CVA for people in crisis’
Members event
CALP will be leading a panel discussion as part of the Humanitarian Leadership Conference focused on the urgent need to accelerate progress on CVA for people in crisis. After a brief introduction to some of the findings from the Scaling CVA report (published by CALP in December), panellists will explore...
Gender-based violence (GBV) risk mitigation in cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in Colombia: Learning from a joint CVA & GBV workshop
Case Study
Building on existing global tools and best practices as well as the work already done by cash actors and the CWG of Colombia (including previous engagements between the GBV National Coordination Group and the CWG), a workshop took place in October 2022 in Bogotá. Capitalizing on participants’ expertise...
Glossary of Terms
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First published in 2011, the CALP Glossary is designed to facilitate a common understanding and harmonized use of terms and definitions for cash and voucher assistance (CVA). It should be noted that these definitions apply to the use of CVA in humanitarian programming and may not reflect how some terms...
“Local Community-Empowered Social Accountability for better Humanitarian Preparedness & Action”
Members event
Hybrid Webinar Session on “Local Community-Empowered Social Accountability for better Humanitarian Preparedness & Action” as part of Humanitarian Networks & Partnership Week (HNPW) 2023.
Date: 26 April, 2-3:30 pm CET.
While, by 2022, 1.3 bn are reached via cash transfers (763 Mio people via digital...
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Child-focused Social Protection in the Age of Cash, Conflicts, Cities & Climate Risks
Members event
In-person @ Salle 9 CICG, Geneva – please register here. Online via zoom – please register here. Join in this hybrid and interactive session on 25 April to learn, share challenges and opportunities with speakers from Global Alliance for Urban Crises, Cities for Children Global Alliance, IFRC, UNICEF,...
CPA Sarah Keino
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CPA Sarah is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in Shared Services Centers driving operational excellence in Finance, Operations and Risk Management. She has previously worked in Oxfam International and the CARE International East Central Africa. Regional Office. Before moving into the...
CALP Online: Core CVA Skills for Programme Staff – Americas and Anglophone West Africa
Training
Please note that this round of applications is for professionals based in the Americas and anglophone countries of West Africa only and the workshops will be held within time zones that are accessible to both regions. This course is structured around the project cycle and covers all of the key skills...
In Progress: A Review of Forms of Coordination Between Cash Working Groups and Social Protection Systems in the Americas
Report
This report provides a mapping of the initiatives and scope of coordination efforts aimed at linking humanitarian CVA with social protection in each country in the Americas that has a CWG or maintains similar coordination spaces.
Kenya Social Protection Conference
Members event
The Government of Kenya through the State Department with other actors in social protection will be hosting the third Kenya Social Protection Conference in the week 3-6th April 2023. The theme of the conference is “accelerating inclusive and integrated social protection system in Kenya, strategies for...
Going digital: What’s next for Vanuatu in blockchain innovation?
Report
Today, the level of impact and user and stakeholder interest in the UnBlocked Cash Project clearly demonstrates a need to look closely at how this effort makes a case for broader and longer-term sustainable adoption of blockchain technology for financial and economic inclusion. To do so, Oxfam, Pacific...