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CALP’s flagship course materials have just been updated
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‘CVA – The Fundamentals’ and ‘Core CVA Skills for Programme Staff’ are CALP’s flagship courses which aim to build on the CVA related knowledge and skills of humanitarian practitioners. They have recently been updated.
Cash and Voucher Assistance and Gender-Based Violence Online Training
Members training
UNHCR Reflections on the Ukraine Effect for the MENA Regional Task Force
Presentation
A presentation shared by UNHCR colleagues on their reflections on managing CVA in contexts of high inflation.
Assessing Shelter and WASH conditions of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon in Relation to Cash Assistance and Services
Case Study
This second study has the two-fold objectives of producing a granular map of WASH and shelter conditions of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, as well as investigating the factors that are associated with improved WASH and shelter outcomes for refugees. More concretely, the research aims to examine the...
Cash Transfers in Pandemic Times
Report
This paper by Ugo Gentilini, brings together trends, evidence and practices generated over the course of the pandemic. The focus revolves primarily around social assistance in general and cash transfers in particular, with both anchored to the broader remit of social protection. The objective is to give a...
The Effectiveness of Cash Assistance Integrated into Gender-Based Violence Case Management for Forced Migrants, Refugees, and Host Nationals in Norte de Santander, Colombia: A Quasi-Experimental Mixed-Methods Evaluation
Case Study
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a pressing concern for forced migrant and refugee women, girls, and individuals with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or sex characteristics (SOGIESC). They face exposure to and incidents of GBV before, during, and after a humanitarian crisis....
Is mobile money preferred by cash recipients in refugee response?
Blog Post
The message from cash recipients in Uganda is clear – they have a strong preference for receiving cash via mobile money. These are the findings from a study by U-Learn and the Uganda Inter-Agency Cash Working Group (CWG) conducted last year spanning 13 refugee settlements and 12 refugee-hosting...
Global Cash Working Group Meeting – June 2022
Presentation
Slides from the Global Cash Working Group meeting on 29 June 2022. The agenda topics include: 1) Adapting CVA to the ‘Ukraine effect’, including experiences from Afghanistan; and 2) An update from the Cash Advisory Group, including next steps in terms of transition planning.
Global Cash Working Group
Event
The quarterly meeting will take place on 29 June 2022. The agenda is forthcoming. Suggested items can be sent to: lynn.yoshikawa@calpnetwork.org.
Episode 7: How can we use cash and voucher assistance to support universal health goals?
Podcast
In episode 7, we discuss how health needs, and the provision of health services, in humanitarian response works and where using Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) may help. What we know already is that CVA may be used for health outcomes but giving cash via Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) via the...
Tackling Gender Based Violence via Cash and Voucher Assistance
Webinar recording
Gender-based violence (GBV) is rampant — globally, one in three women experiences some form of violence or abuse. GBV is pervasive in humanitarian settings and anecdotal evidence points to the increase in GBV since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2018, there has been an increased...
AIDONIC
Member
Internationally awarded digital platform and solutions for emergency, humanitarian and development sectors. We offer digital CVA modalities including, last-mile aid tracking in real-time, digital ID and grant management systems, reporting and analytics and digital fundraising. The platform’s open API...
IECAH
Member
Instituto de Estudios sobre Conflictos y Acción Humanitaria (Institute of Studies on Conflicts and Humanitarian Action) Based in Madrid, the Institute aims to contribute to the consolidation of the response to crises, emergencies and violent conflicts through advocacy, training and technical assistance...
Registration Cash Catch Up: Hacking the Humanitarian-Private Sector Divide
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Register for Cash Catch Up: Hacking the Humanitarian-Private Sector Divide Date: Jul 13, 2022 / 01:00 PM Universal Time UTC Registrations are closed.
Supporting Local Systems: Preparing to Pivot Through Changing Environments
Members event
In this session, implementing partners will explore how communities are already engaging in contingency planning, and discuss how humanitarian and development actors can work through and support local systems and collectively build sustainable and shock-responsive approaches. – How do we work through...
Fostering Social Cohesion: The Role of Social Networks in HDP Coherence
Members event
June 22, 2022 at 8:00 AM ET In this session, implementing partners will come together to discuss social networks as a dimension of social cohesion and how understanding, supporting, and strengthening social networks contributes to HDP coherence. – What are the barriers to working through existing social...
IOM
Member
IOM is the leading intergovernmental organization in the field of migration. IOM works to help ensure orderly and humane management of migration to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian...
Centering Local Knowledge on HDP Coherence
Members event
June 21, 2022 at 8:00 AM ET Many international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), donors, and local partners recognize that there are core principles for designing locally led HDP coherent programming. Although many INGOs have a philosophical alignment to addressing power imbalances in programming,...
Core CVA Skills for Programme Staff – Niamey, Niger
Training
Please note that applications are limited to staff based in Niger and actively engaged with the CWG. This course will be conducted in French.
Minutes and recording from the WCAF regional CWG – leads/co-leads – 15-16 June 2022
Meeting minutes
Minutes and recording from the WCAF regional CWG leads/co-leads – 15-16 June 2022 Session 1 Session 2