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Making humanitarian cash programming easier, safer and faster through the 121 Platform
Presentation
Better Cash Information Management and improved systems and tools can address the gap for humanitarian organisations and increase cash program quality and scale. The 121 Platform offers this solution with a Humanitarian Organisation Portal, Aid Worker App and Person Affected App. With the 121 Platform, we...
Toolbox – Linking Humanitarian CVA and Social Protection
Guidelines and Tools
Finding the right information about linking social protection to CVA can be challenging; there are simply so many materials to select from. This toolbox makes that work easier, bringing together a key set of 150+ practical resources, guidance and templates all in one place. The resources are sourced...
Cash at a Crossroads: Getting It Right for Affected Communities
Report
The great increase in the use of cash assistance has been one of the humanitarian sector’s success stories. Just as cash offers more flexibility for affected communities, it demands more ingenuity from the humanitarian sector. With the modalities of cash programming now receiving attention at the...
Cash Hub Webinar 26: Learning from Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) responses during COVID-19
Members event
During this webinar, Tanzania Red Cross and Rwanda Red Cross will share their learning on using Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) during the COVID-19 outbreak. Rwanda Red Cross will give an overview of their micro-business support initiative and also share reflections on undertaking remote assessments....
Financial Literacy Training In Uganda’s Refugee Response – A Learning Brief
Report
The Financial Literacy Training (FLT) Learning Brief draws together experiences and lessons learned from the U-Learn Financial Literacy Training analysis, the FLT discussion paper and a learning event. It provides an overview of FLT practices and experiences in Uganda, and includes recommendations that...
Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI): Cross-crisis analysis of price trends and market functionality throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
Report
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, in conjunction with Cash Working Groups worldwide, REACH has been collecting market data through its Joint Market Monitoring Initiatives (JMMIs): response-level monitoring platforms that bring together many actors working in humanitarian CVA to jointly collect data on key...
Lessons learnt from Latin America and Practical Guidance for Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) Integration.
Members event
Please join the Save the Children US (SCUS) on December 7th 2021, at 2:00 pm EDT, for our IDEAL microgrant guidance webinar showcasing Lessons learnt from Latin America and Practical Guidance for Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) Integration.
What Does Gender-sensitive Cash and Voucher Assistance Look Like? 2.0: Multi-Country Study
Report
In 2019, CARE commissioned the study “What Does Gender sensitive Cash and Voucher Assistance Look Like?” to evaluate the extent to which CARE’s programming with cash and voucher assistance (CVA) met the strategic intent. It guided the agency-wide definition and design of subsequent guidelines on...
Mirko Tommasi
Person
Location: Dakar, Senegal
Community of Practice ‘CVA, Environment and Climate Change’
Members event
Quarterly call of the ‘CVA, Environment and Climate change Community of Practice’, lead by the CALP Network. In this session, we will discuss both on-going initiatives within the CVA, environment and climate change space, as well as the working plan for next year according to the group-specific...
Anissa Toscano announced as CALP’s new Chair of Board
News
Anissa Toscano, Vice President of Humanitarian Leadership and Response at Mercy Corps, is the Chair of CALP’s Board
Communities of Practice
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This list includes active CVA-related groups that meet on a regular basis. Please use the information listed for each group to learn more and get engaged.
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CALP Board meeting
Event
CALP Board meeting – quarterly
CVA and Local Partnerships Working Group- Quartely call
Members event
Women’s right to Education Programme (WREP), Global Mentoring Initiative (GMI) and the CALP Network are co-leading the CVA and Local Partnerships Working Group.
The Working Group is having its quarterly call from 1:00 to 2:30 pm Universal Time with two main agenda items:
* Review of Working Group final...
Dr Unni Krishnan
Person
Co-chair of the CALP Board For over two decades, Dr Unni Krishnan worked in and on humanitarian, development, health and peace issues. Currently, he is Global Humanitarian Director, Plan International. Dr Krishnan (a physician by training) worked in senior management, leadership, representational,...
Kimberly Brown
Person
Kimberly Brown is the Head of GSMA’s Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Programme. Her team catalyses partnership between the mobile industry and the humanitarian sector to accelerate the delivery and impact of dignified digital humanitarian action. She has close to 20 years’ experience in the...
Capacity Building & Learning: Information Session for MENA-Based CVA practitioners
Webinar
If you’re interested in capacity building and learning opportunities related to cash and voucher assistance, we can help. To hear what’s on offer from the CALP Network please join us on the 24th of November for an information-sharing session. You’ll learn all about the online and offline...
Sally Abi Khalil
Person
Co-chair of the CALP Board Sally Abi Khalil is a humanitarian and development practitioner with twenty years of experience in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt, and Syria. She is currently Middle East and North Africa Director of Oxfam International and has served as chair of the Lebanon Humanitarian...
We are the ‘CALP Network’
News
Our name is changing; we are now the ‘CALP Network’.