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Présentation du rapport sur la situation mondiale des Transferts Monétaires dans le monde en 2020
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Transferring power to local CVA actors : Rhetoric vs Reality
Blog Post
One of the major changes we’ve seen between the publication of the first State of the World’s Cash report in 2018 and this year’s report is an increased focus on the importance of localisation. If taken seriously, localisation could shake the foundations of the humanitarian system and radically...
EMMA: Relying on Markets for the Beirut Blast Shelter Response – Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis of Selected Construction Material Markets in Lebanon
Report
The EMMA focused specifically on those markets that are critical for supporting the reconstruction materials needs of Beirut Port Blast-affected people:
• cement and hollow blocks
• flat glass, transparent 6mm
• medium-density fibreboard (MDF) 8mm
• aluminium window frames
The report concludes...
Ciara O’ Malley
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Ciara O’ Malley is a Global Cash Advisor with GOAL. Ciara’s role is to lead the growth, and expanded use of CVA in GOAL, and ensure its quality is continuously enhanced to achieve the best possible outcomes for the communities GOAL serves. Ciara has over a decade of experience in humanitarian...
Cheryl Harrison
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When recipients of aid are in the driving seat – everything changes for the better – here’s why….
Blog Post
Imagine living under a government with largely benevolent intentions which believes itself to be a democracy and wants to do better. However, at the same time they fail to institute effective mechanisms for citizen participation in decision-making and have a habit of making selective use of the data...
Edward Fraser
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Ed is a humanitarian professional with unique expertise in Economic Recovery, Market-Based Programming in Emergencies and Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA). Currently the Global Economic Recovery Adviser and CVA Lead for Danish Refugee Council, his prior experience includes 2 years as Global CVA Adviser &...
How Effective are Cash Transfers in Mitigating Shocks for Vulnerable Children? Evidence on the impact of the Lesotho Child Grant Programme on multiple deprivations
Case Study
Shocks can pressure families into negative coping strategies with significant drawbacks for children’s lives and development, particularly for children living in disadvantaged households who are at greater risk of falling into a poverty trap. This paper investigates if unconditional cash transfers can...
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On these pages you will find a library with tools, reports and guidance related to cash and voucher assistance. There are links to the Programme Quality Toolbox and the CALP Network Glossary - key tools to support shared understanding and best practice in CVA. In addition, there is a page with information...
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Gender Equality and Cash and Voucher Assistance: Tools and guidance
Guidelines and Tools
With the continuous uptake and scaling of cash and voucher assistance (CVA), it is more critical than ever that humanitarian and development actors shift their focus away from measuring gender mainstreaming and gender equality efforts by metrics (e.g. targeting at least 50% women), towards strategically...
Gender Based Violence and Cash and Voucher Assistance: Tools and guidance
Guidelines and Tools
There is increasing momentum among Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) actors in the humanitarian sector to consider linkages between GBV and CVA in all CVA projects at all stages of the project cycle.
Integrating gender and CVA was set as a priority action under the Grand...
BIEP program 2020-2021 launch workshop
Training
As Cash and Voucher Assistance scales up, can quality keep pace? Four systemic changes needed.
Blog Post
A decade ago, the use of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) was a fringe activity limited to small, scattered projects. Five years ago, CVA was still viewed with scepticism by many and comprised less than eight percent of international humanitarian assistance (IHA). Today, while critics remain, cash is...
Is cash transforming the humanitarian system or is the system limiting how cash is used?
Blog Post
At the State of World’s Cash 2020 launch event, Sorcha O’Callaghan, Director of Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI warned that, “Cash offers a huge transformative potential, but as far as the system is privileging the interest of the agencies over people in crisis, we won’t be able to see...
Remote MARKit Training of Trainers
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MARKit TOT Course
Oct 26 – Nov 20, 2020
CRS is requesting applications to attend the remote training of trainers (TOT) on the recently published 2nd Edition of MARKit. The acronym of MARKit stands for ‘Market Monitoring, Analysis and Response Kit’. MARKit is a project-level market monitoring...
Mary Cox
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Mary oversees the RedRose Client Operations Team which supports the implementation and scaling of emergency response, livelihoods, health, cash for work, and other assistance programs through the RedRose ONEsolution. She acts as a thought partner to clients implementing CVA programs in over 40 countries...
Simon Reed
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Simon has over 25 years of senior level international experience in strategic business marketing and technology developments and has helped to set-up and chair several industry forums (SIMalliance/TCA and Java Card Forum) which have helped shaped the mobile communications and payments world we currently...
Jenny Weatherall
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Jenny Weatherall is a Cash and Markets Technical Advisor with Catholic Relief Services (CRS). Jenny provides technical assistance; develops guidance and tools; builds capacity and preparedness among partners and CRS teams; and provides support to ensure scale, quality and effectiveness of CRS’ cash and...
Webinar Series – Organisational Cash Readiness Tool (OCRT)
Webinar
You are invited to a series of webinars on Organisational Cash Readiness Tool (OCRT) on the 22, 26 and 28th of October 2020.