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From Mistrust to Complementarity: The Partnership between NGOs and Private Companies in the Provision of Humanitarian Aid in the Form of Cash
Report
This article provides arguments to understand the rationale behind the use of cash transfers as a reference tool in humanitarian contexts. It seeks to offer more clarity about the roles and potential synergies between the traditional stakeholders of the sector (NGOs, international organisations), and the...
Returns from Iran and Pakistan Funding Needs
Report
As of 23 June 2018, 348,506 undocumented Afghan returnees have crossed back into Afghanistan from Iran. The months of April and May have witnessed an average of 20,000 returns each week. The total represents a 50% increase of returns over the same period in 2017. The larger return is associated with a...
The Impact of The COVID-19 Development on Beneficiaries of Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) Program
Report
As of 19 April 2020, the Ministry of Health reported more than 86,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases with almost 2,000 deaths in Turkey. The Government of Turkey has introduced a series of containment
measures, including closing of schools, shopping malls and businesses; a curfew for individuals above 65 or...
So COVID-19, there’s an app for that…
Blog Post
In an earlier blog we explored the implications of COVID-19 adaptations in CVA response on an individuals’ right to privacy. We also argued that data portability in CVA could be explored as part of an opportunity to build back better. In this guest blog from Alesh Brown, founder at TrustWorks.io, we...
The Caribbean is ‘cash ready’ – but are humanitarian actors?
Blog Post
The Caribbean Atlantic hurricane season starts today, amidst the unprecedented COVID-19 response. At the launch of the CALP Network’s “Winds of Change” briefing note on the use of CVA in the Caribbean, Ms. Andria Grosvenor, Acting Deputy Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency...
World Food Programme Multipurpose Cash Assistance in Lebanon: Social cohesion and stability between Syrian refugees and host communities
Report
Conducted by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in partnership with the Cash Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Organisational Network (CAMEALEON). In 2018 and 2019, CAMEALEON partnered with ODI to examine the role of World Food Programme’s multi-purpose cash programme in shaping...
World Food Programme Multipurpose Cash Assistance in Lebanon: Protection outcomes for Syrian refugees
Report
Conducted by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in partnership with the Cash Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Organisational Network (CAMEALEON). In 2018 and 2019, CAMEALEON partnered with ODI to examine the role of the World Food Programme’s Multipurpose Cash Assistance...
Full Guidance On Bringing A Social Protection Lens To Oxfam’s Programmes
Guidelines and Tools
The pages that follow give a one-page explanation of social protection to guide the reader, a page on the rationale for this, followed by a step-by-step guidance to do this. A 2-page summary of this guidance – or the basic framework and 12 key tips to this ‘at a glance’ is available here
Interim Guidance note on the role of Cash and Voucher Assistance to reduce financial barriers in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in contexts targeted by the Global Humanitarian Response Plan COVID-19
Guidelines and Tools
This paper provides general guidance on identifying financial barriers, and considering supply side financing options and complementary CVA within the broader response interventions to Covid-19.
Introduction to Market Based Programming in Emergency WASH
Webinar recording
The recordings of webinar are available in English , Spanish, French, and Arabic. The webinar was co-hosted by the Global WASH Cluster, PRO-WASH and the CALP Network in May and June 2020. The webinar introduced how market based programming can be used in emergency WASH, provide an overview of...
Examples and Good Practices on the Use of Multi-Purpose Cash in the Food Security Sector
Guidelines and Tools
This global Food Security Cluster (gFSC) document was produced by the Cash and Markets Working Group (CMWG) to highlight the role and engagement of food security actors through different country experiences and good practices.
In recent years, multi-purpose cash (MPC) has been adopted more widely to...
Protocol for the Prevention and Control of Infections in the Context of the COVID19 Pandemic
Guidelines and Tools
Cash Assistance and COVID-19, Emerging Field Practices II
Guidelines and Tools
This document is a follow up to the UNHCR Cash Assistance and COVID – 19 Emerging Field Practices and presents additional snapshots from the many innovative field practices on cash assistance in light of COVID-19. More than 65 UNHCR operations have now launched new cash initiatives and/or expanded...
CVA response – COVID-19, privacy, carrots and open banking
Blog Post
Since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, there has been heightened interest in the use of technology for humanitarian assistance provision, both to help fight the spread of the pandemic through a plethora of tracing apps, and to help reach people who have been worst hit economically with remote registration...
Increasing Links Between Humanitarian Cash and Social Protection for an Effective Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Guidelines and Tools
The 4-pager on ‘INCREASING LINKS BETWEEN HUMANITARIAN CASH AND SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC’ was developed and signed by a collective of UN agencies, INGOs, RCRC Movement and donors. It builds on the GB sub-group 1 pager, and makes recommendations to...
Q&A from the CALP Network Webinar: Lessons on the use of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) for the Caribbean Atlantic hurricane season
Guidelines and Tools
Q&A from the CALP Network Webinar: Lessons on the use of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) for the Caribbean Atlantic hurricane season
Key messages:
Given the enabling infrastructure, markets, local capacities and interest of key stakeholders, the
Caribbean region offers significant opportunities to...
COVID-19 Pandemic Cash and Voucher Assistance for Protection Considerations
Guidelines and Tools
This tip sheet addresses COVID-19 Pandemic Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) for Protection Considerations and has been prepared by members of the GPC Task Team on Cash for Protection. It is intended as a quick reference tool to support CVA and protection colleagues working directly with displaced and...
Gender Implications of Cash Transfers in Malawi
Case Study
CARE Malawi set out to identify the gendered implications of this cash programming and how participants’ experiences of cash transfers affected gender equality. Because of the large-scale cash response to Cyclone Idai in 2019—largely operated through international nongovernmental organisations...
Donor Cash Forum: Humanitarian Cash Transfers in the Response to COVID-19
Report
Humanitarian cash transfers have a critical, complementary role to play in the response to COVID-19, supporting continuity and safety in the delivery of humanitarian assistance. The most vulnerable will likely be hardest hit by the economic consequences of the pandemic and cash can help meet basic needs...
Cash-for-Health Standard Operating Procedures Medair Jordan
Guidelines and Tools
In November 2015, Medair initiated a cash-for-health (C4H) programme in Jordan as a way for vulnerable Syrian refugees to overcome the financial barriers to accessing healthcare in Jordan. A set of standards to deliver C4H has been developed based on past programme experience and this document...