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Presentation: Launch of ECHO Cash thematic policy
Presentation
This is the presentation of the launch of ECHO’s Cash Thematic Policy, which provides guidance to DG ECHO partners and staff on the use of cash transfers. The launch event had the following objectives: Highlight key elements of the policy – emphasising what’s new. Equip a wide cash audience on how...
Webinar Recording: Launch of ECHO Cash Thematic Policy
Webinar recording
This is the recording of the launch of ECHO’s Cash Thematic Policy, which provides guidance to DG ECHO partners and staff on the use of cash transfers. The launch event had the following objectives: Highlight key elements of the policy – emphasising what’s new. Equip a wide cash audience on how to...
Minutes and recording from the WCAF regional CWG – 6 April 2022
Meeting minutes
Minutes and recording from the WCAF regional CWG – 6 April 2022
Flood Response Multi-purpose Cash, Delivered through Leveraging Nepal’s Social Security Allowance Programme: A case study of shock-responsive social protection in practice: October 2021, western Nepal floods
Case Study
This case study documents the actions of the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), with support from the Danish Red Cross (DRC) and in collaboration with local government, in response to the October 2021 floods in Kailali District, Nepal. Specifically, the content describes NRCS’ multi-purpose cash (MPC)...
A Learning Paper on Gender Responsive Cash and Livelihood Programming in South Sudan
Report
This paper captures learning outcomes from Islamic Relief South Sudan’s year gender-responsive relief assistance and community recovery integrated humanitarian response funded by Swedish International Development Corporation Agency (Sida). It particularly examines cash programming and livelihoods, to...
Guarantee 360-Degree Satisfaction in Cash Interventions
Report
The purpose of this learning paper is to inform the design of future protective and inclusive cash programming, particularly the MPCA. It highlights the results under the thematic areas of the study and gives recommendations in how to better address them through MPC in terms of appropriateness and...
Cash and In-Kind Transfers in Humanitarian Settings: A review of evidence and knowledge gaps
Policy paper
Over the past decade, humanitarian assistance and social protection have increasingly emerged as a policy response tool to support crisis-affected populations facing conflict or natural disasters. This paper presents a descriptive literature review of non-contributory humanitarian assistance interventions...
Northwest Syria Cash and Voucher Assistance Risk and Mitigation Matrix
Guidelines and Tools
This risk matrix is a working document which outlines the key risks that can have an impact on Cash and Voucher Assistance programming in Northwest Syria and identifies mitigation measures that can help aid agencies address these risks. These CVA risks and mitigation measures were identified through an...
Brief – Expanding the Evidence Base on Cash, Protection, GBV and Health in Humanitarian Settings Findings from Northwest Syria: A Comparison of Individual Protection Assistance and Dignity Kits
Case Study
As part of 2021 programming in northwest Syria, UNFPA and its implementing partners provided dignity kits (hygiene and sanitary products) and individual protection assistance (IPA, a one-off unconditional cash transfer) to those in need. The two interventions were intended to provide immediate assistance...
Expanding the Evidence Base on Cash, Protection, GBV and Health in Humanitarian Settings Findings from Northwest Syria: A Comparison of Individual Protection Assistance and Dignity Kits
Case Study
As part of 2021 programming in northwest Syria, UNFPA and its implementing partners provided dignity kits (hygiene and sanitary products) and individual protection assistance (IPA, a one-off unconditional cash transfer) to those in need. The two interventions were intended to provide immediate assistance...
Global Cash Working Group Meeting – 29 March 2022
Presentation
This slide deck includes presentation materials from the GCWG meeting on 29 March 2022. Presentations include an overview of the cash coordination caucus outcomes by NRC and an update on research by Ground Truth Solutions.
The Use of Cash Assistance in DEC’s Coronavirus Appeal: Key Learning, Best Practices and Recommendations
Report
The purpose of this report is to provide insight into the learnings, future improvements and best practices in cash programming. The 2020 DEC Coronavirus Appeal was analysed to determine the opportunities for collective learning about cash programming. The countries investigated include, Afghanistan,...
Rapid Market Assessment at Romanian border crossings
Report
As the Russian invasion in Ukraine enters its fourth week, civilians continue to suffer the devastating consequences of the violence. According to the latest figures, about half a million (500,747 up to March 21st) fled through just Romania, with registered between 800 and 2,000 arrivals per day, on each...
Safety, Dignity, and Access Must Come First: Experiences of Cash and Voucher Assistance in the Central African Republic
Report
Aid organisations have increased cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in the Central African Republic (CAR) over the past two years, reaching 1.5 million people between January and September 2021, compared with 848,000 in 2020. To support efforts to adapt programmes based on the views of recipients, Ground...
West Bank CVA Actors Mapping Exercise 2021
Report
This document summarizes the cash mapping exercise carried out under the Humanitarian Response Plan in 2021 using the 4Ws (who, what, where and why). This exercise was part of the West Bank Cash Task Team’s efforts to strengthen and improve CVA coordination and programming. The mapping exercise helps...
DG ECHO Thematic Policy Document on Cash Transfers
Policy paper
DG ECHO released its Thematic Policy document on Cash Transfers in March 2022. The document provides guidance primarily to DG ECHO’s partners and staff, but also to the wider cash community with the objective of collectively enhancing the quality and efficiency of cash programmes and of humanitarian...
Outsmarting La Niña: Lessons and Recommendations for Strengthening Resilience Through the Drought Response in the Horn of Africa
Policy paper
One of the worst droughts in a generation is currently unfolding in the Horn of Africa. The impacts of the drought are exacerbated by, and in some cases further fueling, increases in conflict in the region. As a result, more than 13 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia are already experiencing...
Gender Responsive social protection post- Covid 19
Policy paper
See the publication here Social protection has been a key policy response to address pandemic-related social and economic crises; however, attention to gender has been insufficient. Less than one in five global social protection measures during COVID-19 has addressed gender, such as supporting women in...
Linking Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance to Long-Term Solutions: Key Findings and Recommendations from the Iraq CWG Workshop November 2021
Report
Large-scale Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) has been provided in Iraq since 2015 to assist people who are affected by conflict to meet their basic needs. Humanitarian actors view MPCA as the most appropriate response modality in Iraq and a major component of the Humanitarian Response Plan...
Ukraine Cash Working Group – Fact Sheet
Guidelines and Tools
The Ukraine Cash Working Group has produced this fact sheet to provide the latest information concerning: The cash working group, its foundations and current focus The role of multi purpose cash in light of the current crisis The Minimum Expenditure Basket (MPC) and its current calculation in...