Currency in Crisis: Ways forward for GOAL Cash and Voucher Assistance in North-West Syria

Report

Currency depreciation and price inflation are two of the main factors that influence Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) programming in North-West Syria. Between August 2019 and July 2020, the Syrian Pound (SYP) has dropped 161% against the US Dollar (USD), and the current trend of rapid depreciation in the...

12 يوليو 2020

Currency in Crisis: Ways forward for GOAL Cash and Voucher Assistance in North-West Syria

Report

FULL STUDY VERSION Currency depreciation and price inflation are two of the main factors that influence Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) programming in North-West Syria. Between August 2019 and July 2020, the Syrian Pound (SYP) has dropped 161% against the US Dollar (USD), and the current trend of rapid...

1 يوليو 2020

Social Protection Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in the MENA/ Arab States Region

Policy paper

This paper reflects on an ongoing initiative of the Regional UN Issue-Based Coalition on Social Protection (IBC-SP). The Group, co-chaired by ILO and UNICEF, was established in June 2020, bringing forward the activities started under the previous Regional UNDG group. The IBC-SP gathers regional experts...

July 2020

Collaborative Cash Delivery Network – Grand Bargain – Collaboration Agreement Accomplishments 2020

Report

The Collaborative Cash Delivery (CCD) Network is pleased to present its achievements against the commitments made by our global members’ CEOs at the 2019 Grand Bargain Summit as part of our global collaboration agreement. We know we are better together, and in this time of increasing pressure on the...

24 يونيو 2020

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...

5 يونيو 2020

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...

3 يونيو 2020

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...

1 يونيو 2020

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...

1 يونيو 2020

أهمية العمل على التزامات الصفقة الكُبرى للتركيز بطريقة ذات مغزى على النوع الاجتماعي في المساعدات النقدية والقسائم ضمن الاستجابات لجائحة فيروس كورونا المستجد (كوفيد-19)

ورقة سياسات

اجتمع القادة العالميين ووكالات الأمم المتحدة ووكالات العمل الإنساني في العام 2016 بهدف تحسين فعالية وكفاءة العمل الإنساني. وقد أفضى هذا الاجتماع إلى 51 التزامًا يُطلق...

26 مايو 2020

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...

19 مايو 2020

Readiness Checklist for Cash Working Groups in light of COVID-19 Response – Version 2

Guidelines and Tools

This checklist is designed to assist CWGs adjust their plans and prepare to play an enhanced role in coordination of CVA in the context of increasing (and in some cases unprecedented) needs and limitations of COVID-19. Responses should, as ever, be context specific. We suggest that CWGs consider the...

19 مايو 2020

Multi-purpose Cash Assistance in Lebanon – Impact evaluation on the well-being of Syrian refugees

Report

The two year study assessed the impact of MPC on the well-being of over 11,000 Syrian refugee households living in the Bekaa, North and Mount Lebanon. The study finds that most of the impact of MPC materializes in the long term (over 12 months), while limited impact materializes in the short term. The...

7 مايو 2020

Sectoral Analysis Activities and Risk Mapping

Guidelines and Tools

This resource maps the risks, activities and impact of delivering Multi-Purpose Cash (MPC) assistance in the current COVID-19 response.

3 مايو 2020

Position Paper: Humanitarian Access for CVA Delivery

Guidelines and Tools

This position paper is intended to advocate for exemptions to movement restrictions for stakeholders involved in the delivery of humanitarian cash assistance in response to COVID-19 crisis. It includes advocacy messages from cash working groups (CWG), inter-cluster coordination groups (ICCG) and the...

3 مايو 2020

Public health and social measures for Covid19 prepardness and response in low capcity and humanitarian context

Guidelines and Tools

May 2020

استخدام المساعدة النقدية والمساعدة بالقسائم في إطار إدارة قضايا العنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي لدعم السكان المُتضرِّرين من الأزمات في جمهورية إكوادور إحاطة

تقرير

بدعمٍ من وزارة الشؤون الخارجية السويدية، أقامت مفوضية اللاجئين النسائية وهيئة الإغاثة “كير” شراكةً من أجل النهوض بخارطة طريق الدعوة
إلى العمل من خلال تعزيز قدرة...

1 مايو 2020