المساعدات النقدية متعددة الأغراض
Multipurpose Cash (MPC) are unrestricted cash transfers that people affected by crises can use to cover their basic needs. By its nature, MPC is the assistance modality which offers people a maximum degree of choice, flexibility and dignity. There is also growing evidence that it is more cost-efficient and cost-effective to meet multiple needs.
But this requires new ways of collaborating between humanitarian actors, at all stages of the program cycle, and across sectors. While solid tools exist to support collaboration, they have not been widely adopted and MPC is still used in an ad-hoc way. Challenges remain to be addressed if we are to successfully fit MPC into the humanitarian system.
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Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB) Decision Making Tools
Guidelines and Tools
The purpose of this tipsheet is to accompany practitioners and decision makers through key stages in the process of calculating an MEB to: (a)
identify what is the most appropriate path to take in...
Operational Guidance and Toolkit for Multipurpose Cash Grants
Guidelines and Tools
This operational guidance and toolkit brings together worldwide expertise on cash-based interventions (CBIs). It provides comprehensive and practical guidance for humanitarian actors to assess...
Definition of Minimum Expenditure Baskets (MEB) in West Africa
Report
Throughout 2017, five countries in West Africa have worked collectively to define minimum expenditure baskets, in order to better capture the contribution that humanitarian assistance is making to...
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CALP’s flagship course materials have just been updated
News
‘CVA – The Fundamentals’ and ‘Core CVA Skills for Programme Staff’ are CALP’s flagship courses which aim to build on the CVA related knowledge and skills of humanitarian practitioners. They have recently been updated.
UNHCR Reflections on the Ukraine Effect for the MENA Regional Task Force
Presentation
A presentation shared by UNHCR colleagues on their reflections on managing CVA in contexts of high inflation.
Cash Transfers in Pandemic Times
Report
This paper by Ugo Gentilini, brings together trends, evidence and practices generated over the course of the pandemic. The focus revolves primarily around social assistance in general and cash transfers in particular, with both anchored to the broader remit of social protection. The objective is to give a...
The Effectiveness of Cash Assistance Integrated into Gender-Based Violence Case Management for Forced Migrants, Refugees, and Host Nationals in Norte de Santander, Colombia: A Quasi-Experimental Mixed-Methods Evaluation
Case Study
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a pressing concern for forced migrant and refugee women, girls, and individuals with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or sex characteristics (SOGIESC). They face exposure to and incidents of GBV before, during, and after a humanitarian crisis....
Eficacia de la asistencia en efectivo integrada en la gestión de casos de violencia de género para migrantes forzosas, refugiadas y ciudadanas del país de acogida en Norte de Santander (Colombia): Evaluación cuasi experimental de métodos mixtos
Case Study
La violencia género (VG) es una preocupación apremiante para las migrantes forzosas y mujeres refugiadas, las niñas, y las personas con orientación sexual, identidad de género, expresión de género o características sexuales (SOGIESC, por sus siglas en inglés)
diversas. Estas se encuentran...
Respuesta a la violencia basada en género a través de los programas de transferencias monetarias
Grabación webinar
La violencia basada en género (VBG) está muy extendida: a nivel mundial, una de cada tres mujeres sufre algún tipo de violencia o abuso. La VBG está presente en los entornos humanitarios y las pruebas anecdóticas apuntan al aumento de la VBG desde el inicio de la pandemia a causa de...
Assessing Shelter and WASH conditions of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon in Relation to Cash Assistance and Services
Case Study
This second study has the two-fold objectives of producing a granular map of WASH and shelter conditions of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, as well as investigating the factors that are associated with improved WASH and shelter outcomes for refugees. More concretely, the research aims to examine the...
Is mobile money preferred by cash recipients in refugee response?
Blog Post
The message from cash recipients in Uganda is clear – they have a strong preference for receiving cash via mobile money. These are the findings from a study by U-Learn and the Uganda Inter-Agency Cash Working Group (CWG) conducted last year spanning 13 refugee settlements and 12 refugee-hosting...
¿Prefieren el dinero a través del teléfono móvil los receptores de efectivo en la respuesta a los refugiados?
Blog Post
El mensaje de los receptores de transferencias monetarias en Uganda es claro: tienen una fuerte preferencia por recibir dinero en efectivo a través del teléfono móvil. Estas son las conclusiones de un estudio realizado por U-Learn y el Grupo de Trabajo de Transferencias Monetarias (GTM)...
Global Cash Working Group
Event
The quarterly meeting will take place on 29 June 2022. The agenda is forthcoming. Suggested items can be sent to: lynn.yoshikawa@calpnetwork.org.