Skip to main content
We are sorry but the page you are looking for is not available in the language you have selected, please go to the corresponding homepage

Core CVA Skills for Supply Chain, Finance and ICT staff

Ensure understanding of the fundamentals of CVA, modalities and mechanisms for delivery, its implications to operations, interoperability of functions, and be able to speak the language of CVA programs. Develop fundamental competences for operations staff to execute and deliver CVA and share best practices for specific activities. Build inter-functional understanding for more-effective cooperation and streamlining of CVA programs

27 January 2025

Objectives

Objectives:
• Explain how operational design and achievement of program objectives are linked
• Identify operations characteristics, requirements, challenges, and constraints that can impact CVA
• Describe how CVA needs to be integrated into the roles of different functions throughout the
project cycle
• Identify issues that must be considered and managed throughout the project cycle and by all
functions
• Explain the difference between compliance, policies, standards, and standard operating procedures
• Identify the operational implications for beneficiary data protection
• Explain how Operations contributes and informs response analysis and the modality decision
• Identify assessments and analyses that Operations leads to inform and support the modality decision
• Specify the requirements for conducting a Financial Market Assessment
• Specify the requirements for conducting an ICT Assessment for CVA
• Specify the requirements for conducting a Retail Market Assessment
• Evaluate the operational feasibility of cash as a modality
• Compare and contrast delivery mechanism options based on their operational implications
• Identify key operational risks and possible mitigating actions specific to
• Identify information needed to support effective and efficient design and implementation once a
decision on a modality has been made
• Explain and manage the process to compliantly and effectively select, contract, and manage service
providers required for implementing CVA
• Plan for how disbursements to beneficiaries will be actioned, reconciled, and reported
• Explain the different types of monitoring and how they support project delivery
• Specify the requirements for monitoring and evaluation of CVA Operations
• Outline potential components that contribute to organizational preparedness
• Identify important trends in CVA as part of humanitarian response
• Access and utilize the Cash-Based Assistance Program Quality toolbox as a valuable resource for supporting quality CVA