High level meeting: The need for a humanitarian policy refresh
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While the use of cash as part of humanitarian response has grown significantly in the last seven years, recent research shows that much more is required. A new collective vision, along with renewed commitments, are essential to driving forward the development of cash and voucher assistance as a key means of achieving more people-centred and effective aid.
Join us for the launch of a collaborative process to refresh and renew our policy commitments towards ensuring better assistance for crisis-affected populations globally.
The meeting takes place on 15 June at 1 pm UTC for 1 hour and will be conducted in English, with simultaneous interpretation available in Arabic, French and Spanish.
Spaces are limited to two senior representatives (e.g. CEO, Humanitarian Director, etc.) per organisation.
Agenda and Speakers
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Welcome and overview |
Karen Peachey, Director of CALP |
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Being on the receiving end of CVA |
Innocent Tshilombo, speaking as someone with lived experience of receiving cash and voucher assistance |
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What the Evidence Says |
Karen Peachey, Director of CALP |
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The Need for New Policy Commitments: Why we Need to Act |
Sarah Charles, Assistant to the Administrator of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance |
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CVA and Locally Led Response |
Smruti Patel, Director of Global Mentoring Initiative and co-lead of the Global Locally Led Response and CVA Working Group |
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The Need for New policy commitments: Why it Matters and Linkages with other Agendas |
Michael Kohler, Deputy Director General, DG ECHO |
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Making new commitments: The next steps |
Kate Hart, Head of Policy Evidence and Learning |
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Participants reflections |
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Closing remarks from a young leader |
Nabeh Allaham, Regional Cash and Voucher Assistance Thematic Lead, MENA, IFRC |
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