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Consultation process with local actors to develop CALP’s learning and training strategy
Report
To support the delivery of impactful, effective and high-quality cash and voucher assistance (CVA), CALP works with others to develop and deliver a variety of learning and training activities. Learning activities are delivered via online-facilitated workshops, face-to-face trainings and self-driven...
Multipurpose Cash Assistance in Ukraine: How do DEC member agencies operate the sustainability and shock-responsiveness of multipurpose cash assistance in Ukraine?
Report
The humanitarian response following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, triggered the fastest and largest scale-up of cash programming in humanitarian history. Humanitarian actors transferred over US$1.2 billion in the form of multipurpose cash assistance (MPCA) to approximately 6...
CVA in context of high inflation: South Sudan
Report
The civil war that began in 2013 sent South Sudan into an uncontrollable and escalating economic as well as food insecurity crises. The signing of a peace agreement brought relative stability, but inflation rate has remained very high. South Sudan’s economic crisis has been driven by the rapidly...
Cash Working Group terms of reference template
Guidelines and Tools
This terms of reference (ToR) template for response-level Cash Working Groups (CWG) defines the purpose, structure and the
roles and responsibilities of the CWG. This ToR template serves as the foundation for developing country-specific Cash Working
Group ToRs that should be adapted as necessary. This...
Iraq Cash Forum ActivityInfo Reporting Manual 2023 – Cash and Voucher Assistance
Guidelines and Tools
This manual aims to assist Iraq Cash Forum (ICF) members and, specifically, their Activity Info (AI) focal points during the reporting period in the AI platform. The document serves to ensure the quality of the reporting and that reporting deadlines are met. The ICF supports Cash and Voucher Assistance...
Mainstreaming disability inclusion into humanitarian CVA
Presentation
What is a rights-based approach to disability? How can disability inclusion be mainstreamed to ensure more inclusive and effective CVA humanitarian responses? To answer these key questions, CALP, CBM Global, European Disability Forum and International Organization for Migration (IOM), came together to...
Turkiye and Syria Earthquake Response: Advice and resources for cash practitioners
Blog Post
Drawing on learning from comparable crises, we have compiled useful information and advice for anyone involved in Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) programming in Turkiye and Syria following the recent earthquakes.
Cash Programming Somalia Review 2018 – 2022
Case Study
From 2018 to 2022, over half of ACTED’s projects in Somalia included unconditional and/or conditional cash activities making up an integral part of ACTED’s programming. To review the effectiveness and design of its past and current cash programming, ACTED used monitoring and evaluation data of 10 of...
Microlearning video: CVA and Gender
Blog Post
This video provides an overview of the relationship between gender and cash and voucher assistance (CVA) structured around the humanitarian project cycle, which include: Assessment and response analysis: How to adjust the assessment processes to achieve a more accurate reflection of gender and...
Minutes and presentations from the WCAF regional CWG – 8 March 2023
Meeting minutes
Minutes and presentations from the WCAF regional CWG – 8 March 2023
Presentation: Module about Cash and Voucher Assistance & Gender
Presentation
This slide presentation is part of CALP Network’s microlearning video, produced in collaboration with CARE. This micro-learning module provides an overview of the relationship between gender and cash and voucher assistance (CVA) organized around the humanitarian project cycle, and is part of UN...
Monthly factsheet of the Cash for Protection Taskforce (C4PTF) for the Ukraine Response
Report
This Factsheet is produced on a monthly basis for Protection and Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) specialists who are considering, planning for, or already using CVA integrated into protection programming to support protection outcomes for individuals and households inside and outside of Ukraine. Key...
Force displacement literature review: Cash transfers
Report
Anti-refugee violence often accompanies refugee migration, but the factors that fuel or mitigate that violence remain poorly understood, including the common policy response in such settings of humanitarian aid. Existing theory and policy debates predict that aid to refugees exacerbates anti-refugee...
A Minimum Guideline for Implementers: Cash for work
Guidelines and Tools
This guide is to be used as a recommended practice for CfW programming and mainstreaming gender and protection measures, based on global best practices and the Philippines’ context. It should be used as complementary to the DSWD Cash-for-Work guidance. The details outlined in this guide pertain to CfW...
UNFPA’s approach to CVA in the Arab region and Türkiye
Policy paper
UNFPA experience in different humanitarian contexts has shown that cash and voucher assistance (CVA) is a powerful instrument that can save lives, alleviate risks, and help women and girls escape abusive environments. By giving women and girls greater access to vital services and empowering them with the...
Recommendations for Food Assistance Food Security and Agriculture/Livelihoods Sector – Humanitarian Response Plan 2022-23
Guidelines and Tools
This guidance is developed following consultation with partners and technical working groups across hubs and should be used with sector HRP strategy and supplementary guidance on activity 1.2 – monthly food rations – for background and context. This guidance is an effort to ensure harmonized response...
Cash within GBV case management for women and adolescent girls in Colombia
Report
In 2021–2022, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Colombia piloted the integration of cash assistance as a tool within gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response programming in five departments in Colombia (La Guajira, Norte de Santander, Arauca, Chocó and Nariño). Unrestricted cash...
UNFPA Guidance: How to Design and Set Up Cash Assistance in GBV Case Management
Guidelines and Tools
Provisions on when and how to use cash assistance as a tool in GBV case management need to be carefully considered in order to mitigate any associated risks and avoid negative unintended consequences of cash assistance. As such, this UNFPA Guidance has the purpose of guiding and supporting GBV and cash...
Coordinating with the Petrol Sector to Enhance Early Warning
Case Study
For far too long humanitarian actors and coordination mechanisms have witnessed sharp price variations of core commodities without the capacity to forecast them. While to date some Cash and Vouchers Working Groups (e.g., Afghanistan) establish mechanisms to continue monitoring and adapt transfer values in...
How are humanitarians using AI tools like Chat GPT?
Blog Post
We asked nine of our LinkedIn followers how they used Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for humanitarian purposes. The range of uses was remarkable to say the least....