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Presentation for the CALP Network’s webinar on remote registration and verification in the COVID-19 response
Presentation
Watch the webinar recording here Speaker presentations from the CALP Network’s 14 July 2020 webinar on: Peril or pitfalls?: Emerging practices on remote registration and verification in the COVID-19 response Remote CVA programming has been highlighted as a key challenge for the community of practice in...
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...
Applying Behavioral Science to Humanitarian Cash camp; Voucher Assistance for Better Outcomes for Women
Report
Cash and voucher assistance (CVA) is widely recognized as an effective and powerful tool in humanitarian settings. Recent innovation in humanitarian CVA has sought to increase efficiency by harmonizing procedures and improving delivery through new technology; these
innovations have cut costs while...
Behavioral Design Checklist for Humanitarian Cash and Voucher Assistance Improving Outcomes for Women
Guidelines and Tools
This checklist highlights designs for humanitarian cash and voucher assistance (CVA) that can increase the impact
of CVA for women recipients in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The goal of the design principles presented is to optimize CVA to help recipients effectively spend the transfer...
Cash as a core component of the COVID-19 Response in Iraq
Policy paper
The COVID-19 pandemic and the containment measures imposed to limit transmission have both severe immediate and long-term economic consequences. The globe is experiencing ‘one of the sharpest economic contractions in modern times.’ As always in a time of crisis, it is the
most vulnerable that will...
Iraq Financial Service Providers Assessment Tools
Guidelines and Tools
Tools created by the Iraq Cash Working Group to aid the assessment of Financial Service Providers
Expression of Interest GBV Focal Point
Policy paper
The National Cash Working Group (CWG) in Iraq is calling for organizations to express their interest in nominating a staff to become the group’s GBV focal point. As outlined in the TOR for the GBV focal point (attached here), this role will work to assist the CWG in mainstreaming GBV prevention and risk...
Iraq Cash Working Group (CWG) Partner Projects Registry
Guidelines and Tools
Spreadsheet template to track all the partner projects of a Cash Working Group
Humanitarian Assistance and Social Safety Nets in Protracted Crises: A Case Study of Iraq
Report
This case study aims to contextualize cash assistance in a protracted humanitarian crisis like Iraq and how it can be used to transition to social protection in the long run. Humanitarian aid in the country is likely to
continue to meet the needs of the most vulnerable population, especially those who...
Mitigating Risks of Abuse of Power in Cash Assistance – 4 pages
Report
UNHCR and WFP are implementing a joint project to identify and mitigate risks of abuse by private sector service providers in their delivery of cash assistance to vulnerable populations. The project involves work with financial service providers, traders and other private sector stakeholders, as well as...