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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...
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...
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
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...
ACTION PLAN: Initiating Linkages between Humanitarian Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) and MoLSA’s Social Protection Network (SPN) in Iraq
Guidelines and Tools
On 17-18 April 2018, a two day workshop was held in Baghdad aimed at strengthening linkages between Cash Working Group (CWG) humanitarian multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA) and the Government of Iraq’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA) Social Protection Network (SPN). The event occurred...
Iraq Social Protection Forum – Terms of Reference (TORs)
Guidelines and Tools
There is recognition of the importance of aligning humanitarian assistance and development cooperation in Iraq for better coordinated and more sustainable outcomes. Social protection is identified as a key area to be strengthened, particularly in the following areas: (i) harmonizing targeting methods;...
Mitigating Risks of Abuse of Power in Cash Assistance in Iraq
Report
This document outlines lessons learned from a joint UNHCR/WFP project in Iraq aimed at identifying and mitigating the risks of abuse of power in cash assistance. The cash transfer mechanisms reviewed during the
project include mobile money, e-vouchers and cash delivered through money transfer agents.
Risk Assessment and Mitigation Requirements for High-Risk Environments
Guidelines and Tools
This document is an annex to the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Proposal Guidelines that provides supplemental requirements for proposals for programs in high-risk operating environments. USAID/OFDA recognizes that certain operating environments present a heightened risk of...