Coordination
Strong coordination can prevent gaps and overlaps in humanitarian responses and ensure CVA complements other types of assistance. But CaLP’s State of the World’s Cash report found that cash coordination is seen as weak and ad hoc, and that this is having serious operational impact.
Donors, NGOs and Cash Working Group leads have called for clarity on three key issues surrounding cash coordination:
- Who should be accountable for ensuring effective cash coordination,
- What the function and mandate of Cash Working Groups should be, including in relation to multipurpose cash,
- How the coordination of cash should be resourced.
We urgently need to build on what works and provide clarity at the global level on the questions above, whilst adapting to different contexts. Clear decisions based on operational needs rather than agency politics are long overdue.
Current priorities
CaLP aims to contribute to progress on this issue on three levels: supporting Cash Working Groups at the regional level; contributing to practical solutions for cash coordination at the global level; and convening evidence-based discussion on the key issues, highlighting critical decision points and opportunities for progress.
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Cash Coordination Tip Sheet
Guidelines and Tools
This tip sheet sets out established best practice, key guidance and resources for all aspects of cash coordination, intended as a clear, accessible and action-oriented guide for those engaged in...
Introducing the Cash Coordination Tip Sheet
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CaLP has developed a tipsheet setting out established best practice and key guidance and resources for all aspects of cash coordination, intended as a clear, accessible and action-oriented guide...
Cash Coordination: A proposal from members in MENA
Blog Post
Earlier this year CaLP undertook regional consultations to explore options for cash coordination. This blog lays out recommendations from participants from the Middle East and North Africa who...
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Readiness Checklist for Cash Working Groups in light of COVID-19 Response
Guidelines and Tools
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Best Practices for Rapid Cash Deployment
Guidelines and Tools
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CWG SS Tipsheet: Protection from COVID-19 during cash distribution (PPE)
Guidelines and Tools
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Sectoral Analysis Activities and Risk Mapping
Guidelines and Tools
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Position Paper: Humanitarian Access for CVA Delivery
Guidelines and Tools
This position paper is intended to advocate for exemptions to movement restrictions for stakeholders involved in the delivery of humanitarian cash assistance in response to COVID-19 crisis. It includes advocacy messages from cash working groups (CWG), inter-cluster coordination groups (ICCG) and the...
COVID-19 and Cash Transfers in MENA: What’s Possible?
Blog Post
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Guidance for CVA Response Plan for The COVID-19 Pandemic
Guidelines and Tools
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Cash and Voucher Assistance and the Covid-19 Outbreak, Syria
Guidelines and Tools
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