CVA and COVID-19: resources, guidance, events and questions
We hope that you are all staying well in these uncertain times. As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, it seems every community will be touched in some way – whether directly by the virus or by the economic and other impacts it is having.
There has been a significant amount of discussion across the CaLP network on what the pandemic means for the use of CVA and for the operations of CaLP members.
Guidance and resources
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- CaLP live COVID and CVA guidance (available in Arabic, French, Spanish), which summarizes key points from guidance across the different actors of the network and is updated regularly.
- Collection of resources (full list to consult), learning and questions here, thank you for continuing to share!
- Other useful resources and links here below.
Upcoming events
- Join the Markets in Crises Community (MiC) online discussion series on market-based programming during the COVID pandemic from 2 to 24 June in four different sessions (Understanding Markets during COVID; designing Market-Based Programming Interventions during COVID; Advocating for Market-Based Programming during COVID; and Protection, Inclusion and Market Interventions)
- Webinar on July 1st: CEA and Cash themed RCRCM Cash Hub 5th webinar in the series: “Adapting to COVID19 – The Use of Cash in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement”.
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CVA in COVID-19 Contexts: Guidance from the CaLP network
Guidelines and Tools
This is a summary of the key points from the many resources you shared on CVA and COVID through this document. This is a living document and we will continue to update this summary as new...
Mercy Corps Tipsheet: COVID-19 and CVA
Guidelines and Tools
This tipsheet serves as guidance to help field teams think through different ways to mitigate the spread and impact of Covid-19 through ongoing cash and voucher assistance (CVA), inform the...
ICRC Tipsheet: Cash and Voucher Assistance and COVID-19
Guidelines and Tools
This tipsheet serves as guidance to help field teams think through different ways:
1) to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through ongoing Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA);
2) inform the adaptation...
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Linking Humanitarian Cash and Social Protection for an Effective Cash Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
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A call for action Increase the uptake of cash transfers to ensure rapid response in case of shocks
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Despite a growing global interest in cash and voucher assistance since the beginning of the pandemic, the modality is still insufficiently used to limit the socio-economic impacts of the COVID crisis in West and Central Africa, both by governments and humanitarian actors. This call to action, developed by...
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Read the article here. Only socially accountable Social Protection Assistance beyond humanitarian cash/voucher programmes – if properly and quickly implemented – will protect generations of children from the aftershocks of COVID-19. Despite cash and voucher transfers becoming the tool of choice of...
COVID-19 & Urgent Need for Child-Sensitive Social Protection
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CVA in COVID-19 Contexts: Guidance from the CaLP network
Guidelines and Tools
This is a summary of the key points from the many resources you shared on CVA and COVID through this document. This is a living document and we will continue to update this summary as new resources are added. The below is intended to help organisations understand and prepare for likely impacts of COVID-19...
CVA & COVID-19: Remote Market Assessment and Monitoring
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As field practitioners adapt their programmes to COVID-19, colleagues across our membership and Cash Working Groups are identifying multiple challenges. CaLP is working with others to develop a series of short, field-focused recommendations for such practitioners. The purpose of this series is to share...
Global Remittances to Suffer a Blow From COVID-19
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CaLP’s Future of Financial Assistance report highlighted the importance for CVA actors of working with and alongside other financial flows, which often dwarf volumes of humanitarian aid in crisis contexts. Of these flows, remittances are a critical lifeline for many crisis-affected households. Gerelyn...
Why use cash transfers to respond to COVID-19?
Guidelines and Tools
It is a one pager document showing advantages of using cash transfers in COVID-19 response together with some examples of integrating cash with different sectors.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) COVID-19 and Gender Aware Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Programming
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This FAQ is prepared for the CVA professional to build their technical capacity in relation to use of cash and voucher transfers across the sectors particularly under COVID-19 response.