Register today for the upcoming Cash Hub virtual event ‘Money where it matters: the case for locally led cash’. Join us on the Monday 1st June for an informative event which will bring together colleagues from across the Movement, alongside external partners, to take stock of where we are, launch new research on cost-efficiency, and explore what needs to shift to make cash a system-wide reality.

The time for change is now. As humanitarian needs grow and resources become increasingly constrained, we must deliver assistance that reaches people faster, works better, and has the greatest impact.

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement already delivers 40% to 60% of its material assistance through cash and has built the local leadership and capacity the Humanitarian Reset demands.

Agenda

• Session 1: Cash is more cost-efficient when systems and preparedness are in place (11:00 – 12:45).
  Speakers:
  ▪️Olena Skrypnikova, Head of the Innovative Financing and Cash Transfer Programming Unit at the Ukrainian Red Cross
  ▪️Nisan Geysu Özdemir, Operation & Cash Transfer Deputy Coordinator: Humanitarian Ops & Community Engagement at the Türk Kızılay
  ▪️Leadership from CALP Network
  
  
• Session 2: Cash delivers better outcomes for people and aligns with their preferences (13:00 – 13:30).
  Speakers:
  ▪️Elisia Abdo, Economic Security Program Manager: Economic Security, Livelihoods, and Cash-Based Programming at the Lebanese Red Cross
  ▪️Peter Murgor, Cash and Voucher Assistance Manager at the Kenya Red Cross
  
  
• Session 3: Given this, what must change to scale cash across the system (13:30 – 14:30).
  Speakers:
  ▪️Elizabeth Flinter, Head of Humanitarian Policy Group from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
  ▪️Richard Blewitt, Executive Director of International at the British Red Cross
  ▪️Marina Skuric-Prodanovic, Chief of the System-wide Approaches and Practices Section in United Nations OCHA
  
  

If you have any issues please email: contact@cash-hub.org