Join us on the 16th May for a dialogue event which will bring together leaders and CVA colleagues from across the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in a discussion on how we can learn from our experiences and co-create the agenda for cash in the Humanitarian Reset. 

The time is now for a total reset of the humanitarian system. We need to better serve those increasingly affected by crisis and exacerbated by poverty, economic instability, conflict and climate change.

Reform of humanitarian assistance has been long discussed, not least through shifts achieved through the Grand Bargain, and the current funding crisis will force us to change further and faster. That change needs to be for the better. We must look for ways to bring greater results for crisis-affected people and make resources go much further.

Most people prefer cash. It enables choice, stimulates local markets and is a far more cost-efficient way to meet lifesaving and survival needs, strengthening people’s resilience over the longer term.

We need to swiftly transform our organisations to be able to deliver quality cash assistance at scale. It is no longer acceptable to say that this cannot be done due to our systems and ways of working. We need solid evidence to drive leadership commitment, including national governments, and to mobilise new sources of funding. We need to work together in new ways and with new partners and remove some of the barriers of our outdated aid system.

With a strong and varied panel, it’s sure to be an enlightening, important and impactful event.

Sessions will include (U.K./BST):

• 9.00 – 9.15 Welcome with Béatrice Butsana-Sita​ – CEO, British Red Cross
• 9.15 – 10.15 Panel presentation: Leading a humanitarian reset with Caroline Holt​ – Director, Disaster, Climate and Crises, IFRC & Alper Küçük​ – Director General, Turkish Red Crescent
• 10.15 – 11.15 Panel presentation: Transforming aid through cash assistance with Praxedes Merchan​ – Syria Country Manager, British Red Cross; Marga Ledo​ – Interagency Advisor supporting URCS and the Alliance of Local Actors, CashCap; & Merican Han​ – Head of MEAL, Turkish Red Crescent
• 11.15 – 12.15 Join the dialogue: Perspectives and feedback with Rurik Marsden – Deputy Director Humanitarian Policy and Partnerships, FCDO; Cate Turton​ – Director, The CALP Network; & Anna Kondakhchyan​ – Head of Cash and Markets, NorCap with oversight of CashCap
• 12.15 – 12.30 Agenda for action & closing

Join the dialogue on the role that cash assistance can and must play in the Humanitarian Reset- discuss, share, comment and network via this LinkedIn group

For any questions regarding this event, contact: Emma Delo Edelo@redcross.org.uk or Sam White SamWhite@redcross.org.uk