RESOURCES
Cash Preparedness
In this section you will find resources aiming at supporting entities of the Movement, improving their capacity and operational readiness to provide scalable and timely cash assistance.
Strengthening national humanitarian action and localisation of aid through investments into National Societies of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement will be fundamental to building the overall capacity of the humanitarian sector to deliver more effective and efficient humanitarian assistance through uptake of cash assistance. In this section you will find resources aiming at supporting entities of the Movement, improving their capacity and operational readiness to provide scalable and timely cash assistance.
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Key Resources
25 January 2022
Theory of Change – Cash and Voucher Assistance Preparedness
This document gives an overview of the Theory of Change for cash and voucher assistance cash preparedness.
8 February 2021
Guidance for Mainstreaming Cash and Voucher Assistance Cash Preparedness for Effective Response – Chapter 2: ICRC CVA Preparedness Guidance
This ICRC-specific guidance follows the same structure as the CVAP guidance for NSs (for the latter see Chapter…
8 February 2021
Guidance for Mainstreaming Cash and Voucher Assistance Cash Preparedness for Effective Response – Chapter 1: CVAP Areas
This guidance is intended for NSs at the country level, but can also be used by other components…
8 February 2021
Guidance for Mainstreaming Cash and Voucher Assistance Cash Preparedness for Effective Response – Chapter 1: CVAP Areas
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RCRCMThis guidance is intended for NSs at the country level, but can also be used by other components of the Movement. The document includes suggestions on what actions or domains are required under each of the five key CVAP Areas. A separate chapter has been written with adaptations for ICRC delegations investing in CVAP (see “Chapter 2 – ICRC CVAP Guidance”).
1 July 2020
Tip sheet: COVID-19 CVA preparedness: Ensuring minimum requirements to deliver timely, accountable, and effective CVA are in place
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Cash Helpdesk, Cash Hub, IFRCThis document provides a brief guidance to National Societies with no or limited CVA experience, to make the critical and necessary preparations required to deliver timely and accountable CVA.
21 March 2020
Tip sheet: Cash and Voucher Assistance and COVID-19
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ICRCTool with practical recommendations to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through ongoing Cash and Voucher Assistance, inform the adaptation of CVA in the context of COVID-19, and promote sensitivity to evolving markets dynamics.
10 December 2019
Cash Preparedness, Niger Red Cross
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BRC, Niger Red CrossShort interview with the Secretary General of the Niger Red Cross, who explains the work of the National Society in relation to cash preparedness and cash programming in the context of the challenges faced in Niger.
1 December 2019
Investing in Cash and Voucher Coordination in Kenya
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BRC, Cash HubCase study focusing on CVA coordination in Kenya and the need to invest in the right cash coordination architecture in advance to strengthen the overall impact of CVA.
1 January 2019
Evaluation of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Cash Preparedness Support – Executive Summary in English
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ICRC, IFRCExecutive summary of the report on the cash preparedness approaches implemented by the American Red Cross, British Red Cross, the Danish Red Cross and the IFRC from 2015-2017, with consideration of the IFRC cash preparedness pilots that took place in 2012-2013.
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