About us
There is a growing recognition in the humanitarian sector that in an emergency, cash transfers and vouchers can be appropriate and effective tools to support populations affected by disasters in a way that maintains dignity and choice for beneficiaries while stimulating local economies and markets.
The Cash Learning Partnership aims to improve the quality of emergency cash transfer and voucher programming across the humanitarian sector.
Who are the CaLP?
Originating from the will to gather the lessons learnt from the Tsunami emergency response in 2005, the CaLP is today composed by Oxfam GB, the British Red Cross, Save the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Action Against Hunger / ACF International. The 5 steering committee organisations have come together to support capacity building, research and information-sharing on cash transfer programming as an effective tool to help deliver aid in times of crisis.
In 2010, the CaLP partnered with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies (IFRC) to develop and implement new activities for 2011 with support from ECHO.
Vision Statement
"Humanitarian preparedness and response is more effective at meeting the diverse needs of affected people and promoting recovery."
Objectives
Based on this, the aim of the CaLP is to promote appropriate, timely and quality cash and voucher programming in humanitarian response as a tool to contribute to this vision. In particular, the CaLP's objectives are that by 2015:
- Cash transfer programmes should be designed and implemented using appropriate and consistent information analysis;
- Cash transfer programmes will be implemented at scale routinely across emergency settings to meet the range of needs of crisis affected populations;
- There should be a clear leadership / coordination structure for cash transfer programming within the humanitarian sector at both global and country levels, ensuring shared learning, a consistent approach, and the evolution of best practice;
- Humanitarian agencies have the tools, procedures and skill sets to implement quality cash and voucher programmes rapidly, appropriately and at scale.
Operating Principles
- The CaLP seeks synergies between humanitairan response and longer-term recovery strategies;
- CaLP works with a range of stakeholders, including the private sector, governments, NGOs and IFIs;
- CaLP is not a consultancy or HR service provider;
- The CaLP is dedicated to promoting good practice through learning;
- CaLP values and encourages the active participation of the whole community of practice;
- CaLP promotes a multi-sector approach to cash transfer programming in emergencies;
- CaLP recognises that cash transfer programming is just one modality option for emergency response.
