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Acknowledgements
Inter Agency Cash Working Group South Sudan would like to thank the NNGOs,INGOs, Government departments, UN agencies, Clusters, private sector and Donoragencies that have provided constant support and significant contributions to theIACWG and look forward to working in close collaboration with them in nextcoming years to make all possible and joint efforts in improving cash-basedplanning and responses.
CWG would especially like to thank FSL Cluster SS and WFP for their financial support.
Writer & Layout Design | Rabeea Ahmed (Cash Expert- CashCap)
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Table of Contents
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Sr. # Topic Page
1. Cash Transfer Programming in South Sudan Page 7
2. Background and History of Inter-Agency Cash Working Group in South Sudan
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3. Achievement and Challenges in 2018 Page 9
3.1 Capacity Building sessions Page 9
3.2 Tools Developed by CWG Page 9
3.3 Knowledge and Information Management Page 9
4. Indicative Road Map for 2019 Page 10
5. Stories from the field Page 11
5.1 Cash for Assets: United Nations World Food Programme Page 11
5.2 Cash Based Interventions in Bor South County by Polish Humanitarian Aid
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6. Innovations Appetite Page 13
6.1 Plan International E-Vouchers Pilot in Torit County of Eastern Equatorial State
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7. Annexures Page 14
7.1 Non-HRP Cash Infographics (Q4 2018) Page 15
7.2 HRP Infographics (Q4 2018) Page 16
7.3 List of CWG Member Organizations Page 17
7.4 Reach out to CWG South Sudan… Page 18
7.5 Acronyms Page 19
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Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) continues to be an expanding modality for the deliveryof humanitarian assistance in South Sudan. However, its role as an efficient, effective andflexible mode of addressing the humanitarian needs during all stages of disaster lifecyclewas outlined for the first time in the 2018 HRP. Subsequently, 58 partners reached morethan 1.6 million people with CTP in 2018, primarily under the Food Security and LivelihoodsCluster where more than half of cluster partners successfully used cash and vouchers, andthrough the Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items Cluster where every fifth partner usedcash in 2018. Analysis of interventions implemented through PDMs demonstrated thatcash programmes contributed to addressing immediate food and non-food needs.
In 2019, CTP will continue to contribute to rehabilitating people’s lives and livelihoods in adignified way and simultaneously stimulate local markets, strengthening the localeconomy for long-term sustainable results. The FLS Cluster will continue to spearheadcash-based programming. Through 58 partners, the cluster will target 1.4 million people inIPC Phase 3, 4 and 5 counties with cash and voucher programmes. This amounts to 11 percent of the cluster’s overall financial requirements. The ES/NFI Cluster will also continue toimplement CTP, with a third of cluster partners experimenting with cash or vouchers. Theywill target some 180,000 people across 10 counties, representing some 13 per cent of thecluster’s financial requirements.
Cash Transfer Programming in South Sudan
The Inter-Agency Cash Working Group South Sudan (IACWG SS-hereby referred as CWG in thedocument) was formally established in 2015. As deduced from the institutional memories ofvarious cash pioneers in South Sudan, it has been functioning as an active coordination body inSouth Sudan since 2015 which serves as a medium for coordination, communication,information sharing, technical discussions. This platform also provides an opportunity tovarious Cash Transfer Programming actors to showcase their work, share issues for technicaldiscussions, best practices and lessons learnt.
CWG became dormant after the 2016 crisis and it rejuvenated in mid-year 2017. Previously CWGwas hosted under the umbrella of Food Security Cluster however the working group now restsunder the Inter-Cluster Working Group as a ‘Multi-Sectoral Cash Working Group’ since 2017.
Background and History of Inter-Agency CWG South Sudan
Cash Working Group in South Sudan is co-lead by United Nations World Food Programme andDanChurch Aid with technical backstopping by CashCap Cash Expert. CWG has recently hiredan Information Management Officer. Anyone implementing or planning to implement CTP canbe a member of CWG. Currently, the members include UN, International NGOs, National NGOs,private sector, government department, representatives from other clusters and donors.
CWG is greatly contributing to providing a platform for all types of organizations with varyinglevels of capacities in relation to understanding, designing and implementing cashprogrammes. In continuation of the discussions and recommendations by members, it wasformally proposed by the CWG co-leads in mid-2018 to continue the CWG support to themembers through a two-prong approach:
• Technical Group (Discussions)
• Capacity Strengthening (of new and existing members).
The proposed approach is being implemented to strengthen the existing structure wherebythe technical discussions are now more focused and take place in specific meetings which willallow the members to utilize the time more efficiently and effectively. Work streams are alsopart of the technical group. The capacity building sessions are more focused on strengtheningthe capacity of new and existing members to address the varying level of expertise of CWGmembers on cash programming.
All members of CWG can choose to be at either meetings however the technical meetings arefocused in a solution oriented approach and preferably concluded with a decision on query.Similarly, all members of CWG can also choose to be part of the capacity development grouphowever each member organization must nominate one primary and one alternate person.The perquisites include completion of Basic Training completed on CaLP Website.
Link for the training is: http://www.cashlearning.org/resources/e-learning .
A CaLP training was held in May 2018 for the CWG members and multiple short trainingsessions on various CTP topics for selected participants have also been organized in thesecond half of 2018 which were exclusively based on the needs of the cash community inSouth Sudan. These sessions will continue as requested by the CWG members. CaLP traininghas also been planned in early 2019 as part of this initiative.
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Achievements & Challenges in 2018The achievements of CWG in 2018 include the development of SOPs for Market Assessment,Survival Minimum Expenditure Basket and other capacity building initiatives including CaLPtraining to the members in May 2018. To further strengthen the CWG, a Cash Expert hasbeen deployed through CashCap for providing technical backstopping to members and co-leads. CWG is also providing technical support to all organizations planning to implementCTP and prepare customized guidance on mainstreaming cash programming across thehumanitarian response. In addition to the regular support to members, CWG implementedthe following activities.
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Discussions were initiated within the CWG regarding information collection and
dissemination for CTP projects in South Sudan. Based on the discussions with the cash
community, it was concluded that efforts have been made to harmonize approaches
however it still posed as a tough challenge which CWG took. Also the data collection
templates were also harmonized for collection and dissemination of CTP related information
for South Sudan. Same has been an ask from the donors as well.
As a follow up to these recommendations, series of meetings were held with OCHA IM team
and later with IMWG to incorporate cash in the 5Ws data collection template. The template
was finalized in the IMWG meeting in December 2018 and OCHA also agreed to support the
CWG for collection of HRP projects information for each quarter of the year while WFP
initiated the recruitment of an IMO for CWG to address the IM gap.
• CaLP Training in May 2018
• Cash Transfer Programming – The Fundamentals (CTP Concepts and Basics) in August 2018
• Market Assessments in August 2018
• Market prices monitoring and Cash Based Programme Feasibility Assessment Training in
November 2018
• Session on Humanitarian Response Plan
Knowledge and Information Management
Capacity Building Sessions
Tools Developed• Market Assessment Standard Operating Procedures
• http://www.cashlearning.org/downloads/south-sudan-market-assessment-sopsfinal.pdf
• Survival Minimum Expenditure Basket
• http://www.cashlearning.org/downloads/multi-cluster-survival-minimum-expenditure-
basket.pdf
• Cash Guidelines for Clusters
• Harmonized 5W reporting template for cash projects
Key challenge for 2018 has been lack of information and evidence for cash programmes
implemented in South Sudan. To address this gap, WFP initiated the recruitment of an
Information Management Officer which was finalized in December 2018 and IMO joined in
January 2019. OCHA has also stepped in to support the HRP related IM work on request by
CWG.
Challenges
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Indicative Road Map For 2019To strengthen coordination among cash actors, the CWG will maintain its support to augment
coherent approaches to cash programming across clusters, building on the experiences in
2018.. Market monitoring, understanding of financial infrastructure, guidance on selection of
financial service providers, ensuring an inclusive targeting approach and information
management for CTP programmes will also remain critical among the CWG priorities for 2019.
Emphasis will also be placed on understanding potential protection risks and engagement with
communities along with guidance on community-based participatory planning. In addition, the
working group will provide analysis on the modalities used to date in implementing cash
programmes in South Sudan, as well as lessons learned and best practices from other similar
contexts. More engagement with REACH will be done for joint market monitoring initiatives.
In 2019, the CWG also plans to lay the foundation for the following longer-term objectives:
•Increase the use of cash alongside other tools, including in-kind assistance, service delivery (such as health and nutrition) and vouchers
•Explore new delivery models which can be scaled up while identifying best practices and mitigating risks in each context.
•Build an evidence base to assess the costs, benefits, impacts and risks of cash, includingon protection, relative to in-kind assistance, service delivery interventions and vouchers
•Collaborate, share information and develop standards and guidelines for cashprogramming
•Ensure that coordination, delivery and monitoring and evaluation mechanisms are put inplace for cash programmes
The advocacy products expected from the collected information with include infographics
for HRP projects, infographics for non-HRP projects and one consolidated factsheet for
overall CTP projects planned and implemented in each quarter. The first formal pilot will be
rolled out in quarter one of 2019.
Voices from the field…
“For the first time in South Sudan, cash was gradually introduced and beneficiaries inBor are receiving their entire WFP assistance as cash-based transfer through e-vouchers. In December 91,000 beneficiaries, who are internally displaced people andvulnerable host communities are using their SCOPE cards to receive their entitlement,which they can spend at WFP contracted retailers to buy food following fingerprintauthentication. Around 150 additional retailers will be contracted in Bor from Januaryonwards to increase choice for WFP beneficiaries. Whilst working on the expansion ofCBT to beneficiaries in locations where markets are functioning and accessible, WFP isgradually increasing the inflow of cash by expanding the cash portion in hybrid basketsand increasing full-cash baskets, there by replacing the food items with cash basedtransfers in 2019.”
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Cash for Assets: World Food Programme
“Shelter/Non-food items (S/NFI) team from Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) recentlyconducted beneficiaries registration which is a part of pilot project aiming to reacharound 1770 beneficiaries with commodity vouchers for S/NFI out of which 351households were registered in Bor South County, Jonglei State in South Sudan.Previously conducted assessment indicated that community members were affectedby the conflict and lost access to basic items and services. The internally displacedpeople had to flee their homes empty-handed and settle in different locations. Marketassessment showed that products can be purchased locally to support local market.
Through the generosity of the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SSHF), the team wasable to begin the process of verification and registration of 351 targeted households.These beneficiaries will receive commodity vouchers for loose NFIs or shelter materialsthat can be redeemed through local vendors. One of the selection criteria would be thepossibility to purchase products from the communities whenever possible. Localtraders will be linked with the communities to order local products from thecommunities and support livelihood opportunities for those who are most affected.
PAH team was joined by Tiam company offering mobile biometric registration whichaims to improve quality and effectiveness of our response.”
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Cash Based Interventions in Bor South County by Polish Humanitarian Aid
Innovations Appetite…“Piloting Mobile Technology to distributevouchers to FSL beneficiaries in South Sudan in amore confidential and dignified approach” inTorit county Eastern Equatorial state. Atransition from paper voucher to electronicvoucher and redeeming cash/vouchers with atmost safety and dignity at your own convenienttime. “One’s wallet is his/her confidentialinformation and not fit for public knowledge”.This involved use of mobile phone messageswith pins combined with a bar-coded beneficiarycard that was recognized by a bar-coded cardreader device. The vouchers are electronicallyloaded with beneficiary entitlements which canbe redeemed at any selected vendors. To redeema voucher a beneficiary required to have a bar-coded beneficiary identity card with their photosand a pin code which was messaged to thebeneficiary telephone. A beneficiary can redeemtheir voucher at any convenient time on theirbusy schedule. For a complete transaction both abeneficiary pin and vendor’s pins are required.
In the case of the very vulnerable (blind, old,lame, child headed house etc.) using a form thatis designed by plan international, the vulnerablebeneficiary will be asked to sign in the presenceof the community feedback mechanismcommittee members (2) and 2 plan staff to thenext of kin who will be responsible forredeeming the vouchers. The next of kin willrequire the card, phone and the plan form to goto the vender to redeem their vouchers. ”
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Plan International E-Vouchers Pilot in Torit County of Eastern Equatorial State
List of CWG Member Organizations…
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Sr Organization Acronym
1 Act initiative AI
2 Action Africa Help International AAHI
3 Action Against Hunger ACF-USA
4 Action Against Hunger ACF
5 Action for Peace and Development APD
6 Action Mission for Rural Development AMFRD
7 Africa Development Aid ADA
8 African Humanitarian Corps AHC
9 Afro – Canadian Evangelical Mission ACEM
10 Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development ACTED
11 AHO AHO
12 AID SUPPORT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION - SS ASCO SS
13 ALA ALA
14 AMA AMA
15 American Refugee Committee ARC
16 AMFRD AMFRD
17 Apt Succor Organisation ASO
18 ARD Africa ARD Africa
19 ASIMO ASIMO
20 Association of Volunteers in International Service AVSI
21 AYWEO AYWEO
22 Beyond 21 Beyond 21
23 BMLPDA (Bishop Michael Lugov Peace &Development Agency BMLPDA
24 CANO organisation CANO
25 CARE International Care
26 CashCap NRC/ WFP
27 Catholic Agency for Oversees Development CAFOD
28 Catholic relief Services CRS
29 CEDS CEDS
30 CEFOCS CEFOCS
31 CHARLIE GOLDSMITH ASSOCIATES CGA
32 CHAS CHAS
33 CMD CMD
34 Coalition for Humanity CH
35 CODERO CODERO
36 COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION CAO
37 Community Aid for Fisheries and Agriculture Development CAFAD
38 Community Aid Organisation CAHO
39 Community Health and Development Organization CHADO
40 Community in Need Aid CINA
41 Community Relief Foundation CRF
42 Concern Worlwide CONCERN
43 CORDAID CORDAID
44 Danish Refugee Council DRC
45 DanishChurchAid DCA
46 Diakonie Diakonie
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List of CWG Member Organizations cont…Sr Organization Acronym
47 Dorcas Dorcas
48 Education for Girls education for girls
49 European Union ECHO
50 FEWSNET FEWSNET
51 Finn Church Aid FCA
52 Forcier Consulting Forcier Consulting
53 FYI FYI
54 GESO ORGANISATION GESO
55 GLOBAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION GRADO
56 GOAL GOAL
57 GRADESO GRADESO
58 Grassroots Relief and Development Agency GREDA
59 Green Belt Initiative GBI
60 HAGI HAGI
61 HCI HCI
62 HEKS/EPER HEKS/EPER
63 Hope Agency for Relief and Development HARD
64 HUDA HUDA
65 Humanitarian & Development Consortium HDC
66 Humanity and Inclusion HI
67 Inspire Children SS ICSS
68 Institute for the Development of Civil Society IDCS
70 International Organization for Migration IOM
71 Intersos Intersos
Islamic Relief IR
72 JACRA JACRA
73 Joint Aid Management JAM
74 Lacha Community and Economic Development LCED
75 LSDO LSDO
76 Lutheran World Federation LWF
77 LWDO LWDO
78 MAFS MAFS
79 MEDAIR MEDAIR
80 Mercy corps MC
81 Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare MoGCSW
82 Mother and Children Development AidMother and Children Development Aid
83 Mundri Relief and Development Association MRDA
84 Mundri Relief and Development Organization PAH
85 National Relief and Development Corps NRDC
86 National Relief and Development Corps NRDC
87 Nile Hope NH
88 Norwegian Refugee Council NRC
89 OCHA OCHA
90 Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance OFDA
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Sr Organization Acronym
91 OPEN OPEN
92 Organization for Peace, Relief and Development OPRD
93 OXFAM OXFAM
94 PACO PACO
95 Pass Peace in Action and Social Service, PPASS
96 PEPO PEPO
97 Pilgrims Hope POH
98 PLAN INTRNATIONAL PLAN
99 Polska Akcja Humanitarna PAH
100 RCO RCO
101 REACH Initiatives REACH
102 Relief International RI
103 RHR RHR
104 Rural Community Action for Peace and Development RUCAPD
105 RWD RWD
106 RWDSS/CDRA RWDSS/CDRA
107 Safeworld Safeworld
108 Samaritan Mission SM
109 SATA SATA
110 SAVE SOUTH SUDAN SAVE SOUTH SUDAN
111 Save the Children SCI
112 Share the World Share the World
113 Smile Again Africa Development Organization SAADO
114 Solidarites International SI
115 Solidarity Mission Africa SMARD
116 Sudan Pecae and Education Development Programme SPEDP
117 SUDI SUDI
118 SWISS Church Aid SCA
119 Swiss Cooperation SCO
120 Swiss Embassy Swiss Embassy
121 Target Association Target Association
122 Tear Fund TF
123 Terre des hommes TDH
124 The Health Support Organization THESO
125 TIAM Company Ltd TIAM
126 Tida Tida
127 Titi Foundation TF
128 TITI FOUNDATION TITI
129 TRI-SS TRI-SS
130 UNHCR UNHCR
131 UNICEF UNICEF
132 Universal Network for Child Defence Rights UNCDR
133 Universal Network for Knowledge & Empowerment Agency UNKEA
134 UNOPS UNOPS
List of CWG Member Organizations cont…
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List of CWG Member Organizations cont…Sr Organization Acronym
135 USAID USAID
136 Veterinaires Sans frontieres - Germany VSF G
137 Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Canada VSF C
138 Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Suisse VSF S
139 VUNDA VUNDA
140 WAO WAO
141 War Child Canada WCC
142 WAV WAV
143 Welthungerhilfe WHH
144 WHEEL WHEEL
145 World Bank WB
146 World Concern WC
147 World Food Program WFP
148 WORLD VISION WVI
149 Youth Technology Development Organization YTDO
150 ZOA ZOA
Reach out to CWG SS…
CWG SS Official Email ID:iacwgss@gmail.com
IACWG Co-Leads:UN World Food Programme: Veronica Moretti: veronica.moretti@wfp.orgDanChurch Aid: Sarah Alex: salx@dca.dk
IACWG Technical Backstopping:CashCap Cash Expert: Rabeea Ahmed: rabeea.ahmed@wfp.org
IACWG Information Management:Fredrick Hanga: fredrick.hanga@wfp.org
IACWG Meeting Calendar:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W-9JdSd2F7MRMQW4FX24P9ZyGcIRLE_9gKWCGHVKAxg/edit?usp=sharing
IACWG Contact List:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iOipRMGd091NIt6LJKQiq2QdD9vnd4utzyia5xxCwxY/edit?usp=sharing
IACWG South Sudan Page on CaLP Website:http://www.cashlearning.org/eastafrica-coordination/south-sudan
IACWG South Sudan Page on humanitarianresponse.info Website:https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/south-sudan/cash-working-group
IACWG South Sudan drop box:https://www.dropbox.com/home/IA%20CWG%20SS
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Acronyms…
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Acronym Description
NNGO National Non Government Organization
INGO International Non Government Organization
UN United Nations
IACWG/ CWG Inter-Agency Cash Working Group/ Cash Working Group
FSL Food Security Livelihood
SS South Sudan
WFP World Food Programme
CTP Cash Transfer Programming/ Cash Transfer Programme
IPC Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
ES/NFIS/NFI
Emergency Shelter/ Non-Food ItemsShelter/ Non-Food Items
CaLP Cash and Learning Partnership
OCHA (United Nations) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
HRP Humanitarian Response Plan
PDMs Post Distribution Monitoring
IMGW Information Management Working Group
IMO Information Management Officer
SOP Standard Operating Procedures
SCOPE WFP Beneficiaries and Transfer Management System
PAH Polish Humanitarian Aid
SSHF South Sudan Humanitarian Funds
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