INTER-AGENCY CASH WORKING GROUP

South Sudan

Annual Report 2018

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 Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), 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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FSL Cluster provided IM support to CWG in the first half of 2018. Later, 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

Annexures…

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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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