Discussions

Climate resilience and social assistance in protracted crises online discussion, Wed 29 June - Fri 1 July 2022

Welcome to a two day online discussion about climate resilience and social assistance in protracted crises , co-facilitated by Lars Otto Naess, Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and Jan Selby, University of Sheffield and BASIC Research researcher. This...

Accountability and social assistance in protracted crises online discussion, Wed 22 - Thurs 23 June 2022

Welcome to day one of a two-day e-discussion where we will be looking at accountability and social assistance in protracted crises, co-facilitated by Paul Harvey (Co-director of BASIC Research) and Louisa Seferis (BASIC researcher). This online discussion is...

Politics of social assistance in protracted crises online discussion, Mon 13 - Fri 17 June 2022

Welcome to a week-long online discussion about the politics of social assistance in protracted crises , co-facilitated by Jeremy Lind and Becky Carter from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). This online discussion is the second in a series of four ,...

Targeting in Crises Online Discussion, Tues 7 – Fri 10 June

Welcome to Day One of a week-long online discussion about targeting social assistance in situations of crises , co-facilitated by Rachel Sabates-Wheeler (Institute of Development Studies) and Emily Wylde (Independent Economist). This online discussion is the...

Ukraine's IDP and Refugee crisis and Social Assistance

Dear All, In the lead up to and now responding to Ukraine's current IDP and Refugee crisis, I have been writing a series of blogs to help support preparedness and response activities, and the need for government-led Social assistance has come up repeatedly. I...

Ukraine's IDP and Refugee crisis and Social Protection

Dear All, In the lead up to and now responding to Ukraine's current IDP and Refugee crisis, I have been writing a series of blogs to help support preparedness and response activities. One key factor that has come through all of the posts is the critical role...

Latinamerica- Regional Learning Event Linking Cash and Voucher Assistance with social protection systems

We would like to share key links of the Regional Learning Event that took place on May 20th from 9-11: 30 (Panama time) convened by REDLAC and Regional CWG-R4V . More than 20 panelists from Latinamerica from 5 Governments, 3 UN agencies, 4 INGO,1 Red Cross...

New deadline Help needed - CaLP ‘Toolbox’ for Humanitarian Practitioners Linking Humanitarian CVA & Social Protection - seeking resources and contacts to help us find resources

Dear Community members, On behalf on CaLP, I share the call for resources and contacts to help develop the Toolbox for humanitarian practitioners: Linking Humanitarian CVA & Social Protection (See attachment) and message below. Regards, Zena ---- Given...

LAC - Linking CVA with social protection systems May 20th Regional learning event

REDLAC in collaboration with the Regional CWG - R4V, invites you to participate in the regional learning event "Linking cash and voucher assistance with social protection systems " to be held on May 20, 2021 at 9:00 - 11:30 (Panama time). The planning team...

Fail forward: collectively learning from our failures

To move social protection forward and expand it to crisis contexts, we need open conversations about failure and not just success. The fifth blog of the #whatsnextforSP series, by Zehra Rizvi and Cecile Cherrier , is a reflection about embracing failures as a...