With increasing global attention on social protection and cash transfer programmes, the Transfer Project will convene an important international workshop from April 6th- 8th in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting will bring together national governments, research institutions and international organizations to discuss latest developments on cash transfer programmes.

Since 2008, the Transfer Project has accumulated a critical mass of evidence on the multiple impacts of government run, cash transfers in Africa. Many governments have scaled-up programmes, raising important new questions on policy and implementation. By bringing together stakeholders to share in-depth experiences, the Transfer Project workshop will provide an unique opportunity to discuss lessons learned and look at new ways for moving forward.

The 2016 workshop will enter a new frontier for the Transfer Project, with the scope of topics and geographic focus broader than years before. Past events have been dedicated to cash transfer policy, implementation and evaluation; but this year, sessions will also cover programme designs that link cash to additional essential social services, known as “social protection plus” or “cash-plus” models. Discussions will be held on planned or ongoing impact evaluations, as well as emerging findings, methodological gaps and unanswered questions around cash-plus livelihoods, agriculture interventions and nutrition. This is also the first year the workshop will highlight case studies and cash transfer evaluation experiences from Asia.

The UNICEF Ethiopia Country Office will host the event, with Transfer Project partners from across UNICEF, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Save the Children UK and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leading various sessions. Among the approximately 100 invited participants include government partners implementing and evaluating cash transfer programmes, and other social protection experts from academic institutions, non-governmental organizations and international development agencies.

For more information on the workshop results, and to access agenda and presentations go to the Transfer Project website: https://transfer.cpc.unc.edu/

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