PRCWG CVA Interactive Dashboards and Mapping

Click here for more details of mapping the Cash and Voucher Assistance Transfer Value from Pacific Region (Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands,Tonga and Federated States of Micronesia)  

2009 - 2017: CVA Programmes Map in the PICs 

2017: CVA Capacity Map

2017: Organization Map

2017:  Response Map 

2017: Sectors capacity in CVA Map

2016: Marshall Islands Drought map

Historical Summary as of 2017

PRCWG Cash Transfer Programmes (CTP) in the Pacific

Summary of findings from Response Mapping 30 June 2017

• CTP has been implemented in 3 PICs (Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu) since 2009 as part of emergency response
• More than 17,000 households (approx. 86,150 people) have benefited from CTPs
• CTP has been used to meet Shelter and Food Security & Livelihoods needs
• Samoa Red Cross implemented a CTP in response to the 2009 tsunami and supported a CTP in 2012 in response to TC Evan
• Oxfam implemented a Cash for Work programme in Vanuatu in 2015 in response to TC Pam
• Following TC Winston WFP supported 71,205 people in Fiji through a CTP using existing Government Social Safety Nets
• Oxfam supported 1,440 households in Fiji after TC Winston through a Cash for Work programme
• CTPs have been implemented through existing Government schemes in Samoa and Fiji
  • In Samoa through the National Provident Fund
  • In Fiji through Social Safety Net mechanisms

Steps that organisations are taking to build CTP capacity (Compiled from Capacity Mapping exercise)

• ADRA Fiji staff attended the Core CTP Skills for Strategic Decision Making course and 1-day Fundamentals course in Suva in June 2017
• CARE International has technical cash specialists for deployment in case of emergency. CTP training in July for CARE Australia colleagues supporting Pacific preparedness and response
• Habitat for Humanity Fiji – 1 staff attended CTP Core Strategic Planning and Decision Making training in Suva
• Fiji Red Cross - 1 staff member attended a 2-day IFRC-led introductory CTP training in 2016; FRCS would like training opportunities
• Solomon Islands Red Cross has one staff member with technical capacity in planning, implementation and monitoring (would need some additional support); looking to map/scope how cash transfer programming could work in the Solomon Islands and pilot the concept in one branch (in consultation with other partners)
• Vanuatu Red Cross - Training being provided by Oxfam on 26 June 2017 - VRCS will potentially send 2-3 participants; with training VRCS would have capacity to support CTP
• Samoa Red Cross – would like training opportunities
• UNICEF - Staff training, inclusion in preparedness plans,  actively seeking donor funding to initiate development of CTP design and build operational capacity
• OCHA has been involved in the formalisation of the PRCWG since 2016 and the TC Winston informal
• working group in 2015
• Oxfam - Trained staff in designing CTPs