France: Five days cash transfer programming training

Helene Juillard, a CaLP member, will be delivering a one day Cash ABC training on October 16th and a four day advanced cash training from October 17^th to October 20^th 2017. Participants can choose to either attend the one day training on October 16 ^th for a core training on CTP ABCs, or the 4 day course on Advanced Cash Transfer Programming October 17 to 20, or stay the whole week and for the whole package.

This course provides original insights and knowledge on cash transfer programming in humanitarian settings.

The one-day Cash ABC offers knowledge, skills and reliable practitioner insights on Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) across the project cycle. The four-day training is organised per theme to offer a comprehensive understanding of the more debated topics on CTP at the moment.

The course will be interactive (i.e. minimum slide show presentation), drawing on participants’ experiences and knowledge. Time will be dedicated to address practical challenges that participants may have faced in their current positions. The course will be delivered in English.

Objectives:

By the end of the Cash ABC training, participants will be able to:

• Explain the different CTP related concepts and terminologies;

• Identify the key steps for the design, the implementation and the monitoring of CTP;

• Attribute roles and responsibilities at project level for the effective implementation of CTP.

By the end of the Advanced Cash Transfer programming training, participants will be able to:

• Explain clearly and simply the linkages between market and cash based programming;

• Discuss the state of CTP related evidence;

• Identify key points of attention when the use of Multi-Purpose Grants is considered;

• Set up a cash in/cash out process as well as a fruitful collaboration with service providers;

• Calculate CTP transfer value and use Minimum Expenditure Basket;

• Decide on relevant output, outcomes and impact indicators when CTP is used and set up an effective data collection mechanism;

• Identify the main existing cash coordination schemes as well as the global stakes of CTP coordination;

• Explain how social protection schemes can be used to support humanitarian delivery.

Who should attend

Humanitarian practitioners across sectors and functions can attend, we especially encourage both the technical but also the operational teams to join us for this course. The more diverse the team is the more interesting the exchanges are.

The one day CTP ABC is open to any practitioner with an interest in cash transfer programming and programme design and delivery experience. The four-days advanced training is open to the one-day CTP trainees and to practitioners who have already designed and implemented cash transfer programming in the field. This training will be delivered per themes and not as per the project cycle, hence participants should be already familiar with key steps of the CTP project cycles as they will not be repeated.

Course structure:

Training will run from 9 am to 5 pm each day. Each day is organised in four blocks, separated by a lunch break, and coffee breaks in the morning and afternoon. From the second day onwards, each day begins with a review of the topics covered the day before to ensure that the concepts, tools, and approaches are fully understood. Each day ends with a period of reflection, evaluation, and questions.

Participants will be actively encouraged to take part in classroom discussions and group work. The trainer will draw on both theoretical and practical knowledge in order to make the experience and learning applicable to the realities of training.

To register for the class or for any additional questions, please contact us at nikita@keyaidconsulting.com