August 2022 – January 2023 (finished)
Supportin”The Ukraine Cash Working Group requested technical assistance from STAAR to support humanitarian cash and social protection linkages by supporting coordination between cash actors within the Cash Working Group, building relationships and engaging with the government on alignment with social protection systems, and identifying gaps and opportunities for further technical assistance.
Since the escalation of conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukraine Cash Working Group has scaled up its capacity to coordinate the rollout of multipurpose cash assistance. To support this agenda, the requested support included mapping the humanitarian cash and social protection responses in Ukraine, assessing the alignment between programmes, identifying blockages to further integration, and exploring opportunities to transition to a more social-protection-led response.
The assignment provided actionable recommendations, including convening a government working group on social protection to improve communication and information sharing between the Ministry of Social Policy (MOSP) and humanitarian actors. Medium-term priorities included establishing shared data systems and de-duplication mechanisms. “g Humanitarian Cash and Social Protection Linkages for the Ukraine Cash Working Group