Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) and Cash
The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement often uses humanitarian cash assistance to help people affected by a crisis. It is essential that we apply participatory approaches to our work, to make sure that we meet people’s needs and deliver cash according to the preferences of the communities we work with.
This section includes case studies, research and guidance which can help to understand people’s experiences during and after emergencies in the context of cash operations.
If you wish to access information, tools, data, evidence and learning specific to humanitarian cash assistance visit cash-hub.org or access the online cash community of the Movement to discuss cash related topics and connect with cash practitioners of the Movement.

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21 January 2021
Community engagement and accountabilityin cash programming during COVID-19
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IFRCWebinar slides on the use of community engagement and accountability in cash programming during COVID-19.
7 September 2020
Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) for Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) during COVID-19
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IFRCThis tip sheet provides practical actions you can take before, during and after a Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) programme to help integrate CEA principles.
8 April 2020
Community Engagement and Accountability in cash transfer programming
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Philippine Red CrossThis case study outlines the learnings and experiences in engaging communities after Typhoon Mangkhut. It highlights how Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) can be integrated in Cash Transfer Programming (CTP).
8 April 2020
Cash and COVID-19 tools
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British Red CrossVisit the Cash Hub's COVID-19 page to access best practice, learnings and tools to adapt CVA and protect those more at risk during the COVID-19 outbreak.
1 April 2020
CEA in cash transfer programming
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Philippine Red CrossThis case study outlines the learnings and experiences in engaging communities after Typhoon Mangkhut. It highlights how Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) can be integrated in Cash Transfer Programming (CTP).
30 March 2020
Cash assistance in Lebanon: Accountability to affected populations
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CAMEALEONThis report aims to generate evidence on how cash and voucher assistance innovations and operational models are working in practice, including from the perspective of recipients. This report presents research into factors affecting accountability to affected populations (AAP) in relation to WFP’s Lebanon multi-purpose cash programme.
3 July 2019
Community engagement in cash transfer programming
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IFRCA case study by the IFRC and Vietnam Red Cross, ‘Community Engagement in Cash Transfer Programming’, which details how CEA was integrated into a disaster response and recovery programme.
2 July 2019
Flyer – Earthquake seasonal support program
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IFRCThis flyer forms part of the IFRC’s Earthquake Seasonal Response Program. It provides advice on what people can buy with the cash grants the Red Cross provides to prepare for winter, like winter clothes and blankets.
2 July 2019
User journeys for humanitarian cash transfers
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Ground TruthThis summary report from Ground Truth Solutions looks at users’ experiences of receiving cash transfers, and makes recommendations about how the process can be improved.
2 July 2019
Accountability in cash transfers
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Overseas Development InstituteA report from the High Level Panel on Humanitarian Cash Transfers entitled, ‘Doing cash differently: how cash transfers can transform humanitarian aid’.
29 June 2019
Cash Transfer Programme – Ecuadorian Red Cross
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Ecuadorian Red CrossA video showing a Cash Transfer Programme implemented by the Ecuadorian Red Cross. The programme aimed to provide financial support to families affected by the 2017 earthquake and stimulate the local economy.
29 June 2019
CEA in cash transfer programming: A best practice example from Madagascar
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IFRCAn IFRC guide: ‘Community Engagement and Accountability in Cash Transfer Programming: A Best Practice Example from Madagascar’, which details how CEA was integrated into a cash-based intervention programme in Madagascar.
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