Humanitarian Cash Transfers (HCT)

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3 hours
Humanitarian Cash Transfers (HCT)
Cross-sectoral
English
Delivery Modality
Online self-paced
Theme
Financing Instruments
External Financing
Operational Capacity for Response
Cash & Voucher Assistance
Audience
UN Staff
Agencies
UNICEF
Certification
No

This course covers the fundamentals of Humanitarian Cash Transfers (HCT). It provides a first introduction to what are HCT, and how UNICEF uses them in humanitarian response as an implementation modality across sectors. It includes considerations on UNICEF comparative advantage and its strategic positioning on HCT, as well as showcase examples of programmes and two case studies. 

The course is structured around three modules that allow participants to progressively gain a more practical and field implementation-oriented understanding of HCTs. 

Learning objectives:

Provide UNICEF staff with the basic concepts and implementation considerations required to consider the use of HCT in a humanitarian response.