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1. INTRODUCTION
Following the Shelter-NFI Cash and Voucher Assistance Initial Guidance developed by the national cluster in December 2023, there is a need for SOP to provide more clarity on cash distribution and to assist the cluster partners for cash-based interventions related to shelter and NFI assistance. Therefore, this SOP is developed with the aim to support partners as a reference for the implementation of cash for Shelter and NFI assistance. These SOPs outline the systems, responsibilities, and critical actions for implementing cash-based Interventions of cluster partners in Myanmar. These SOPs deal with the feasibility, set-up, implementation, and monitoring phases of the project cycle for cash disbursement for sectoral cash (Cash for Shelter and Cash for NFIs). The SOPs guide both cash transfers delivered by cluster partners and those by financial service providers on the basis of partners’ assessment. They do not cover any pre-implementation activities (e.g., assessment, response analysis, etc.). The identification and the prioritization of the geographic location and need for sectoral (shelter and NFI) cash must be conducted prior by each partner in coordination with the sub-national cluster coordinators to have collective understanding of the objective and outcome of the intervention. The selection methodology and scoring system to identify the beneficiaries of the Shelter and NFI cash assistance are also included in the SOP to help partners identify and select the beneficiaries effectively, properly, and correctly. In all cases, technical recommendations by the shelter cluster about the type of shelter and shelter construction are complementary to the guidance proposed in this document.