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A. Introduction
The gFSC aims to contribute actively to provide guidance and tools for national food security clusters to adequately coordinate cash interventions among cluster/sector partners and to ensure equally and consistently consideration of cash alongside other forms of humanitarian assistance in the food security sector. Supporting Food Security Cluster Coordinators (FSCC) is crucial to enable them to better coordinate food security interventions and modalities of assistance with relevant stakeholders in country and improve their ability to engage and contribute to multi sectorial initiatives in cash transfer programming. FSCC are key drivers to foster the uptake of cash transfers in emergency responses when delivering their core functions. This document takes into account the inherently multipurpose nature of cash and part of a multi actor agenda and intends to contribute actively to identifying critical issues that require multisectorial responses.
The present document aims to be part of FSCC’s briefing package. The briefing package consists of resources that provide greater clarity and guidance to those assigned to lead and manage the Food Security Clusters in countries with humanitarian crises. As a first attempt to systematize the mainstreaming of cash transfer programming within food security cluster functions, this document was developed based on and in line with: (i) Food Security Cluster Coordination Handbook, 2012 (ii) IASC Reference Module for Cluster Country Coordinator at country Level, revised July, 2014 (iii) Strategic Note, Cash Transfers in Humanitarian Contexts. Prepared for the Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee by The World Bank Group, June 2016 (iv) Mainstreaming AAP and Core People- related issues in the HPC through cluster system (v) Operational guidance and toolkit for multipurpose cash grants, 2016.
In addition, defining coordination arrangements for cash- based programming is work in progress. Guidance in this briefing package is non-prescriptive and likely to evolve, as cash coordination is further being developed. This document may be used – discussed and adapted within the FSC (or other sectors) and inter cluster coordination mechanisms to get agreement on specific functions and responsibilities in the country context.
The briefing package has been structured as follows:
The document is divided in seven (7) sections. Each section represents FSCC core functions: (i) Support service delivery (ii) Inform and support strategic decision making (iii) planning and implement cluster strategies (iv) Monitor and evaluate performances (v) build national capacity in preparedness and contingency planning (vi) to support robust advocacy (vii) Ensuring appropriate attention to priority cross-cutting and cross-sectoral issues. Within each core function, there are checklists aiming to guide the FSCC to answer three questions to deliver cluster Coordination core functions ensuring equally and consistently consideration of cash alongside other forms of humanitarian assistance:
(i) What do I have to put in place? Key tasks, roles and responsibilities that FSC is expected to carry out
(ii) What do I need to know? Key competences required for the coordination team to be able to carry out the above-mentioned tasks
(iii) Which resources do I have access to? Recommended key resources to consider when carrying out the above-mentioned tasks
To establish a systematic process mainstreaming CTP within food security cluster functions, the following framework can be identified throughout the whole document. That means, listed tasks, competences and resources deemed to:
(i) be relevant to FS sector (food security lens)
(ii) enable FSCC to carry out their functions within the IASC architecture (Cluster lens)
(iii) strengthen their ability to engage in joint multisectorial responses and synergistic interventions (multi sectorial lens)