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Following up on the Cluster Coordinators’ workshop, a session was organized to discuss recommendations and best practices on the coordination between FSC and CWG and the linkages between food security assistance and MPCA.
The new cash coordination model was endorsed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) in early 2022 to improve the predictability, accountability, and effectiveness of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in humanitarian crises. Key features of the model include: 1) the formal establishment of Cash Working Groups (CWGs); 2) the definition of the inter-sector/inter-cluster coordination (IS/ICCG) group’s responsibility for overall cash coordination, with day-to-day tasks delegated to the CWG; 3) the presence of both non-programmatic (OCHA) and programmatic co-chairs (UN or NGO, to be elected among CWG members) in IASC/mixed humanitarian settings, while UNHCR leads in refugee settings. In 2023 the Global Cash Advisory Group (CAG) produced draft TORs for CWGs, as well as draft standard TORs for CWG Co-Chairs. These documents define roles and responsibilities of the CWG and its co-chairs, including actions outside the co-chair responsibilities (see part 7 of the ToRs).
Following consultations with stakeholders in early 2024, the IASC Guidance on MPC Section and CVA Overview in HNRPs was released in July 2024. It provides minimum standards for planning, reporting, and monitoring Multi-Purpose Cash (MPC) within HNRPs, aiming to improve coherence in cash programming. It also introduces a dedicated target and financial ask for MPC within the HNRPs.
The above-mentioned developments have all had an impact on the coordination and monitoring of cash-based responses by the FSC.
A guidance note was created to support country FSC teams in navigating this “new” environment, and it is based on a stock-taking exercise done during the FSC Coordinators workshop in April 2025, taking into account the experiences during the 2025 HPC cycle.