Inter-agency workshop
on cash and protection
10-12 March 2015 - Nairobi, Kenya
E-learning:
E-Transfers and
operationalizing beneficiary
data protection
Rationale
Implications of increased use of e-delivery
mechanisms:
– Need for new capacities for humanitarian agencies
including for negotiating commercial contracts and ensure
risk assessment and mitigation measures
– Agencies’ current work on data protection policies would
benefit from common understanding of minimum
requirements and effective mechanisms for data sharing
– Builds on previous work such as the Principles and
Operating Standards for the secure use of personal data in
cash and e-transfer programmes (CaLP, 2013)
Objective
• To enable the CoP to widely share existing
tools and guidance on how to
operationalize protection of beneficiary
• To help agencies conduct self-assessment
of whether their operations are at risk of
violating data protection standards
Duration and target audience
• Duration: 40-60 minutes
• Target audience: Humanitarian sector workers
including practitioners and donors, and associated
private sector entities
• Hosting: Disaster Ready
Content
• Panorama of the principle e-transfers technologies
used in meeting humanitarian needs (especially
those relevant for multi-sector or multi-purpose CTP)
• Data Protection definition, global trends in relevant
legislations and policies
• Data Protection challenges and solutions (including
at all stages of the project management cycle and
including data sharing agreements, complaint
mechanisms and such like)
Content (2)
• An introduction to key guidelines and
implementation resources relevant to the
humanitarian sector (such as toolkits and lessons
learned)
• Ways forward to improve protection of beneficiary
data on CTPs through e-transfers (including SOP
development, communities of practice, shared
learning and coordination etc.)
Learning objectives
Appreciate the need to improve data management and data
protection in humanitarian responses
Awareness of key global data protection legislation, policies
and emerging trends
State at least 3 challenges faced in beneficiary data
protection in e-transfer programs
Recommend potential solutions and good practices
Understand how POS can be applied to enhance the
institutionalization of data management and protection
Companion materials
• CaLP publication ‘Protecting Beneficiary Privacy’ (available
www.cashlearning.org)
• Nethope ‘E-Payments toolkit’
(http://solutionscenter.nethope.org/toolkit/view/c2e-toolkit)
• MercyCorps ‘E-transfer implementation guide;
(http://www.mercycorps.org.uk/research-resources/e-transferimplementation-guide-cash-transfer-programming)
• CaLP ‘E –transfers in emergencies: implementation guidelines’ (available
www.cashlearning.org)
• UNHCR research (in progress)
• GSR 2013 Discussion paper: Digital transactions in today's smart society
(http://www.itu.int/en/ITUD/Conferences/GSR/Documents/GSR_DigitalTransactions_paper.pdf)
• Electronic Transfers Scoping Study and Preparedness Plan - ACF Philippines
Inter-agency workshop on cash and
protection
10-12 March 2015 - Nairobi, Kenya
CaLP information
sharing platforms
Objective
• To familiarize participants with CaLP online
platforms
• To exploring the possibilities of creating
dedicated sections for Cash & Protection
• Website
• Dgroup
• Cloud based collaborative platform
www.cashlearning.org
Purpose – to share Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) information
and resources
Key highlights
• Latest updates from both CaLP and the community of practice
• Access to the training calendar
• Regional platforms
• Resource library – 500 resources on cash transfer
programming (only 7 specifically related to protection)
• Thematic sections
www.cashlearning.org
Information publicly available
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D-groups
Purpose - The Discussion groups (or D-groups) are dynamic forums for
CTP discussion and debate.
Key highlights
• There are over 1,000 members in the English forum
• They are an opportunity for members of the CTP community of
practice to ask questions, discuss topics and share resources across
the world
• They are free to join and are not focused on CaLP but rather CTP in
general
• There is also a French forum, as well as forums for CTP Jobs and
Consultancies in English and French
Discussion groups –
www.dgroups.org/groups/CaLP
Closed collaborative platform
Purpose - To work collaboratively on draft documents and internal
documents (that cannot be shared publicly)
Key highlights
• Free
• Platform managed by users (CWG members)
• User management by CaLP (invitations)
• Comments
• User-friendly
Collaborative platforms
Questions?
www.cashlearning.org