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1 A CATALOG FOR CASH TRANSFER TECH? Discussion Hour Sears Electronics Catalog, Your very own cordless phone for just $250!

2 HOW TO USE THE WEBINAR PLATFORM Please mute your microphone when not speaking.

3 ELAN WORK STREAMS & ADVISORY GROUP

4 DISCUSSION HOUR HOW IT WORKS Provide feedback & share your own ideas about this opportunity! We ll do a 10 minute intro, then pose a few key discussion questions. Use the chat box or microphone.

5 INTROS Who do you work for? Where do you sit? How does your organization shop for e-transfer services?

6 CATALOG PURPOSE Make it easy for humanitarian teams to quickly identify and use the best available technology to support cash transfer programming.

7 CATALOG PURPOSE + APPROACH Purpose: Make it easy for humanitarian teams to quickly identify and use the best available technology available to support cash transfer programming. Proposed Approach: Compiles information on product features, price, deployment history and supplier points of contact. The catalog would not replace standard procurement and vetting processes. *The catalog will only include on tech that supports cash and voucher programming.

Proposed Approach: Compiles information on product features, price, deployment history and supplier points of

8 CATALOG AUDIENCE International and local NGOs implementing emergency cash transfer programs. UN agencies are not the focus audience, as they tend to have corporate solutions and less need and flexibility to test and adopt private & emerging tech solutions. However, the catalog could host UN-created solutions (such as WFP s Scope), if they are commercially available and deployable on a multi-country basis.

flexibility to test and adopt private & emerging tech solutions.

9 PRODUCT CATEGORIES Beneficiary Information Management: Tools that support the collection and management of information about program beneficiaries/participants, including registration processes. E-vouchers: Tools that digitize voucher distributions, transactions and reconciliation with merchants. E-Cash: Any electronic substitute for cash that provides full flexibility for purchases. It may be stored, spent, and/or received through a mobile phone, prepaid debit/atm card or other electronic transfer.

E-vouchers: Tools that digitize voucher distributions, transactions and reconciliation with merchants.

10 WHY NOT INCLUDE M&E TOOLS? Key Criteria for selection of tools to include in the catalog: Can this tech tool help me more efficiently send e-transfers to beneficiaries?

11 CATALOG PRINCIPLES 1. Differentiate between products that have been field tested by humanitarian agencies, and those that are new solutions. 2. The burden of populating and updating the catalogue will be placed on technology providers, but the humanitarian community will play a role in quality control/vetting. 3. The products will not be rated (?), though contacts for references may be provided. 4. The catalog will not include local e-cash technologies these are too numerous, and change too quickly, to be included successfully in a global product catalog. We will include e-cash products that are available in multiple countries.

control/vetting. 3. The products will not be rated (?), though contacts for references may be provided. 4.

12 CATALOG PRINCIPLES + DISCUSSION 1. Differentiate between products that have been field tested by humanitarian agencies, and those that are new solutions. What is the right metric for field tested? # of deployments? # of beneficiaries reached?

by humanitarian agencies, and those that are new solutions.

13 CATALOG PRINCIPLES + DEBATE 2. The burden of populating and updating the catalogue will be placed on technology providers, but the humanitarian community will play a role in quality control/vetting. What type of vetting is possible / ideal? How should that be operationalized? How would suggested mechanisms work in a situation where a product has caused real problems and/or harm to programs/beneficiaries?

humanitarian community will play a role in quality control/vetting.

14 CATALOG PRINCIPLES + DEBATE 3. The products will not be rated, though contacts for references may be provided. Or should they be rated? (Trip advisor style?) Would you be willing to be listed as a reference?

15 CATALOG PRINCIPLES + DEBATE 4. The catalog will not include local e-cash technologies these are too numerous, and change too quickly, to be included successfully in a global product catalog. We will include e-cash products that are available in multiple countries.

too numerous, and change too quickly, to be included successfully

16 OTHER QUESTIONS + CONSIDERATIONS Where is the best place to host this type of catalog? Who is best positioned to help us create it? What else are we missing?

17 NEXT STEPS: CATALOG PROTOTYPING Potential Place: London, March 24 th (date TBD) Interested in participating or contributing? Contact:

18 THANK YOU! Sign up to stay involved or join an ELAN working group. The Electronic Cash Transfer Learning Action Network is convened by Mercy Corps, with support from the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth.

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