Multi-purpose Cash Budget Inter-agency and unhcr

MULTIPURPOSE CASH GRANTS Education Food Security Health Protection Core relief items Shelter Livelihoods Water and Sanitation MULTIPURPOSE CASH GRANTS MPGs as a basis for multi-sectoral or sectoral interventions. (for discussion : What have we learnt by going through this exercise.)

Minimum expenditure basket (MEB) Defined as what a refugee household needs and its average cost over time. MPG will contribute to MEB, but can also include other one-off/ recovery needs. How do we decide what to give? Define a ‘Survival Minimum Expenditure Basket’ Inclusive of food non-food, hygiene items, transport, rent, debt Assumption that each household can generate certain income? Monitor the markets and prices? Plus access to markets What are the impacts to the market? Price fluctuations?

Transfer Value GAP MEB

Minimum expenditure basket   Beneficiaries Not Receiving Additional Assistance Beneficiaries Receiving Additional Assistance Amount Received Item Indivdual Family up to 5 Family up to 7 Item2 Individual Removed % Food 91.50 320.25 388.88 45.75 160.125 194.44 50% of total NFI (hygiene) 16.07 34.77 38.96 6.428 13.908 15.584 40% of total NFI(clothing and child) 4.50 48.08 55.34 4.5 100% of total Health 10 20 30 School Supplies 7 14 Phone Credit Transportation 9.8 Total 141.87 449.90 546.98 86.478 268.913 329.164 Transfer Amounts EUR 140.00 EUR 450.00 EUR 540.00 EUR 90.00 EUR 290.00 EUR 330.00

Food calculations of meb Food Amount: The food minimum expenditure basket was defined and calculated based on the formula adopted by WFP[1] in Lebanon for the Syrian refugee response in 2014[2] based on the preference of different types of food items to meet their daily nutritional and energy requirement. Similarly, the quantity/portion of food items was calculated based on the Sphere Project Standards for the daily energy requirement of 2,100 kcal per person per day. The following table and figures present the composition of a preferred food basket, the daily energy requirement and the daily recommended ration per person per day and the price of food items based on the market information. Caloric needs for children range from 1000-2,200 depending on age thus the calculation for a family of 5 is calculated at a ratio of total caloric needs when estimated that there are 3 children per family. Table 1: Composition of preferred food basket, amounts required and price per ration.  Item Grams/person % of minimum food basket price/unit price/ration/day Medium grain rice 100 14.9 2.5 0.37 Bulgur 130 19.4 0.48 Pasta 50 7.5 1.5 0.11 pulses 60 8.9 4 0.36 Sugar 1 0.07 Sunflower oil 33 4.9 0.12 iodized salt 5 0.7 2 0.01 Canned meat 38 5.7 0.42 Milk 20 3.0 0.03 egg bread 70 10.4 3 0.31 Lemon 30 4.5 0.09 leaves 65 9.7 6 0.58 Total (€) 671 100.0 3.05

Costs to cover food 5.6 – 7 EUR per person per DAY for food = 7.6 – 9 million per month (reduce to remove islands) Plus additional resources for project management, delivery and financial service providers Community kitchen costs TBC ? Using DRC and UNHCR $ planning figures MEB Food = 91. 5 EUR per individual/ 320 EUR per family of 5/ 388 EUR per family of 7 ECHO, DFID, other donors interested?

yearly planning figures + contingency 140 EUR (MEB per individual) x 55,000 (people) x 12 (months) = 92.4 million 140 EUR x 100,000 (contingency) x 12 = 168 million 450 EUR (MEB per household of 5) x 11,000 (families) x 12 (months) = 59.4 million 450 EUR x 20,000 (contingency) x 12 = 108 million 450 x 25,000 (contingency) x 12 = 135 million 5 things to consider: These amounts do not include a revised portion for food (91 EUR/ person/ month might be low) These amounts do not include shelter (which might need to be considered for urban cases) These amounts do not include transfer/ delivery costs or management of programming/ monitoring etc These amounts do not assume that UNHCR would cover 100% needs but that it would be shared with other agencies These amounts assume every individual would receive cash and that no livelihoods activities are allowed.