C The Cash Learning Partnership THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CASH REPORT Some respondents considered that there was a need for discussion about emerging trends in CTP and their implications for building human resource capacity. Expertise for CTP to date is recruited from within the humanitarian sector, whereas respondents suggested a need to increase diversity in this pool of expertise, to draw upon complementary skillsets in other industries in areas such as e-commerce, digital technologies and market analysis. BOX 3.5 PRACTITIONER VIEWS ON EASE OF RECRUITING CTP EXPERTISE 29% Practitioners agree that their organization finds it easy to recruit skilled staff for cash related roles. However, this perception varies by various factors: Split by role Split by geography Split by location of role Senior mgmt/ 36% Africa (103) 41% Africa (103) 35% Program mgmt (105) Overall (195) 29% Overall (195) 29% Overall (195) 29% Techincal Advisory (66) 17% North America 11% North America 15% and W. Europe (37) and W. Europe (37) Building capacity of local actors can generate significant benefits, but is not being undertaken systematically The Grand Bargain is committed to making humanitarian action as local as possible. In line with this commitment, there is a fundamental need to build the capacity of national and local actors to design and implement CTP. This research highlights this as a major gap, with limited emphasis “There is progress on the international dialogue to date on building capacity of local partners – both on cash. But getting this right heavily relies on governmental and non-governmental. national systems and local actors. Cash needs In the organization survey, less than half of respondents to be done bottom up”. British Red Cross reported that their organization was supporting local non-government actors to implement CTP. One organization that has made considerable investments in the localization of CTP is IFRC. Their experiences in building capacity of National Societies is detailed in Box 3.5. 49