Steering Committee International Secretariat Policy forum Communications forum Task team: WASH and other sectors Task team: WASH and other sectors Task team: SWA Task team: SWA Task team: WASH prioritization Task team: WASH prioritization End Water Poverty members Media forum End Water Poverty’s structure: If you would like to join the campaign, a forum or task team, please Serena on:
End Water Poverty members End Water Poverty is a membership campaign made up of 185 charities, non-profits, NGOs, professional networks, trade unions and interest groups. End Water Poverty is powered and driven by its wide member base. Membership is free. Members are given campaign resources to support national level work and to link into global moments of action. Resources and strategies are developed with members. Members are welcome to join the forums and task teams, and to apply for election to the Steering Committee in December Main methods of communications with members and across the membership is through the website, lists, the blog, e- newsletter, postal mailings and through twitter and facebook.
The Steering Committee The Steering Committee consists of 12 member organisations of the campaign from Africa, Europe, North America and South Asia. The Committee steers the campaign and governs the International Secretariat. The current Steering Committee was established in December 2010 and will be reviewed in December You can contact the Steering Committee by ing Fleur.Fleur
The International Secretariat The International Secretariat of End Water Poverty is based in London, UK and is staffed by: –Fleur Anderson, International Campaign Coordinator –Serena O’Sullivan, Campaigns and Communications Officer The Secretariat manages the recruitment and retention of members, funding of the campaign, builds partnerships across the development sector, coordinates and supports the task teams and produces campaign materials and resources. The Secretariat is governed by the Steering Committee. –You can contact the Secretariat by or phone –You can keep up to date with the Secretariat online on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on the website.TwitterFacebookwebsite
The task teams Task teams for each aim of the campaign were established in January They are coordinated by a member of the Steering Committee and devise advocacy and campaign strategies for each aim’s objectives. –The three aims are: 1. Prioritization and targeting: Governments prioritize sanitation and water, by increasing sanitation and water funding and improving the targeting of WASH funding to the most marginalized countries and communities. 2. Sanitation and Water for All: The Sanitation and Water for All partnership becomes an established, effective mechanism to improve access to safe and sustainable sanitation and water services for increased numbers of poor and marginalized people. 3. Water, sanitation and other sectors: The health and education sectors globally and nationally recognize, integrate and take action on sanitation and water. The task teams can use the forums as resources to support their activities. Membership of the task teams is open to all End Water Poverty member organisations. Just the Secretariat for more information. the Secretariat
The forums There are forums focused on Communications, Media and Policy. These forums are groups which can be consulted for support by the task teams and Secretariat. They do not meet physically. Forums consist of skilled staff from members in the relevant skill areas. –The Policy Forum is made up of around 60 professional policy staff and advise on campaign policy and positions. –The new Communications Forum is a small group pushing forward central communication materials such as the redesign of the website and toolkits. –The new Media Forum consists of media staff from members and are consulted on media strategies at focused moments through the year. If you’d like to join a forum to provide a valued service to the campaign, do let us know. do let us know
Useful links: End Water Poverty’s website –SWA infopageSWA infopage –Delhi meeting outcomesDelhi meeting outcomes The World Walks for Water Social networking: Facebook and TwitterFacebookTwitter