Promising Futures, Community by Community 11/16/20161 Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Network

Promising Futures, Community by Community 11/16/20162  Respondents reported the most years of experience in the specific fields of Rural WASH and CLTS.  WASH is currently part of 90% of the respondents’ CSPs  Respondents view CLTS (83.3%), School WASH (75%) and Rural WASH (63.8%) as Plan’s primary areas of expertise. WASH Advisors Survey 40 respondents from ARO, RESA, WARO, NOs, and IH

Promising Futures, Community by Community 11/16/20163 Looking ahead…  In 5 years’ time, respondents would like Plan to have expertise in: ◦ Urban WASH ◦ CLTS ◦ Sanitation marketing ◦ WASH DDR ◦ Inclusion ◦ School WASH ◦ Integrated Water Resource Management ◦ Rural WASH ◦ Gender & WASH  Respondents would like to know more about: ◦ Sanitation marketing ◦ Gender & WASH (including MHM) ◦ Urban and peri-urban WASH ◦ Sustainable WASH ◦ Climate Change and WASH ◦ CLTS ◦ Inclusion  97% (38/39) of respondents believe that WASH will be an explicit part of their next CSP or program strategy

Promising Futures, Community by Community 11/16/20164 The WASH Network  Primary function of a WASH Network should be: ◦ developing WASH relationships internally; ◦ learning and developing practice; ◦ promoting coherent global WASH advocacy and policies; ◦ developing WASH relationships externally; ◦ supporting professional development.

Promising Futures, Community by Community 11/16/20165 The goal of the updated Planet site is to provide a central location for Plan staff to read about, contribute to and discuss research, programs, innovations and news in the WASH sector.

Promising Futures, Community by Community 11/16/20166 Participate in new discussions Read curated summaries of recent reports, events, programs Main menu: Access the Key Documents, Links, Events, Document Library, Learn and Innovate pages