Experience at regional level in West and Central Africa DG ECHO - Aide Humanitaire & Protection Civile West and Central Africa Regional WASH Coordination Model Experience at regional level in West and Central Africa A regional space for improving the efficiency of the humanitarian response Strengthening the WASH coordination and inter-sectoral collaboration from the regional till the country level Christophe Valingot (ECHO RO), Jainil Didaraly, (RECA WCAR), François Bellet (UNICEF RO) Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

Experience at regional level in West and Central Africa DG ECHO - Aide Humanitaire & Protection Civile West and Central Africa Regional WASH Coordination Model Experience at regional level in West and Central Africa 1. Specific regional background 2. Joint WASH regional approach 3. Regional added value Christophe Valingot (ECHO RO), Jainil Didaraly, (RECA WCAR), François Bellet (UNICEF RO) Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

WCAR WASH Coordination Model 1. Specific regional background Humanitarian background: Countries in Emergencies : Half of 24 in chronic or frequent crisis Around 10 (national) clusters or “emergency sector groups” activated: DRC, CAR, Chad, Mali, Niger, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, “Burkina”, “Mauritania”… 2-4 millions of vulnerable (WASH) assisted each year Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

WCAR WASH Coordination Model 1. Specific regional background Institutional framework: Informal regional level: “Regional Clusters” () (hosted by OCHA RO) set-up from the informal regional IASC for the regional CAP (2008-2011) Regional “Groups” () facing regional lead agencies () among the Sahel Strategy (2012-2013, SRP 2014+) Various regional groups: Sectors: Nut/Food Sec. ; WASH () ; Health ; Education… Themes: DRR, Cash Transfer; Cholera Platform ( -> )  Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

WCAR WASH Coordination Model 1. Specific regional background Institutional framework: Regional geographic Dakar (RO) coverage: ONGs, RC, UN, Donors… Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

WCAR WASH Coordination Model 1. Specific regional background WASH Group focus: Coordination: preparedness and response (GWC tools & training) Main battles: Delay of the response (), top down approach (), generic activities (), “hygiene” (WASH), mono lead agency (), sectoral opportunism ($) etc. Humanitarian (WASH) thresholds: Cholera morbidity Flood victims Population displacement Acute malnutrion Urban crises... Reactivity & targeting HNO Sahel WASH minimum packages: “Hygiene + Water + Sanitation” per vulnerability Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

WCAR WASH Coordination Model 2. Joint WASH regional approach Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

WCAR WASH Coordination Model 2. Joint WASH regional approach Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others WASH-in-NUT Strategy Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

WCAR WASH Coordination Model 2. Joint WASH regional approach Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others Shared vision on the problem & response analysis : Low interest in the WASH component of the crisis Under funding of the WASH part of the response Need for a common ground of evidences / good practices WASH-in-NUT Strategy Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

Global Wash Cluster Meeting -October 2013, Jakarta WCAR WASH Coordination Model 2. Joint WASH regional approach Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others Definition of a regional strategy Bibliography / review of existing evidences Definition of a minimum wash package of activities Integration into the UNICEF regional nutrition crisis response framework Financial support through ECHO funding Capitalisation work / capture of good practices Monitoring & support to national actors WASH-in-NUT Strategy Sahel: WaSH Min package (Niger, Mali, Tchad, Burkina); superposed GIS mapping WaSH-malnut with RRT IMO for strategic decision-making (Chad, Mali); Included in 8/9 Sahel countries CAPs + DRC HAP (Intercluster level) Global Wash Cluster Meeting -October 2013, Jakarta

Global Wash Cluster Meeting -October 2013, Jakarta WCAR WASH Coordination Model 2. Joint WASH regional approach Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others Cholera Strategy Global Wash Cluster Meeting -October 2013, Jakarta

Global Wash Cluster Meeting -October 2013, Jakarta WCAR WASH Coordination Model 2. Joint WASH regional approach Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others Shared vision on the problem & response analysis : Reccurent cholera outbreak with an increasing frequency Low response capacity / too late Despite increasing knowledge, lack of standardised response (pb of knowledge transmission and application) Lack of long term investments Cholera Strategy Global Wash Cluster Meeting -October 2013, Jakarta

WCAR WASH Coordination Model 2. Joint WASH regional approach Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others Regional Cholera mapping (Taskforces/Intercluster functionnality matrix); Intercluster matrix Niger Dakar HHA Regional Workshop; Dakar Regional Cholera Prep/Resp training; Kinshasa Sub-regional Cholera Forum; Niger (Joint ECHO-UNICEF-RECA) Cholera response Lessons Learned workshop; Capitalization (Guinea/Sierra Leone); WiE trainings (Ouaga 2Rs,Goma) SIMEX cholera DRC /common SOF-indicators HCC/WCC; Cross-border alerts and remote support to preparedness; Advocacy through donor liaison (OFDA) Definition of a regional strategy Bibliography – review of best practices Definition of the « shield and sword » strategy Integration in the regional cholera response framework (UNICEF/plate-forme régionale) Financial support through ECHO funding Capitalisation / Monitoring Cholera Strategy

Global Wash Cluster Meeting -October 2013, Jakarta WCAR WASH Coordination Model 2. Joint WASH regional approach Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others Work in Progress… Floods: Niger Harmonized assessment tool (CAT contextualized) Displacements: Joints visits ECHO-UNHCR-UNICEF WCAR ‘TWiG’ Malaria Global Wash Cluster Meeting -October 2013, Jakarta

WCAR WASH Coordination Model 2. Joint WASH regional approach Joint Regional Analysis Major humanitarian issues at regional level Definition of Regional Strategies & diffusion through national coordination bodies Joint Monitoring Matrix & Analysis Indicators – national and regional analysis Joint Support / Follow up missions Best Practices Capitalisation Knowledge sharing events & KM Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

WCAR WASH Coordination Model 2. Joint WASH regional approach Capitalisation Lessons learned Strategic Guidance Follow up & Support Funding Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

WCAR WASH Coordination Model 2. Joint WASH regional approach Regional level : Ideal place for analysis, cross border and inter country experience sharing, capitalisation and knowledge management Country 1 Country 2 Country 3 Country 4 Actor 1 Actor 2 Actor 3 Actor 4 RECA enables an entry point through partners such as NGOs (beyond ECHO partners and funded projects), OCHA, etc Increase accountability and performance of clusters(RECA is a parallel channel which allows partners to provide feedbacks on Cluster performance &point out inefficiencies or voice out alerts to regional level) Very useful for longer term improvement of the response (reinventing the wheel) Based on a Bottom Up  Top Down Approach Need to build on a well functionning national coordination level

WCAR WASH Coordination Model 3. Regional added value Regional Group added value (Limitation - Survey done at regional level)   Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta WCAR WASH Coordination Model 3. Regional added value Challenges : Fragile : Based on individuals, commited to work together and to support the regional coordination Informal status : Lack of legitimity to bring some countries / partners together towards the implementation of regional strategies National coordination performance level : In the end, the success of the regional approach depends on a well functionning national coordination (need for ad hoc support) Capitalisation / information sharing : Need to build a strong regional knowledge management system which could ease the learning process for newcomers Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

Ideal (WASH) regional coordination ? WCAR WASH Coordination Model 3. Regional added value Ideal (WASH) regional coordination ? Facilitates the access to info & touchy feedbacks/ views RECA support  Ensure as a « Co-lead » the equilibrium for the representation of the Collective by CLA and Co-lead (Donor, ECHO) sides Complementarity Transparency Equality Partnership principles Results driven Responsibility Trainings, IACP, Capacity-mapping, SIMEX, LL Workshops, WiN adopted & included in 8/9 Sahel countries CAPs + DRC HAP ! Cross-border alerts, Cross-country exchanges, capitalization…!

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