A PRESENTATION TO THE ICC ON THE LEARNING ALLIANCE APPROACH OCTOBER 6,2011 TAMALE Improving WASH sector learning through LA’s

LA- What is it? Learning Alliance refers to:  A group of different stakeholders organised into a platform at any level – global, national, regional etc - working together to learn, innovate and scale-up. RLAP- ICC Meeting

Global National Intermediate Community/end-user Donors Line ministries National Government Universities Banks Companies INGOs Offices of line ministries Local government Donor projects Local NGOs Local private sector Local Banks Extension officers Mechanics Donors Multilateral orgs. Advocacy orgs. Learning orgs Men/Women Rich/poor Domestic Productive KEY CONCEPTS IN LAs 1 – Different Institutional Levels 2 – Multiple Stakeholders (roles) RLAP- ICC Meeting

Global National Intermediate Community Donors Line ministries National platform Universities Banks Companies Local government Offices of line ministries Donor projects Local NGOs INGOs Local private sector Local Banks Extension officers Mechanics Donors Multilateral orgs. Advocacy orgs. Learning orgs Men/Women Rich/poor Domestic Productive Global platform National Government Intermediate platform Community / local platforms 3. Platforms 5. Communication 4. Facilitation RLAP- ICC Meeting

National Platform Intermediate platform Learn together Scale up Share lessons at national level Consolidate lessons and. … Global platform Global National Intermediate level Community Action research Facilitator How it works in practice RLAP- ICC Meeting

RLAP – What is it? Regional Learning Alliance refers to  Group of different stakeholders organised into a platform at the regional level working together to learn, innovate and scale-up RLAP- ICC Meeting

RLAP – What for?  Learning and sharing Frequent sharing and discussion within and between partners/ stakeholders of experiences and lessons learned  Action research Identification and implementation of action within a rigorous research framework  Dissemination Structured dissemination of lessons and results  Coordination RLAP- ICC Meeting

RLAP – Why the approach? Address the challenges of weak culture of learning, sharing and networking; and some extent local capacities The application of research results: moving towards actual uptake of innovations. Scaling up from small-scale and a limited time horizon towards sustainable implementation at scale. Complexity: from dealing with one aspect of a problem towards an integrated and holistic approach RLAP- ICC Meeting

RLAP – Who?  Local/External Facilitators  Gov’t (agencies, ministries, etc.)  Private operators  CSOs/ NGOs  User groups  Academia  Projects, Networks  Media, etc.  Who are we missing ? RLAP- ICC Meeting

RLAP – Facilitation: Who & how? ICC facilitator? ????? Gov’t- Ministries/Agencies Media Academia Networks/ projects User groups NGOs/CBOs/ Private Ops RLAP- ICC Meeting

RLAP – Facilitators Role  Mobilising member stakeholders  Logistics issues  Facilitate content development  Who takes care of the documentation(RLF)  Dissemination to national stakeholders -RCN RLAP- ICC Meeting

select author Author to write In-house content review Author revises Layout, proof reading and printing Language editing Draft communiqué Second draft Final communiqué Minor layout and edit select in- house content reviewers conveys comments to author puts box text on- line Commissions language editing Commissions lay-outing and proof reading send communiqu é to mailing list publish communiqu é on line distribute hard copies WASH review include communiqu é in report RLAP (Doc) Communiqué development Activity by CWSA/RCN Secretariat Document Activity by other Legend 0.25 day RLAP- ICC Meeting

Experiences from the NLLAP DateTopic July 29,2011 NLLAP 9: “Water supply and Sanitation in communities and schools: Lessons from India” Hosted: A team of 4-UNICEF-sponsored Ghanaians August 26, NLLAP10: Theme:“WASH Sector Financing and Tariff Setting in Ghana.” Hosted: PURC & GrassRootsAfrica(CONIWAS) November 25,2011 NLLAP12: Theme: “Highlights on the Revised Environmental Sanitation Policy (ESP) & Strategic Action Plans” Hosted: EHSD, MLGRD & CWSA 28 th July, 2011 The Right to Water and Sanitation in Ghana: A National Action Plan for Implementation Hosted by CONIWAS Wednesday 28 th September National Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) Strategy for the Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sub Sector in Ghana RLAP- ICC Meeting

RLAP – What approach do we adopt to introducing a Learning Alliance Platform in NR?  Do we intend to consider the ICC meetings as the Regional Learning Alliance with an injection of the learning component?  Do we intend to continue the monthly learning and sharing?  Who documents the learning(key issues from the discussions)?  How do we finance the meetings, what is the status of the current financing for the ICC,will the current financing process continue?  How will the documentation be financed ? RLAP- ICC Meeting

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