1. Overview of the IFRC WASH
West and Central Africa
Zakari Issa, WASH Coordinator

2. content
General Overview: Opportunities and challenges
Emergency Roster
Way forward

6. Opportunities and challenges
Disparities and complexities continue to be latent: volatile working environment (migration, epidemics, flood, malnutrition, volatility of peaceful living environment: de-structuration of government authority, population movement, variability of geographical and climatic conditions); unstable NS structures; insufficient HR/support from IFRC
All NS are engaged in WASH implementation(most in Emergency) but still with very limited capacity
Networking with high level institutions and sector leads: River basin authorities, AMCOW, WSA, UNICEF,; with Academia and professional bodies: WEDC, BIOFORCE, RWSS, etc.

7. RM in the WASH sector need rethink: multi sectoral/flagship long-term projects; Sustainability of funding; new global strategic direction completed…
We expect Funding streams for developmental/flagship to further increase as well projects to be open ended…between now and 2020
Keeping up to date HR mapping database: need some level of sustainability

8. Emergency roster
Most deployment requests are related to the WASH and shelter HR while only 29% are trained in general RDRT WASH
No RDRT trained as RDRT WASH in epidemics context as at now

9. Looking forward to
Going at scale: linking achievements to SDGs need innovative approach – new IFRC WASH strategic direction and its implementation PoA
Sustainability for our developmental efforts and support?
Seed funding needed: Expanding flagships and HR; visibility/communication/engaging partnership and coordination;

10. Questions?