1. Concept Note: Formation of an Urban WASH Consortium
Federation WASH
Concept Note: Formation of an Urban WASH Consortium
WHERE WE WORK
Urban WASH TWG Meeting, Nairobi, September 2017.

2. Rationale for a consortium approach: We cannot do it alone……..
It is recognised that our efforts in the Urban WASH context are limited at present although the increasing demand and need for WASH services for the urban poor and the most vulnerable is widely acknowledged1
1 Specific Strategic Direction for Urban WASH

3. What is our Strategic Base? Recognising what we are…
auxiliary to government with privileged access to government and ministries
unique global spread, attractive to partners
long term presence and commitment
addressing the resilience continuum
proven WASH deliverer
volunteer and community based
needs based, demand driven approach
contributes to and advocates on global WASH

4. What is our Strategic Base? Recognising where we want to go………
expanding our response capacity for urban disasters and specifically the provision of immediate tailored lifesaving services for WASH in urban contexts
having a common vision and commitment across the movement of the role that NSs could be playing in developmental urban WASH
accepting our limitations and partnering internally and externally to create an operational/programming platform – the consortium
going to scale in a geographically focused approach, multi-year, multi stakeholder.

5. WHERE COULD THE CONSORTIUM SIT? Public Health in WASH (6)
Federation WASH
WHERE COULD THE CONSORTIUM SIT?
Interagency
TWG
(IFRC, Oxfam, Unicef, UNHCR, MSF, ACF, IRC, ICRC, Care) (8)
WASH Cluster
Unicef led, IFRC Member of the SAG (9)
Global WASH Team (1)
WASH Advisors (2)
Sub TWG
WASH in Development (3)
Sub TWG
WASH in Emergencies (4)
Sub TWG
Urban WASH (5)
Sub TWG
Public Health in WASH (6)
Urban WASH Consortium
ERU Working Group (7)
1. Consists of Geneva & Regional IFRC WASH Teams and convenes the WASH Advisors Group Meetings
2. Consists of the Global WASH Team and NS’s WASH Advisors as a platform for informed decision making in the sector
3.-6. An ad-hoc working group to identify issues and table solutions to the WASH Advisors Group for consensus and adoption, may also involve external experts
7. Chaired by the Geneva WASH Team, consists of NS’s with existing ERU capacity to adopt and improve ERU response given changing scenarios
8. Geneva WASH Team being a founding member of this group to increase interagency collaboration in the sector
9. Geneva WASH Team an active member to represent the NSs in this forum as well as being a current member of the Strategic Advisory Group (SAG)

6. What would be the consortium objectives?
Federation WASH
What would be the consortium objectives?
Effectively pooling RC/RC resources, expertise, innovation and capacities
Establishing a platform attractive to partners and donors at all levels, public and private sector, academia and research bodies
Identifying operational partners that can address gaps in our knowledge and capacities
Encourage a ‘to scale’ approach, broad scope and multi year funding window
Show over time significant Urban WASH impact

7. Consortium structure…….
Federation WASH
Consortium structure…….
IFRC or Lead Agency*
NS’s
Technical Partners
WSP’s Government target populations
Research and Academia
Private Sector
Donors internal and external
* Acting as Secretariat of the consortium

8. Proposed way forward…………
Federation WASH
Proposed way forward…………
The Urban WASH TWG agrees to the basic concept
We set up a working group to take it further with an agreed TOR
The working group sets some objectives for 2017/18
We agree in principle to set up a modest seed fund
The working group identifies potential target projects and donors
The working group identifies potential key external partners