Federation Health WASH Wat SanEH Concept Note Formation

Federation Health WASH Wat. San/EH Concept Note: Formation of an Urban WASH Consortium WHERE WE WORK Urban WASH TWG Meeting, Nairobi, September 2017. www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds.

Federation Health Wat. San/EH 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 need for WASH services for the urban poor and the most vulnerable is widely acknowledged 1 1 Specific Strategic Direction for Urban WASH www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds.

Federation Health Wat. San/EH 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 www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds.

Federation Health Wat. San/EH 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. www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds.

Federation Health WASH Wat. San/EH WHERE COULD THE CONSORTIUM SIT? Global WASH Team (1) WASH Advisors (2) Sub TWG WASH in Development (3) WASH in Emergencies (4) Urban WASH (5) Public Health in WASH (6) ERU Working Group (7) Urban WASH Consortium Interagency TWG (IFRC, Oxfam, Unicef, UNHCR, MSF, ACF, IRC, ICRC, Care) (8) --------WASH Cluster Unicef led, IFRC Member of the SAG (9) 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) www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds.

Federation Health WASH Wat. San/EH 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 www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds.

Federation Health WASH Wat. San/EH Consortium structure……. NS’s Donors internal and external Technical Partners IFRC or Lead Agency* Private Sector Research and Academia * Acting as Secretariat of the consortium www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds. WSP’s Government target populations

Federation Health WASH Wat. San/EH 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 www. ifrc. org Saving lives, changing minds.