1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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 ( )
Regional “Groups” () facing regional lead agencies () among the Sahel Strategy ( , 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

5. WCAR WASH Coordination Model
1. Specific regional background
Institutional framework:
Regional geographic Dakar (RO) coverage:
ONGs, RC, UN, Donors…
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6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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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

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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

13. 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

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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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

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