Experience at regional level in West and Central Africa

1. West and Central Africa Regional WASH Coordination Model DG ECHO - Aide Humanitaire & Protection Civile Experience at regional levelin 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), JainilDidaraly, (RECA WCAR), François Bellet (UNICEF RO) Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

2. West and Central Africa Regional WASH Coordination Model DG ECHO - Aide Humanitaire & Protection Civile Experience at regional levelin West and Central Africa 1. Specific regional background 2. Joint WASH regional approach 3. Regional added value Christophe Valingot (ECHO RO), JainilDidaraly, (RECA WCAR), François Bellet (UNICEF RO) Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

3. 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 WCAR WASH Coordination Model Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

4. 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 (2008-2011) • Regional “Groups” () facing regional lead agencies () among the Sahel Strategy (2012-2013, SRP 2014+) WCAR WASH Coordination Model • Various regional groups: • Sectors: Nut/Food Sec. ; WASH (); Health ; Education… • Themes: DRR, Cash Transfer; Cholera Platform ( -> )  Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

5. 1. Specific regional background Institutional framework: • Regional geographic Dakar (RO) coverage: • ONGs, RC, UN, Donors… WCAR WASH Coordination Model Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

6. 1. Specific regional background WASH Group focus: WCAR WASH Coordination Model • 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: Choleramorbidity Floodvictims 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. 2. Joint WASH regional approach Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level WCAR WASH Coordination Model Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

8. 2. Joint WASH regional approach Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level WCAR WASH Coordination Model Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others WASH-in-NUT Strategy Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

9. 2. Joint WASH regional approach Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level WCAR WASH Coordination Model Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others • Shared vision on the problem & response analysis : • Lowinterest in the WASH component of the crisis • Under funding of the WASH part of the response • Need for a commonground of evidences / good practices WASH-in-NUT Strategy Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

10. 2. Joint WASH regional approach WCAR WASH Coordination Model Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others • Definition of a regional strategy • Bibliography / review of existingevidences • Definition of a minimum wash package of activities • Integrationinto 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

11. 2. Joint WASH regional approach WCAR WASH Coordination Model Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others Cholera Strategy Global Wash Cluster Meeting -October 2013, Jakarta

12. 2. Joint WASH regional approach WCAR WASH Coordination Model 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 increasingfrequency • Low response capacity / toolate • Despiteincreasing 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. 2. Joint WASH regional approach WCAR WASH Coordination Model Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others • Regional Cholera mapping (Taskforces/Interclusterfunctionnality 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

14. 2. Joint WASH regional approach WCAR WASH Coordination Model Joint Regional Analysis Major Humanitarian issues at Regional level Undernutrion Sahel Cholera Floods Displacements Others • Work in Progress… • Floods: Niger Harmonizedassessmenttool (CAT contextualized) • Displacements: Joints visitsECHO-UNHCR-UNICEF • WCAR ‘TWiG’ Malaria Global Wash Cluster Meeting -October 2013, Jakarta

15. 2. Joint WASH regional approach Joint Regional Analysis Major humanitarian issues at regional level WCAR WASH Coordination Model 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. 2. Joint WASH regional approach Capitalisation Lessons learned Strategic Guidance WCAR WASH Coordination Model Follow up & Support Funding Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

17. 2. Joint WASH regional approach WCAR WASH Coordination Model 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 parallelchannelwhichallows 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. 3. Regional added value Regional Group added value (Limitation - Survey done at regional level) WCAR WASH Coordination Model Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

19. 3. Regional added value WCAR WASH Coordination Model • Challenges : • Fragile : Based on individuals, commited to work together and to support the regional coordination • Informal status : Lack of legitimity to bringsome countries / partners togethertowards 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 whichcouldease the learning process for newcomers Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta

20. Ideal (WASH) regional coordination ? 3. Regional added value WCAR WASH Coordination Model • 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 Transparency Complementarity Equality Partnership principles Results driven • Trainings, IACP, Capacity-mapping, SIMEX, LL Workshops, • WiNadopted & includedin 8/9 Sahel countries CAPs + DRC HAP ! • Cross-border alerts, Cross-country exchanges, capitalization…! Responsibility

21. WCAR WASH Coordination Model THANK YOU Global WASH Cluster Meeting - October 2013, Jakarta