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4.2 Sector funding
Explore the possibility of different funds for the Humanitarian WASH Sector

The increase in the number and complexity of humanitarian crises in recent decades calls for a change in the conduct of humanitarian action. For the WASH sector, this translates into a significant increase in the demand for funding to meet the needs and expectations of the affected populations. Unfortunately, this increasing need has not been matched by a similar increase in donations: today, humanitarian WASH responses are only 47% funded worldwide. Even when the funds are obtained, they often arrive too late. Unlike the development sector, one of the major issues for the humanitarian field is reactivity –the first response must be deployed within the 72 hours after the triggering of a crisis. But currently, grants take in average 17 days to reach NGOs[1]. This results in poor quality WASH interventions and still insufficient coverage of safely managed WASH services in crises contexts.

To counter this, this initiative wishes to explore the potential of a global humanitarian WASH fund or other potential financing facilities. Indeed, since the current funding system does not seem to correspond to the requirements of our sector, it is necessary to be innovative in the search for funds. A pre-organised funding system would allow the humanitarian WASH sector to be more effective in the emergency response phase, as its work would no longer be dependent on fundraising delays.
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New financing mechanisms -such as multi-donor pooled funds- will be studied. The idea is to move from a 'reactive' to a 'proactive' fundraising system, so funds could be directed to support specific areas such as first phase emergency responses, under-funded sectors, multi-year preparedness and resilience, overall sector development and capacity building, coordination of emergencies etc. The overall objective of the fund would be to support global resilience, preparedness and risk-informed WASH emergency response by increasing the flexibility and adaptability of humanitarian actors.

[1] https://startnetwork.org/start-fund

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Deliverables:
> Phase 1 Scoping : Global Health vision report

Provisional total budget:
15 000 USD

Synergies with:
Initiatives 3.6, 4.1 and 4.3
Initiative's progress graph

Work in progress, will be uploaded soon.

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PARTICIPANTS:
Action Against Hunger, German WASH Network, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Federation of the Red Cross, International Medical Corps, Sanitation and Water for All, Swiss Development and Cooperation, and Save the Children

CONTRIBUTORS:
​Global WASH Cluster and German WASH Network

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  • The collective
    • Historic
    • Strategy
    • Internal organisation >
      • Committees and Collective
      • Engaged actors
      • The Secretariat
    • Join us!
  • The initiatives
    • Information and knowledge >
      • 1.1 ''WASH Hub'' online platform
      • 1.2 Core data repository and tools
      • 1.3 WASH Severity Classification
      • 1.4 Accountability and Quality Approach
      • 1.5 Research and Innovation
    • Capacity and profesionnalisation >
      • 2.1 Training courses offerings WASH learning portal
      • 2.2 Competency framework-based certification mechanism
      • 2.3 Scaling up and localization for learning systems in humanitarian WASH
    • Coordination and partnership >
      • 3.2 Specialized expertise for the WASH sector
      • 3.3 Integration and coordination of WASH into public health issues
      • 3.4 Multi-sectoral integration and coordination of WASH
      • 3.5 Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus Framework
      • 3.6 Field Support Team
    • Funding and advocacy >
      • 4.1 Secretariat of the WASH Road Map
      • 4.2 Sector Development and Strenghtening
      • 4.3 Advocacy for sector strengthening
  • Call To Action
  • Sector News
    • External events and publications >
      • 2021 World Water Week
      • 2022 World Water Forum
      • UN 2023 Water Conference
    • Actors events and publications
    • Internal events >
      • Advocacy Virtual Coffee & Workshop
      • Funding Virtual Coffee
      • Groundwater&humanitarian aid panel discussion
      • Research Virtual Coffee
      • UN2023WC and GWS Virtual Coffee
  • Resources
    • Public documentation
    • Internal documentation