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4.3 Advocacy for THE WASH SECTOR
Identify key GLOBAL messages tO represent the humanitarian WASH sector

The tendency of the humanitarian WASH sector to be underfunded is aggravating –in 2008, 70% of the funding requirements were met, in 2017 only 59%[1]. As a result, the sector fails to meet its ambitions in terms of coverage, quality and effectiveness of its interventions.  
This initiative aims to develop an integrated approach to establish a common and inclusive WASH sector advocacy strategy. By identifying priorities as well as gaps, key actors and trends, the objective is to create a set of relevant messages for the whole sector. These messages, aimed at decision-makers, institutions, donors and key stakeholders, will provide support the humanitarian WASH sector to be better funded and better considered in the global and national agendas. 

This effort will be carried out at global and local (national/ country) levels. At the global level the idea is not to stop at fundraising advocacy level, but instead, to identify and disseminate political and diplomatic messages. At the local level, the priorities are to give out elements, tools and trainings to local actors to fill the gaps in their advocacy strategy. This way, advocacy will have a mirroring effect between raising the voice at global level (fora, declarations, press releases) and supporting humanitarian WASH partners and national coordination platforms in their advocacy plans (as part of the 6+1 core coordination functions). 
In order to achieve these outcomes, it is crucial to first map existing advocacy strategies at all levels to identify strengths and weaknesses. Once this is done, the initiative will produce an advocacy strategy that will be common to the entire humanitarian WASH sector in order to gain coherence and therefore attractiveness. This initiative also aims to promote the Road Map and its initiatives, by integrating it as a primary consideration in this advocacy strategy. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Deliverables:
> Phase 1: GHV Scoping and recommendations report
> Phase 2: Workshop consultation ​
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Provisional total budget:
81 900 USD

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PARTICIPANTS:
Global WASH Cluster, Swiss Develomment and Coordination, Save the Children and Solidarités International


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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