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Monitor the relevancy of WASH response strategy and selected implementation modalities

Some strategic choices regarding implementation approach (direct service delivery, or market based programing) and modalities were done by HWCP and partners regarding the response in the HRP and the SOF. These choices were done (in-kind assistance, cash transfers, voucher assistance, cash for work etc.) were agreed with the WASH partners and included in the WASH Operational Response Plan and the WASH SOF. Technical choices were also made, such as choice of latrine design or behavior change strategy. All these choices were based on the information available at the and the humanitarian situation at a specific time. They need to be reviewed regularly to ensure they are still relevant to the evolving emergency context, and be able to so as strategy can be re-orientate the strategy oriented if necessary.   

The response modalities chosen can be: direct implementation, implementation through support to the local government or local partners, conditional or even unconditional cash transfer. They also include technical choices made during the response design, such as choice of latrine design or behavior change strategy.

To be able to monitor the relevancy of implementation modalitiesthe WASH response, adequate monitoring indicators mechanism must first be selectedset up. Depending on the context, they can be based on the quality assurance framework system elements (strategic indicators, coverage, accountability and protection, technical quality), complemented with other more general response indicators such as Value for money, Timeliness, Institutional capacity strengtheningLocalization, Do no harm (ex: WASH market monitoring indicators).principles.