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Identify ways to ensure WASH response's Accountability to Affected Population

Accountability to Affected Population, and in particular Protection aspects, is not considered as a ‘cross cutting issue’ but as a central aspect of the WASH response. It is crucial for partners to design and implement their WASH response in such a way that:

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The Global WASH cluster partners have agreed in 2012 that “2012 GWC WASH Minimum commitments for the safety and dignity of affected population”, part of the wider 2012 GWC WASH and protection tool boxshould be respected in all national humanitarian WASH programmes to ensure that the distinct assistance and protection needs of the affected population are met. These commitments, centered on people, aim at ensuring that key issues are taken into consideration by all partners, such as gender, gender based violence, child protection, disability, and age. The respect of these minimum commitments all along the humanitarian programme cycle allows partners to design and implement a participative response. The GWC has recently worked with UNICEF to develop the 2021 GWC WASH Minimum commitments for the safety and dignity of affected population Tool for national humanitarian WASH coordination platforms.

The five minimum commitments are:

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