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Use GWC operational guidance documents to improve response planning and implementation
Operational Before starting strategic planning process, it is necessary to gather and analyse all available documents relevant to the current crisis and context. Operational and technical guidance documents directed towards partners and coordination platforms are regularly produced by the GWC:. They support the elaboration of relevant response strategies and strategic operating frameworks during both preparedness and response phases.
- The GWC is leading in the global humanitarian WASH coordination lesson-learned process. Lesson learned documents are produced after most important development in humanitarian actions, and are used to guide future responses.
- The GWC is hosting technical working groups working at global level on specific topics (such as Cash and WASH), and producing guidance documents such as technical policies.
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Other sources of information than the GWC include the following:
- The WASH operational website set up by the national Coordination platform can play the role of a document library, although this is complicated to maintain during transition from cluster to sector, so information might be lost.
- Many documents about the country and the context is also usually available at the level of the WASH partners.
- useful documents can also be attached to the Emergency Preparedness Plan, which is a main source of information for planning the response.
- Previous HNO/HRPs and monitoring reports, which can give you a good estimation of which targets can be realistically set up for the current response.
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