Define WASH response strategy
Define WASH response strategic objectives
Definition of WASH strategic objectives should be done collaboratively with the Strategic Advisory Group (SAG). Definition of these objectives should with Country Strategic Objectives, Humanitarian key issues and strategic objective of corresponding key clusters.
In some contexts, WASH can be considered as a priority cluster (drought, epidemic outbreak), but even in those contexts it might be relevant to consider first Food Security or Health objectives, and align WASH strategic objective on theirs.
Define WASH response modalities
The WASH coordination platform must elaborate the response's technical strategy, defining which activities should be done to answer to the assessed needs in a relevant way. This is a largely qualitative process, that should be done during a meeting with the SAG, based on the partners’ expertise of the and the lesson-learned from former emergency responses.
The HRP objective is inter-sectoral planning, so it can not contain too many details on each sector. More details about the WASH response modalities can be given in the Strategic Operational Framework
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