Prepare WASH cluster visualization and reporting templates
The coordination platform is responsible to produce high quality reports on response progress and gaps. Standard GWC, OCHA and country specific format, style and templates can be used, customized for each country when needed. The following tools and templates are available in this section:
The Style Guide offers information on the logo, icons, fonts and colours that should be used for producing WASH-related reporting material. IMO must try to use the GWC guidance as much a possible when producing material in the country of emergency. Icons are useful to illustrate documents, presentations and maps. The icon folder contains general and WASH-related icons. Some icons are produced by the OCHA Visual Unit, other icons were adapted to WASH specific needs and come in a variety of formats (.ai, .svg, .png, .docx). In addition, an ESRI and QGIS icon folder contain icons for use in a GIS. The folder also includes guidance on how to adapt the GWC logo to make your country cluster logo.
Basic reporting products produced during an emergency should be kept brief, use bullet points and visual-aids where appropriate, and highlight essential issues. A series of blank report templates (reports, sitreps, base maps, operational presence maps, WASH cluster dashboards and bulletins) for general use are provided on top of this page, including:
- WASH Dashboard Manual to help create static and dynamic dashboards (see also text box below)
- WASH Bulletin Briefing Sheet and templates (see also text box below)
- Basic gap analysis templates and information on the reporting requirements of OCHA, including the OCHA's IM Product Catalogue.
WASH sector dashboard
WASH sector dashboards objective is to provide a visual snapshot of the emergency response progress against strategic indicators, as well as main response gaps. They present analysed data from recent monitoring results, especially from 4/5 W. Dashboards are produced on a weekly or monthly basis, usually following the cycle of 4/5 W submission by partners. They are shared with all actors and published on the WASH sector website. Sector dashboards are compiled by OCHA to produce overall response dashboard. See template and example in the document sections above.
WASH sector bulletin/sitrep
A WASH sector bulletin/sitrep contain more text than the dashboard. See template and example of bulletin in the document sections above. This is where the Cluster can unpack issues that are arising both thematically and geographically. A bulletin is a good advocacy tool where ‘news’ from partners can be added. A bulletin would normally be produced less frequently than a dashboard, and would typically:
- Highlight the urgent needs but also the achievements
- Add news items from partners so that they can use the bulletin as an advocacy tool
- Add pictures, maps and graphs to tell the "response story"
Please also refer to the Gap analysis & advocacy chapter for more guidance and workflows on how to produce offline and online infographics.
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