What is it about?
After estimating WASH sector response budget, the coordination platform must ensure funds are mobilized to cover it. More and more emergency WASH funds are going through centralized mechanisms such as CERF and Country Based Pool Funds (CBPF) and disbursed through OCHA, which facilitate sector funding coordination and tracking. But many WASH partners’ funding still come from other sources: bilateral funding by donors, or aid organizations’ internal funding sources. Non-centralized funding represent a challenge for WASH sector coordinators as they are not consulted or sometimes even informed of these funding. WASH sector coordinators must keep good relationship with both partners and donors to support properly the resources mobilization process and monitor if funds mobilization is sufficient and correspond to strategic priorities.
What are the objectives?
- To ensure that the WASH component of the the flash appeal and/or humanitarian
response plans, are well-funded, that funds are allocated
to priority activities and to raise the visibility/
profile of a crisis. - To maintain an on-going dialogue with donors on
the evolution of WASH needs, results achieved and funding
received.
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