Monitoring Plan

Key guidance and tools

Files	Description
2014 GWC WASH Indicators Registry & Question.pdf	This document is a compendium of the 36 agreed WASH indicators (indicator sheets) which are found in the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Humanitarian Indicator Registry (HIR). The document also includes questions (on each indicator sheet) which can be used in assessments and interventions that relate each indicator (if appropriate) to response monitoring/4W. In addition there are useful references on each indicator sheet
2016 IASC Humanitarian Response Monitoring Guidance.pdf	This Humanitarian Response Monitoring Guidance is meant for all humanitarian actors involved in the preparation of a humanitarian response plan and its monitoring. It gives a definition for humanitarian response monitoring is and how to carry it out when monitoring a humanitarian response plan (HRP), whether for a sudden or slow onset disaster or complex emergency. It aims to define the standard components, ensure a common understanding of the key concepts and spell out related responsibilities. This guidance presents the ideal elements for systematic, system-wide response monitoring but its actual implementation in a given context will depend on the capacities and resources allocated for it
2016 GWC Strategic Planning & Monitoring guidance.docx	This Humanitarian Response Monitoring Framework is a template that complements the above guidance
2016 IASC HRP monitoring framework template.docx	This guidance by the GWC helps understanding the linkage between strategic planning and developing response monitoring frameworks
2017 GWC Choosing WASH Indicators & Targets.pdf	This document will help coordination teams choosing SMART indicators and targets for the 4W WASH Strategic Operational Framework and the IASC Strategic Response Plan
OCHA’s Humanitarian Indicator Registry	This is the inter-agency registry of indicators. Weblink to be updated in 2019
2017 UNICEF Indicator registry.xlsx	This list complements the above OCHA humanitarian indicator registry.

Field examples

Other tools

2016 IASC PMR Guidance & Template.pdf

Set up the WASH response monitoring and data analysis plan

The WASH Information Management Officer (IMO) should, in tandem and in consultation with the WASH Cluster Coordinator (WCC), set up the WASH response’s monitoring plan. The monitoring plan (sometime called monitoring framework) includes a series of indicators aiming at measuring progress of the response. Each indicator includes baseline, targets, monitoring tools, collection strategy. Each indicator should include a detailed analysis plan, clarifying the type, frequency and outputs of the analysis that should be made. A summarized version of each cluster/sector monitoring plan is included in the Humanitarian Response Plan’s annexes (see for example 2017 South Sudan HRP Monitoring plan). Indicators must be carefully chosen so they are coherent with other indicator systems, such as:

2017 UNICEF Indicator registry.xlsx
OCHA’s Humanitarian Indicator Registry (to be finalized in 2019)
Country core WASH indicators (they should be the same as the ones above)
Local government WASH monitoring frameworks

Indicators of the WASH response monitoring plan (commonly referred to as "WASH HRP indicators") are often focused on response progress, ideally informed directly by the activity-tracking system (W-matrix or other). Depending on context and priorities, they can also be related to response quality, or capacity building. The coordination platform may find relevant to set up other WASH indicators additional to the ones included in the yearly HRP. They should be included separately, in the SOF (see for example 2017 WC Bangladesh SOF monitoring framework).

Choice of indicators

Using same indicators for assessment and monitoring process will save a lot of time and resource, allowing next HRP's assessment data to be drawn from on-going monitoring system
Indicators must be chosen in such a way to minimize burden for both coordination staff and partners when informing them.

Monitoring plan can also include impact level indicators that can be measured only through a thorough WASH response evaluation process. It will be essential to ensure specific means and budget for their measurement.