WASH network

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WASH network
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founding 2011 in Cologne
Seat Berlin
Office c / o German Toilet Organization, Juliusstr. 41, Berlin
purpose Promotion of WASH in development cooperation and humanitarian aid
Chair Thilo Panzerbieter (speaker)
Members 25 German aid organizations
Website www.washnet.de

The WASH network (WASH = water , sanitation , hygiene ) is a network of 25 German non-governmental organizations in Germany. The network was founded in 2011 and is based in Berlin. The members of the network are mainly active in development cooperation or humanitarian emergency and transitional aid and are active in the WASH area. The vision of the network is that “all people have access to sustainable and safe water and sanitation and practice basic principles of hygiene on their own responsibility”.

aims

Even if there is a great need in the WASH sector and potentially high benefits could be gained from improving water and sanitation services worldwide, the sector still faces major challenges. Today (as of June 2019) one in ten (785 million) is excluded from a safe basic drinking water supply, 2 billion people cannot use a safe toilet or latrine, while 673 million defecate outdoors. In addition, 40% of the world's population do not have their own hand-washing facility with soap and water on the property. The human rights to water and sanitation are therefore not guaranteed for all people.

Together with local partners, the network wants to make a “coherent, effective and sustainable contribution” to the implementation of this human right. In addition, the network is intended to strengthen the entire German WASH sector in the areas of humanitarian emergency and transitional aid as well as development cooperation. The WASH network would like to contribute to the fact that business as well as civil society, politics, science and the public in general perceive the topic of WASH as a central global challenge and act accordingly.

history

The WASH network emerged from a working group of the Forum for Environment and Development. In this, the need for better networking of German aid organizations in the WASH area was identified. A survey of 38 NGOs was then carried out, which showed that almost all of the organizations surveyed were interested in a network. A founding workshop then took place at Welthungerhilfe in Bad Godesberg to prepare for the foundation and to develop the network's vision and goals. The WASH network was finally founded on June 20, 2011 in the premises of Malteser International Cologne. Today it has 25 members. The WASH network secretariat is hosted and administered by the German Toilet Organization in Berlin.

activities

Every year various actions of the member organizations take place a. on World Water Day and World Toilet Day and International Menstrual Hygiene Day . The network also issues publications and organizes various training courses.

Conferences

At the Bonn Nexus Conference 2011, the network held an event on the subject of "Without adequate water, sanitation and hygiene, food security cannot be achieved for everyone" followed by a panel discussion. This event was chaired by Uschi Eid, Vice-Chairwoman of the Advisory Board to the Secretary-General of the United Nations .

At World Water Week 2012 in Stockholm , the WASH network and the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program held a seminar on the subject of "No food security without water, sanitation and hygiene". Also at the World Water Week, but in 2013 the seminar "Aid Effectiveness in WASH Relief to Development Transition" took place in cooperation with Sanitation and Water for All .

In 2015, the WASH network organized the Bonn WASH Nutrition Forum 2015, the first global conference to better integrate the two fields of action WASH and food security.

Trainings

In cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office, the WASH network organizes "Regional workshops to strengthen humanitarian WASH preparedness and emergency aid capacities", in which the strengthening of local actors creates a long-term and sustainable improvement in the situation of people in crisis and disaster situations shall be. The workshops take place in Africa, Asia and the MENA region (Middle East, North Africa).

In addition, "WASH Training of Trainers" takes place, in which the participants are enabled to develop and carry out regional WASH trainings themselves.

In addition, a training session on WASH and food security ( WASH and Nutrition ) as well as training on market-based approaches and cash aid for humanitarian aid in the WASH area took place in 2019 .

International coordination

The WASH network is an active member in the most important global coordination mechanisms of the WASH sector. It acts as an interface between the German aid organizations and the Global WASH Cluster , which coordinates humanitarian aid in the WASH area on the basis of a mandate from the Interagency Standing Committee . In the area of ​​development policy, the WASH network is active in the global partnership Sanitation and Water for All .

Publications

Over the years the WASH network has published a number of larger publications as well as ePapers. The topics of the ePaper range from "WASH Capacity Development" to "WASH and Food Security" to "Market Based Programming in Humanitarian WASH". The previous publications of the network include the following titles:

  • Compendium of Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) Technical Options in Emergencies (2015)
  • Linking Relief and Development in the WASH Sector (2013)
  • 2 + 6 = 17 Linking WASH and Nutrition - A Blueprint for Living SDG 17 (2017)
  • Compendium of Sanitation Technologies in Emergencies (2018)
  • Guidance on Market-Based-Programming for Humanitarian WASH Practitioners (2019)
  • Position paper WASH - water, sanitation and hygiene for all (2019)

Members

(As of December 2019)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Network | German WASH Network | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For All. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  2. ^ United Nations, World Bank Group: Addressing the Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Challenge . Ed .: High Level Panel on Water. ( un.org [PDF]).
  3. ↑ UNICEF (2019). Every third person in the world has no safe drinking water . [online] Available at: https://www.unicef.de/informieren/aktuelles/presse/2019/zugang-zu-sicherheitem-trinkwasser/194364 [Accessed 4 Mar. 2020].
  4. ↑ Joint Monitoring Program: Hygiene Baselines (pre-COVID-19) Global Snapshot . Ed .: WHO / UNICEF. 2020.
  5. ↑ a b network | German WASH Network | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For All. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  6. ↑ History | German WASH Network | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For All. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Members | German WASH Network | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For All. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  8. ^ German Toilet Organization eV - Networks. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Activities | German WASH Network | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For All. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  10. ↑ http://www.water-energy-food.org/en/conference/programme/show__21/no_food_and_nutrition_security_without_water_sanitation_and_hygiene.html
  11. ↑ http://m.worldwaterweek.org/Events/Info?ev=578
  12. ↑ World Water Week 2013 | German WASH Network | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For All. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Bonn WASH Nutrition Forum 2015 | German WASH Network | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For All. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Regional Workshops | German WASH Network | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For All. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Training of Trainers | German WASH Network | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For All. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Trainings | German WASH Network | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For All. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Home | GWC. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  18. ^ Sanitation and Water for All - Partners - Civil Society. January 30, 2020, accessed June 9, 2020 .
  19. ↑ ePaper | German WASH Network | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For All. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Publications | German WASH Network | Water, Sanitation and Hygiene For All. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  21. ^ Members. In: www.washnet.de. Retrieved December 24, 2019 .

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