Rapid Assessment Team Regional Emergency

							      Rapid Assessment Team
Regional Emergency WASH Advisors
       Rapid Response Team
Regional Emergency Cluster Advisors
                  Purpose
• To describe current capacity building
  opportunities for the WASH Cluster
          Current Resources
• RECAs-ap300311 A.xls
              Current Concerns
• Quality of response in large emergencies
• Lagging development of national clusters
• HR Deficits
• Information deficits
• Lack of INGO participation in national Wash cluster
  activities - except in emergencies
• Tendency to sideline national coordination capacity
  when global players arrive on-ground - undermining
  national capacity building efforts
• Variability in understanding of cluster approach esp
  wash (all stakeholders)
• Lack of changes made following lessons learnt (all
  stakeholders)
                Objectives
• Bring additional resources to WASH Cluster -
  focussing on national level
• Achieve greater consistency across regions
• Strengthen connection between national
  clusters and GWC
• Address initial assessment shortfalls
• Strengthen accountability for adoption of
  lessons learned
               Proposals
• RECAs-ap300311.xls
                 Fundraising

• REWAs – Modification of scope; ongoing funding

  for the short term

• Expanded RRT – Unicef proposal

• Consolidated concept RAT/RECA/Learning –

  seeking joint funding – NGO consortium proposal
      New Positions Anticipated

• 6 – RRT Coordinators

• 3 – RRT Information Managers

• 3 RATs

• 6 RECAs
                 EoI Process
• RATs (3)
  – CARE; Oxfam; IFRC
• RECAs
  – East Africa – Tear fund
  – Asia Pacific – CARE
  – West Africa – ACF
  – Latin America/ Caribbean - IFRC
  – Middle East North Africa – IFRC
  – Asia – unclear potentially CRS/IFRC
                Timeframe
• As soon as possible continuing to end
  December 2012