WASH Cluster Afghanistan
Inter Agency (WASH) Contingency
Planning 2012
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South Asia
Contingency Planning?
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Helps plan beforehand
Provides a common, over-arching framework
Provides focus and coherence
Guides collective action
Does not replace need for individual planning
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South Asia
Potential
crises
Impact
Strategies
Actions
• What could happen?
• What could be its impact on
vulnerable people?
• How would agencies work
together?
• What actions would be required
to meet the humanitarian needs?
•Analyse hazard,
•Build scenario,
•Develop planning assumptions
•Define response objectives &
strategies
•Define management and
coordination arrangements
• Develop response &
preparedness plans
• enhance response readiness
Prasad Bhagwan Sevekari RECA (WASH)
South Asia
What has been done before?
• OCHA / HRT
Multi hazard
(multi-cluster)
contingency
plans updated
March 2012
• WASH Contingency
Plans at national and
regional levels, updated
Nov. , Dec. 2010
Prasad Bhagwan Sevekari RECA (WASH)
South Asia
What do we do now?
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Common ranking of hazards
Analysis & Prioritisation of WASH Risks
Agreeing on scenarios and planning assumptions
Identifying overall collective WASH objectives and
strategies
Outlining WASH response and preparedness actions
Identifying constraints
Defining Coordination Arrangements at national and
sub-national levels
Defining maintenance actions : Agreeing on
prepositioning and stockpiling
Prasad Bhagwan Sevekari RECA (WASH)
South Asia
Step 1: Hazard Ranking
Very High
Probability
Likely / Probable
Less Probability
Prasad Bhagwan Sevekari RECA (WASH)
South Asia
Catastrophic
Major
WASH Hazard
Risk Analysis
Probability X
Impact
Severe
Very low
Probability
Significant
5 groups:N, S, E, W & C
15 mins
High Probability
Minor
Reference to the
EmDAT sheet
Rank the Hazards
Step 2: WASH Risk Prioritisation
1. Consider HRT / OCHA Multi- hazard
Contingency Planning Risk Analysis for;
a) Conflict induced displacement
b) Flooding
2. Refer to ECHO Model Guidelines for
Mainstreaming Water and Sanitation in
Emergencies, Protracted Crises, LRRD and
Disaster Preparedness Operations
3. Identify , prioritise potential impacts on WASH
sector / WASH risks due to these hazards
Prasad Bhagwan Sevekari RECA (WASH)
South Asia
Step 3: Agreeing on scenarios and
planning assumptions
1. Refer
Refer to
hazard
to HRT
HRT//OCHA
OCHAMultiMultihazard
Contingency
Planning
Risk
Analysis
for;
Contingency
Planning
Worst
Case
a) Conflict induced displacement
Scenarios
and figures for flooding and
b) Flooding
conflict
led displacement
2. Consider
the cumulative
worst case load
figures as planning assumptions… why??
Prasad Bhagwan Sevekari RECA (WASH)
South Asia
Step 4: Identifying overall collective
WASH objectives and strategies
1. What are the overarching humanitarian
response objectives?
2. How is the implementation strategy linked
to realisation of these objectives?
3. How will individual agencies contribute
towards overall objectives?
4. How long will the assistance be required /
given?
5. What are the guiding principles?
Prasad Bhagwan Sevekari RECA (WASH)
South Asia
Step 5: Outlining WASH response
and preparedness actions
1. Refer to ECHO Model Guidelines for Mainstreaming Water and
Sanitation in Emergencies, Protracted Crises, LRRD and Disaster
Preparedness Operations
2. Identify Key WASH Response and
Preparedness Actions pertaining to specific
hazards ( Conflict & flooding)
3. Outline the constraints ( Step 6)
Prasad Bhagwan Sevekari RECA (WASH)
South Asia
Step 7: Defining Coordination
Arrangements
1. How will the immediate response
mechanisms be triggered? (joint assessment,
emergency funding, immediate response) &
when?
2. How would the information be managed?
3. Who will coordinate with the government &
partners & with the clusters?
4. How will the donors be communicated?
5. What common service areas would be
required to support the collective response?
Prasad Bhagwan Sevekari RECA (WASH)
South Asia
Step 8: Define maintenance
actions
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What are the agreed stockpiling levels?
Where would the stocks be maintained?
What are the available resources?
What are the plans for monitoring?
Who is responsible for updation and
maintenance of contingency plan?
6. What are the followup actions??
(Focal Points / Deadlines)
Prasad Bhagwan Sevekari RECA (WASH)
South Asia
Way ahead…
1. Identifying the task-force for taking the process to
conclusion
2. Completing the step-wise discussion, data input and
framework
3. Populating the framework with adequate information
4. Substantiating the information with research &
references
5. Corroborating the information with OCHA & MRRD
6. Completing & sharing the draft IACP for discussion
7. Finalising in next meeting
8. Replicating the process at regional levels
Prasad Bhagwan Sevekari RECA (WASH)
South Asia