Dear WASH Cluster KP/ FATA Members:


Subject: COMPOSITION OF THE SAG/ WORKING GROUPS AND THE TORS

This message is to request nominations for membership of the WASH Cluster KP/ FATA Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) & Technical Working Groups (TWG) as decided & discussed in 19th WASH Cluster KP/ FATA meeting on 17th July, 2012 on the attached format. The SAG/ TWG will comprised of members from Government, UN, I-NGOs & N-NGOs who will represent the views of various stakeholder groups. The WASH Cluster meeting was attended by large number WASH partners including International & National NGOs, World Health Organization (W.H.O) & OCHA.

Completed nomination forms are due Friday, July 20, 2012 (12:00 Noon), return nomination forms to me on ssjr2@yahoo.co.uk

Meeting dates for the SAG/ TWG will also be posted on WASH Cluster KP/ FATA web site:-

http://complex.pakresponse.info/Clusters/WaterSanitationandHygiene.aspx

The Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) should:-

1. Review options for WASH Cluster members (and consequently for the WASH Cluster) in terms of approaches, technical guidance and strategy and make clear recommendations– this includes emergency, stabilization, recovery and transition phases

2. Recommend standards and indicators for WASH emergency response and cross-cutting issues including accountability to beneficiaries

3. Key standards, approaches and strategies will be summarized into a Strategic Operational Framework giving reference to key documents so that all organizations both internally and externally to the WASH Cluster, can have an overview within a few pages

4. Situational analysis - reviewing the WASH Cluster Response plan, making recommendations on changes to ensure the response plan remains appropriate; review the performance of the WASH cluster in meeting its operational targets and make recommendations where this is not being met

5. Review for endorsement by the wider cluster, the work of the Technical Working Groups (TWG)

6. Analyze emergency preparedness levels, review plans and make recommendations for action

7. Identify and discuss for action, inter-sectoral issues eg contingency planning, relocation,

Mapping, analyzing and mobilizing resources for the sector as appropriate. This may include:-

- Review and recommend proposals for the ERF (Emergency Response Fund of OCHA), Flash, CERF etc. Reviews will also be made of proposals presented by donors. Where possible, this will be done within meetings, but where not, the WASH Cluster Coordination Team will prepare a review and its recommendations to the SAG. The result of the review will be communicated to the members of the SAG, but also the rest of the WASH Cluster

8. Identify and recommend capacity development needs for the sector

9. Set out communication lines between Federal, Provincial and District levels and ensure its implementation

10. Tasking and holding to account the WASH Cluster Coordination Team

11. SAG discussions will be documented and presented to the WASH Cluster regularly.

GENERIC TERMS OF REFERENCE :Technical Working Groups

• Ensure that relevant technical standards are formulated and agreed with as per terms of reference and deadline set by SAG. This includes review of existing materials and may culminate in an endorsement of existing guidelines, an addendum to existing guidelines, or production of completely new material;

• Recommend the quantity, quality, and price of materials to be produced, if applicable;

• Support the Cluster Coordinator in promoting standards within the context of the Strategic Operational Framework (SOF);

• Advise SAG on compliance issues related to application of the agreed standards;

• Update the Cluster on status of work-in-progress and present final outputs/recommendations of the TWG to Cluster stakeholders in oral and written form for feedback and comment;

• Ensure a TWG membership that is representative of the wider Cluster stakeholder groups, and ensure that relevant technical skill-sets are appropriate and available (advise the Cluster Coordinator if this is not the case);

• Set up Sub-Working Groups as required;

• Ensure all Cluster stakeholders have the opportunity to provide feedback into the work of the TWG prior to presentation to the Cluster in plenary, and SAG for ratification



Thanking you very much.



Regards

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Amjad Hussain

(Assistant Coordinator)

WATSAN CELL/ WASH Cluster

LG & RDD, Peshawar

Contact# (0)-301-241-6074