WASH in Emergencies

Regional WASH Workshops to Strengthen Humanitarian Preparedness and Response Capacity

CONCEPT

The German WASH Network continues its well-established Regional WASH Workshop series. The workshops aim at strengthening local WASH disaster preparedness and response capacities in order to allow for the provision of appropriate and effective humanitarian WASH services in disaster and crisis prone regions. The Regional WASH Workshops are part of a strategic portfolio of activities developed and carried out in close cooperation between the German WASH Network and the German Federal Foreign Office to respond to the growing demand for emergency coordination and qualified humanitarian WASH capacity in Germany and respective partner countries.

Particularly the strengthening of actors in the priority fields of preparedness, disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaption (CCA), inclusion & gender, behaviour change and cash & markets (MBP) can make a significant and sustainable difference for people living in disaster and crisis affected areas. The workshops are seen as a vital exchange platform to allow for necessary knowledge sharing, South-South learning and networking among regionally active German WASH Network members and its local partners as well as for strengthening the linkages to existing regional and international humanitarian networks and central actors of the humanitarian system.

The initiative is informed by the WASH Cluster System and continually adapted to the strategic priorities of the Global WASH Cluster in the fields of knowledge management and capacity building. The workshops are also a contribution to the WASH Road Map 2020-25 Initiative 2.3 on scaling and localizing humanitarian WASH learning systems. To further localise the workshop offer itself and to increasingly hand over responsibilities to local actors, we cooperate with strong local partner organisations from the regions:

ENPHO based in Kathmandu, Nepal
German Jordan University based in Amman, Jordan
Meru University of Science and Technology based in Meru, Kenya

The identified target regions for the Regional WASH Workshops are anglophone and francophone Africa, Asia and the MENA region.

Current Workshop Schedule

	Location	Dates	Language	Deadline	Application
Africa 2025 (FR)	Kigali, Ruanda	February 17-22, 2025	French	17.11.2024	closed
MENA 2025	virtual	February, 23-27 2025	English	10.01.2025	Application form
Africa 2025 (EN)	Meru, Kenya	June 23-28, 2025	English	21.04.2025	Application form
Asia 2025	virtual	Sept 15-19, 2025	English	03.08.2025	Application form

FURTHER INFORMATION

Target Group

Staff members and experts from locally active German WASH Network member organisation and its local partners in the target regions, who have formulated a need for further professionalisation and networking. In particular, women and also staff members of real local actors, such as government institutions and national NGOs, are encouraged to participate.

Workshop Components

The 5-6 day workshops consist of demand-oriented training activities, the facilitation of regional knowledge exchange and a larger networking component. On-site workshops with personal participation are usually enhanced by visits to project sites.

Trainers & Speakers

The trainers are WASH experts working for different member organisations of the German WASH Network, who have relevant project experience and expertise in the field of humanitarian WASH. In addition, reference is made to a wide range of national and international sector experts and decision-makers, who will speak on specific issues. Course language is English (or French for the West-African Workshop).

Training costs

The regional workshops are offered free of charge.

In case the workshop can be conducted as face-to-face meeting, local accommodation and catering will be covered on all training days.

Travel costs are to be covered by the respective sending organisation. In addition there is a limited budget available to assist in (co-)financing travel costs up to a pre-defined limit for those organisations not able to fully cover travel expenses their own (smaller NGOs, local partner organisations). In case you need support please indicate this accordingly in the registration form.

You have further questions?

Please write us an email: registration [at] washnet.de

APPLICATION

Application process

The application forms for all Regional WASH Workshops can be found in the table below. Please consider the respective application deadlines.

	Location	Dates	Language	Deadline	Application
Africa 2025 (FR)	Kigali, Ruanda	February 17-22, 2025	French	17.11.2024	Application form
MENA 2025	virtual	February 23-27, 2025	English	10.01.2025	Application form
Africa 2025 (EN)	Meru, Kenya	June 23-28, 2025	English	21.04.2025	Application form
Asia 2025	virtual	Sept. 15-19, 2025	English	02.08.2025	Application form

Selection criteria

The selection of participants will be done based on the following criteria:

Applicants work for members of the German WASH Network
Applicants work for members of the Global WASH Cluster or the WASH Road Map
Applicants work for local partners of the above, including national NGOs or government institutions
Applicants have existing professional experience and expertise in humanitarian or development WASH
Gender balance
Applicants with disabilities will be prioritised

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