The WASH for Peace website interactively showcases a publication, which aims to equip UNICEF staff, sector partners and counterparts with resources and tools to develop and implement effective WASH for Peace interventions in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. The content is structured in a modular way around five complementary Guides that together and sequentially support the whole programme/intervention cycle, but they can also be used as stand-alone resources. Each of the Guides is accompanied by a set of programming Toolkits to support application of the approaches and actions proposed.
There are important opportunities for WASH to contribute to build and sustain peace, but many such opportunities are missed. This is due to a number of factors, including a lack of institutional capacity to develop and implement WASH-relevant conflict and peace analysis and effectively leverage findings to support programming. The Guides and Toolkits curated in this site can help to develop much-needed staff and sector capacity, and support the development of conflict-sensitive and peacebuilding WASH programming. It can inform new and existing programmes, and support UNICEF country offices, WASH teams, sector partners and national counterparts to identify and leverage opportunities to build and sustain peace through WASH.
| A collaborative development effort: The WASH for Peace Guidance has benefited from the invaluable insights and experience of many UNICEF staff and WASH sector partners without whose insights and commitment this site would not have been possible. A Global UNICEF WASH staff survey and extensive sector stakeholder consultations were carried out at different stages of the collaborative development process between January and July 2022 to gather the experiences, needs, and perspectives of prospective users. The consultations served to identify good practices, lessons learned and case studies. Every tool and resource has been collaboratively crafted and screened by potential users to ensure they are fit for purpose and add value to WASH interventions in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. |
