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Working Groups & Task teams

The Steering Committee creates Work Groups to focus on tasks which require specific attention. If you are a partner and would like to be involved in any of the Work Groups, please contact the Secretariat.

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High-Level Political Dialogue Working Group

Terms of reference

Gives guidance to the Steering Committee, Secretariat and conveners of the SWA High-level Meetings, on the meetings’ objectives, agenda, participants and preparatory process. The group also advises on SWA’s country engagement strategy, and SWA’s role within the global WASH architecture, including supporting the development and communication of its global strategy and policy position.

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Multi-Stakeholders Collaboration Working Group

Terms of reference

The Multi-Stakeholders Collaboration Working Group (MSCWG) is the place within SWA to discuss, test, and feedback on multi-stakeholder approaches at national and regional levels for developing and sustaining universal access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. Lessons learned at the country level should be aggregated at the regional level to ensure that the implementation of Regional Roadmaps adjusts to changing circumstances and emerging promising approaches.

The MSCWG also contributes to SWA partners’ efforts in addressing the priorities and opportunities identified in the Regional Roadmaps 2021-2025 for each of SWA’s four regions: Asia-Pacific (AP), Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Middle East, and North Africa (MENA), and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). These activities are, particularly, to strengthen national water, sanitation, and hygiene coordination platforms and to foster exchange and harmonization across organizations in each region. It contributes to tracking the progress made against the Roadmaps and their Workplans, fostering cross-learning, and generating support for the approaches and lessons learned through its members.

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Systems and Finance Working Group

Terms of reference

The Systems and Finance Work Group works to ensure there is compelling evidence available to persuade executive leadership (Presidents, Prime Ministers, Cabinet) of the importance of funding and financing WASH through effective and diverse mechanisms. Through a pool of experts belonging to the Work Group, it also provides advice to countries on how to analyse and remove the bottlenecks in the sector that leads to inefficient spending and prevent more resources from flowing to the sector.

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Finance and Performance Working Group

The Finance and Performance Working Group advises the SWA Steering Committee (SC) on the governance of SWA, focusing on SWA effectiveness, integrity, and performance management.

Its responsibilities include advising on SWA policies, practices, rules, procedures, and other actions to ensure that the partnership is functioning effectively and ethically.

It also provides advice on finance issues, including supporting the SWA Secretariat and its host, UNICEF, by providing strategic advice on how best to maximize value for money, reviewing and providing feedback on annual work plans and budgets before they are presented to the SC for approval, and reviewing financial reports.

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Fundraising Working Group

The Fundraising Working Group contributes expertise, stakeholder or regional perspectives, and human resources to the development and successful operation of SWA’s Fundraising Strategy and related activities. In general, the Working Group will:

  1. Help develop strategic (i.e. long-term) direction and plans for fundraising activities;
  2. Identify and maintain a list of existing and potential donors; including collaborations and in-kind contributions (e.g. seconded staff);
  3. Put the CEO in contact with, and promote SWA among, potential donors;
  4. Advice to the SWA CEO with respect to potential reputational risks and conflict of interest when dealing with current and potential donors;
  5. Review certain promotional materials related to fundraising activities;
  6. Contribute to an annual evaluation of fundraising activities ahead of in-person Steering Committee meetings.
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Climate Action Task Team

Terms of reference

Climate action is a priority for SWA in 2021 and 2022. Many of SWA’s partners are actively engaged in efforts to ensure more integrated approaches to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene and climate action. This work is relevant across all three of the strategic objectives outlined in the SWA Strategic Framework 2020-2030, and also to the work happening in the Working Groups.  

A Climate Action Task Team was therefore established under the Programme and Strategy Sub-Committee in June 2021. The purpose of the climate task team is to support coordinated work across SWA’s three strategic objectives, informed by the distinct experience and expertise of SWA’s six constituency groups. After one year, the task team will evaluate the possibility of extending its work depending on clearly identified projects and objectives.