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Working Groups

The Network has four areas of activity: research, implementation and scaling up, creating an enabling environment, and monitoring and evaluation. These areas of activity are reflected in the remit of four working groups:

Working Group Lead facilitator Key areas of interest
Knowledge advancement WHO research, knowledge management, technology assessment/verification
Implementation, integration and scaling up UNICEF achieving implementation at scale, approaches to integration of HWTS with water and health programmes
Policy, advocacy and communications WHO global and national level advocacy and policy formulation/review, sharing of expertise on effective communications tactics
Monitoring, mapping and evaluation UNICEF monitoring global progress in HWTS, mapping country level implementation

Capacity development is deemed to be a cross-cutting issue relevant to the activities of all four groups and thus working groups are expected to address this within their particular scope of activities.

The purpose of these groups is to carry out activities in line with the Network strategy and offer opportunities for Network participants to contribute in a collaborative and coherent manner. The working groups aim to produce tangible outputs that contribute to the Network mission, objectives and targets and provide regular updates to the broader Network membership on their activities.

Each group is co-convened by one or more participants of the Network who have expressed an interest in leading these activities. Designated working group conveners will be responsible for inviting and engaging with working group members to determine a specific agenda and activities as appropriate and relevant to the Phase II Strategy (available for download here). Based on emerging HWTS-related developments, the Network Secretariat may suggest specific tasks for consideration by the working groups. General oversight of all groups will be provided by the Secretariat with WHO and UNICEF contributing technical inputs in their respective areas of expertise and experience. All groups will provide updates on work to the Network as appropriate through the various communication modalities (listserv, newsletter, annual meeting, workshops, webinars, etc).

The guiding principles for the working groups are as follows:

  • number of members in each working group should be manageable (discretion of group leader);
  • composition of working group should reflect gender and geographic diversity of Network at large as well as a range of skill sets and experiences;
  • a small number of discrete tasks are easier to tackle than large, opaque goals; and
  • guided by the components outlined in Phase II Strategy developed through several consultations with Network participating organizations and which serve as an important basis for working group activities.

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    Current Status: In early 2012, the Working Groups released their combined work plan of activity for the coming year. Download it here

    For further info, contact Ryan Rowe, Network Communications Officer at ryanrowe@unc.edu.