Capacity Development: A scoping and feasibility study for the WASH Road Map
This Feasibility Study sets out practical ways to strengthen skills and access to specialist expertise in humanitarian water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), helping partners decide how best to support practitioners responding to crises.
Responding to increasingly complex crises requires humanitarian water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practitioners to draw on a wide range of skills and specialist expertise. Yet access to relevant training, locally available learning and professional recognition remains uneven.
The Feasibility Study considers four possible opportunities to address these gaps, and provides recommendations on the most effective path toward strengthening capacity in the WASH Sector.
The four connected areas of potential work include: a digital learning portal, competency-based certification, locally accessible learning, and ways to mobilise specialist expertise. Drawing on desk research and extensive stakeholder consultation, the Study assesses what practitioners need, what can realistically be delivered, and how these approaches can be financially sustainable.
Why the Feasibility Study Matters
The Study gives partners a clear basis for deciding where to invest limited resources, with recommendations on approaches, potential partners and next steps. Well-informed investment help practitioners access the skills and support they need to deliver effective WASH services for communities affected by crises.
