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WASH Section,
Programme Division
New York
Result Assessment Module (RAM)
Standard Indicators for
Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Thursday, March 30th 2017
OVERVIEW
1. Background to RAM Standard Indicators
2. RAM Standard Indicators for WASH
3. Use of WASH RAM Standard Indicators
4. WASH Insight/RAM Standard Indicators Report
5. Next Steps
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Background to RAM Standard Indicators
Over 16,000 indicators
Regional/Global level aggregation of results
Alignment
Coherent way of telling UNICEF’s story
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Background to RAM Standard Indicators
Review of WASH indicators in Vision and Strategic
Monitoring Questions
SDG 6, WASH strategy 2016-30 and 2018-21 Strategic
Plan alignment
Indicators based on:
SDG Inter Agency Expert Group (IAEG) and Joint
Monitoring Programme (JMP)
WASH EE governance functions/SWA sector
strengthening building blocks
OUTCOME
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OUTPUT
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OUTCOME
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OUTPUT
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Source, responsible unit, additional information
Aggregation, update, and target setting process
AREA OUTCOME OUTPUT
Water Supply 2 5
Sanitation and Hygiene 4 9
WASH in Institutions 1 8
Humanitarian 3 5
Enabling Environment - 21 (8)
Total 10 48
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WASH EE - SCALE OF ASSESSMENT
Championing
Established
Initiating
Weak
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Outcome: Proportion of ……............
Humanitarian: Number of ……............
Output: Number of ……............
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Use of WASH RAM Standard Indicators
2018-2021 Strategic Plan
Office Management Plan
Country Programme Documents
Programme Strategy Note
Workplans
# OF COUNTRIES# OF OUTCOME
INDICATORS USED
16 119 26 32 41 6
TOTAL: 44 countries
Burkina Faso
and CAR
Niger
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# OF COUNTRIES# OF OUTPUT
INDICATORS USED
15 17 2
11 35 45 56 62 71 81 91 15
TOTAL: 54 countries
Myanmar
Zimbabwe
Niger
Ethiopia
Fiji (Pacific
islands)
Different units of measurement
Number of villages in target districts that are triggered
with Community-Led Total Sanitation
SI - Communities “triggered" through CATS/CLTS
programmes in the reporting year only as a result of
UNICEF direct support
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Use of WASH RAM Standard Indicators
Differences in intended objects of measurement
Percentage of households with access to improved
water facilities – where the focus is measuring
“improved water facilities”
SI - Households that have an improved source of
drinking water – focuses on “improved source of
drinking water”
Geographical areas and national measurement
Proportion of the population practicing open
defecation
SI - Percentage of population practicing open
defecation in target communities
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Equivalent SI available but not used
National water supply policy updated and launched
by 2013 (outcome level)
SI - Existence of a national plan with target to
provide access to drinking water to unserved
populations (output level)
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WASH Insight / RAM SI Report
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WASH EE - SCALE OF ASSESSMENT
Championing Climate resilience integrated in national and subnational
strategies and plans and regularly appraised
Established Climate resilience integrated in national and subnational
strategies and plans and not regularly appraised
InitiatingClimate resilience integration into national and
subnational strategies and plans being developed
WeakClimate resilient not integrated into national and
subnational strategies and plans, and not being
developed
Experts’ Meeting
May/2017
Review WASH SI
Jun/Jul 2017
Updated WASH SI
Jan/2018
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Thank you!
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For more information, please contact:
Maria Souza, Biologist, Consultant
Telephone: +1-212-326-7306; Email: [email protected]
David Tsetse, WASH Specialist
Telephone: +1-917-265-4663; Email: [email protected]
Evariste Kouassi Komlan, WASH Senior Adviser
Telephone: +1-212-303-7935; Email: [email protected]
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Tel: 212-326-7000
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March, 2017