MINUTES OF Center/South WASH Cluster Coordination Meeting 25 th, Sep., 2018

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1 Venue Date and time Participants Chair NCCI office, Baghdad 25 Sep 2018, 10:00-1:30 pm UNICEF, Mercy Corps, DRC, JF, ACF, Oxfam, RI, IRW, HRF,AL-Eslah,Al,Rakezah, Afkar, UIMS, Sabia Sanabil, RIRP, and WASH Cluster Peter Philips Lukwiya WASH Cluster Coordinator Ahmed Albohamed- WASH Cluster Sub National Focal Person-MC Agenda Item Discussion Action Points Agenda Introduction of Meeting and Participants (Cluster team) Introduction & endorse last meeting minutes Review of Action Points Review of Action Points of Last Meeting Minutes (Cluster team) WASH Cluster Key updates & Technical Working Group key updates Partners Key updates/ WASH Situation, Response and Coordination challenges (All Partners): Anbar Salahideen Baghdad Discussing the water crisis in the southern area (Basra) AoB Partners introduced themselves and endorsed the meeting minutes of last meeting Highlighted/Pending Action Points: Sharing results of the multi-sectoral assessment to understand the situation and interact with the government to help resolve the problem in Basra. Discussing the outputs of MSNA in order to help develop the 2019 HRP. Sharing any updates about the Camp Consolidation and Camp Closure for future planning. Sharing partners updates about the funding position in the humanitarian portfolio. JF to keep updating the cluster on SAD Tikrit-south camps. Upload minutes of last meeting to HR Info UNICEF made a scoping mission on August to Basra and other 3 governorates to evaluate the current situation reflecting WASH, Livelihood and health issues, this report may be shared with WASH partners, WASH cluster emphasized that INGO rapid assessment should be more comprehensive Not limited with one direction such technical matters. 1

2 Upkeep of the WTP TWG, challenges and expandability. Updates for WASH in schools by partners. Bacteriological Water Quality Monitoring any partner taking action in this regard? ActivityInfo updating we can still do better in reflecting our work. Assessment Registry your contribution is important! Update about the Severity Map. MSNA for 2019 process started a while ago and timeline shared. Work is ongoing for developing this, to complete which mapped all areas in Iraq, needs assessment and severity mapping have been done where the needs are higher. Now, at the clusters level, the humanitarian profile is being finalized which specifies the categories of people who are in needs (IDPs, Returnees, Refugees, vulnerable residents in newly accessible areas and poor host community) and then can put the final numbers for each category. Categorization of the targeted people will be discussed with the cluster partners for review, after that the HNO for 2019 will be finalized. That will set us to another level of developing the HRP where we will call all WASH partners together in one workshop to present our HNO and draft cluster strategy for 2019 to go line by line of WASH response activities for Camp Consolidation and Camp Closure are still not clear CCCM cluster should provide us with the most updated case scenario to support WASH ahead planning. Many Partners have funding to support returnees areas with a low focus on camps due to Consolidation and Closure possibility, Regarding Basra WASH cluster don t consider this case as emergency therefore, no allocation for pool fund for this intent matter. 2

3 JF updated that Shahama camps 1/126HHs and 2/458HHs lake of fuel supply that affects water provision, and the governmental power is with low voltage, voltage regulator needed to fix this matter. Eshaki camp 54HHs needs support with Hygiene Kits. No update regarding TWG, Contact NRC focal point with this Regards Eng Mohammed Saeed. WASH partners agreed to update with WG Anbar-SAR and to be shared with cluster. WASH cluster emphasized that contact with DOW and DOH to work on Bacteriological Water Quality Monitoring and to be shared with partners. WASH cluster emphasized that updating WASH activities info is really important to reflect WASH partners' intervention on activity mapping that may support the partners to take a place in most Active WASH actors list. WASH Cluster confirm that Assessment registry by WASH partners adding key information about WASH needs/gaps in each target areas with help developing HNO, RNA Monthly and Weekly updates by WSCs in Anbar, Salah al Din and Baghdad can be bilaterally requested by IMO. Severity Map can only be developed with partners inputs therefor once again sharing your data of information is the key for accurate Severity Map. 3

4 WASH Cluster Partner Key updates & Technical Working Group key updates MINUTES OF Center/South WASH Cluster Coordination Meeting 25 th, Sep., 2018 No update regarding TWG, Contact NRC focal point with this Regards Eng Mohammed Saeed. Anbar: RI: Garbage collection campaigns will be end on 31 Oct 2018 in 5 locations Kilo18-Khaldiah-AFF-HTC-Bizabiz camps gap to be fill be any interested partners. Rehabilitated 2 WCU with 200m3/h in Ramadi. Ahead plan A-Distribute 552 trash bins with different sizes. B-Distribute rolls of plastic bags. C-1600 Hygiene kits. D-1400 bottled water in SAR. E-prefab latrines 12 caravans x4 latrines for each. DRC: Assessment phase. OXFAM: Rehabilitation 5 WCU with 200m3/h in Heet Ramadi and Fallujah partner Afkar. Rehabilitation 2 WCU with 200m3/h in Jazirat Al-Ramadi. Rehabilitation 2 PHCs in Heet and other 3 in Ramadi and Khaldiah partner Afkar. Supporting Heet Ramadi municipality in SWM action. Hygiene promotion in 2 Heet Neighborhood. Rehabilitation of one school (WASH facilities). Sabia Sanabil: Supply water trucking to Kilo 18 till 30 Sep, Support maintenance of latrines if needed. UMIS: Supporting in cleaning campaigns in AAF and bizabiz camps with hygiene promotion activities. Mercy Corps - Plans: Water provision through water trucking starting 1 st. October - Started. WASH partners agreed to update with TWG Anbar and to be shared with cluster. 4

5 Rehabilitation/installation of water and sanitation infrastructure in 8 PHCs. Rehabilitation/installation of water and sanitation infrastructure in 10 schools. Rehabilitation of water supply facilities ( 3 water treatment plants or /and networks). Supply and installation of 2 Ro Units One-off hygiene kits distributed in camps and areas of return 9000 schools kits. Solid waste collection and removal in one location with 250 garbage bins. UNICEF: Rehabilitation/installation of water and sanitation infrastructure in 27 schools in Fallujah and 21 in Anbar by partners. Rehabilitation/installation of water and sanitation infrastructure in 22 schools direct implementation. Rehabilitation of water supply facilities 8 water treatment plants. SAD: DRC: Rehabilitation and extension of Qadisiah WTPs from 400 to 600m3/h. RI: Rehabilitation and extension of Shirkat WTPs from 400 to 800m3/h. Rehabilitation WCU 200m3/h. Supply and installation of RO Unit in Baji. Rehab of RO unit in Baji. Construct delivery room in Baji with needed WASH facilities. UNICEF: Rehabilitation/installation of water and sanitation infrastructure in 27 schools by partners. Mercy Corps: Water trucking in Al Alam3 camp (Sep2018-Jan2019) Desludging in Qubaa collective center (October-December 2018) 5

6 Partner Key updates (All Partners) Discussing the water crisis in the southern area (Basra) Rehabilitation of WASH facilities in 8 school and 6 health centers. Baghdad: RI: Rehabilitation of water supply facilities 1 water treatment plants in Abo Gharaib. Hygiene promotion and awareness sessions for 60 persons in Baghdad for 2 months (2 sessions first week of Oct and first week of Nov). UNICEF: Rehabilitation of water supply facilities 8 water treatment plants Parents with DOW Baghdad. Coordination & Information Exchange: There is a challenge support and coordination for Al Shahama and Es haki camps Tikrit to cover WASH needs. WASH partners agreed to update with Schools WG Anbar-SAR and to be shared with cluster. WASH partners agreed to update all technical activities with TWG Anbar. Coordination between partners to support Khaldiah camps closure. Support A The water crisis that have been started 2 months ago still on, UNICEF performed a scoping mission on August to Basra and other 3 governorates to evaluate the current situation reflecting WASH, Livelihood and health issues, Findings and needs: Increase of temperature in summer climate, high evaporation lead to reduce of river water level. Bad water quality due to high turbidity, TDS bacteriological and chemical pollution. DOH and DOW water quality test results 70% of test results show positive Ebola virus cases of waterborne diseases. Cholera prevention efforts by enhancing water quality and water consumption control by Iraqi Government. 6

7 Any Other Business V_1 Household ROs in Basra is not that cost effective due to High level of TDS. Action point by the Iraqi Government: Check water resource with country neighbors Like Iran and Turkey. New methodologies for Water consumption control by the Iraqi Government. New Dams construction. Scoping mission to check ground water quality and quantity. Action point by INGOs: Water Quality to be improved by testing and monitoring to find solutions to overcome the crisis. Rehabilitation of water treatment plants and networks. Awareness for reducing river pollutions. Cholera preparation Oct-Nov. Water Consumption behaver awareness. Irrigation system to be improved. C/S cluster meeting is planned to take place on fortnightly basis, will keep all informed End of the Meeting 7