Developing and implementing conflict-sensitive WASH M&E
This section outlines key steps and considerations to develop and implement conflict-sensitive M&E, and can be used when programming requires the integration of conflict sensitivity only to ensure WASH interventions in FCCs are risk-informed
Purpose
This section outlines key steps and considerations to develop and implement conflict-sensitive M&E, and can be used when programming requires the integration of conflict sensitivity only to ensure WASH interventions in FCCs are risk-informed and ‘do no harm’. This section can also be used to guide the first step in developing a broader peacebuilding M&E as conflict sensitivity is also needed in this process to identify and leverage opportunities to ‘Do More Good’ - for a detailed step-by-step guided process see M&E Tool 1 – WASH for Peace M&E Planning Tool.
Understanding the interaction between the conflict context and a WASH intervention is integral to a conflict-sensitive approach. Once the conflict context has been analysed, and a conflict-sensitive programme has been designed, a supportive M&E plan can be drawn up. There are three core elements to conflict-sensitive M&E: monitoring the conflict context, monitoring the progress of the intervention, and monitoring the interaction between the intervention and context. Each element requires dedicated and context/intervention relevant indicators. The panel below explains the difference between them and offers WASH-relevant examples.
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Conflict Sensitivity Indicators Intervention indicators Description: These are the indicators that any project M&E would normally include – some are directly relevant to WASH and conflict issues identified through the CP Scan (e.g. ‘year-round access to water in contexts where inequitable access is causing conflict’) and all can be leveraged through disaggregation by relevant categories – for example if WASH-relevant conflict fault lines exist in relation to particular identities (e.g. pastoralists, agriculturalist communities accessing the same water source) or geographies (e.g. inequitable access to WASH services by minority communities) Conflict/context indicators Description: Conflict/context indicators will help the project team to keep the conflict analysis updated. Conflict issues are dynamic and being able to recognize, and take into account, evolutions in the context is a key element of conflict sensitivity (e.g. frequency of incidents of violence between communities A and B in WASH intervention area) Interaction indicators Description: Interaction indicators will provide information on the direct interaction between the intervention and its context. Gathering such information will require a reflection on qualitative aspects of implementation, and exploring questions linked to staff and communities’ perceptions towards the intervention (e.g. proportion of people in communities A and B who perceive the WASH investment as benefiting both communities equally/unequally) |