Market-based Programming (MBP) for WASH – Training Report – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2024

Market and cash-based interventions are becoming a central aspect of the humanitarian response, including for the WASH sector. To accompany WASH partners in this transition, the Global WASH Cluster has released a positioning paper on Cash and Market, and set up a CASH and WASH technical working group (TWiG) at global level to provide expertise and guidelines on Market and Cash for WASH. The Global WASH Committee has also identified weaknesses among WASH practitioners in terms of both knowledge and practices of market and cash modalities. Consequently, the Global WASH Cluster has included Market and Cash as one of the priority topics for capacity building. The Cash learning partnership (CaLP) as well as IFRC have developed solid training packages on cash and market key topics. These trainings remain largely multi-sectorial, and do not target specific sectors or practitioners. Thus, there was the need to develop a specific market and cash training pathway for WASH practitioners, including a solid Market and Cash core skills training designed for WASH practitioners.