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Hygiene Promotion Guidelines
7 Mar 2023 These guidelines provide additional support and information on designing and implementing hygiene promotion programmes or elements of hygiene promotion in the programmes of other sectors. They should be used in conjunction with the UNHCR WASH Manual and the summary guidance in the Hygiene Promotion Chapter of this manual. -
WASH Monitoring System Briefing Note
7 Mar 2023 This condensed briefing note describes the components of the UNHCR WASH Monitoring System, in particular why monitor, when to monitor, and what to monitor. -
Rapid Methods for Assessing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Services in Emergency Settings
7 Mar 2023 This document describes UNHCR's methodology for conducting rapid WASH household assessments in refugee settings. The document can be used to help determine the most appropriate sampling approach for collecting information to assess WASH services. It can also be used to identify thresholds that can be used for the key WASH indicators that describe WASH services in camps and settlements. This briefing note is complemented by the working paper that contains additional details on the evaluation. -
Urban WASH Planning Guidance and Case Studies
7 Mar 2023 These brief guidelines are prepared primarily for UNHCR WASH staff and partners in response to refugees living "out of formalised camps" in urban areas, though have applicability to those in camps in urban areas too. -
UNHCR WASH Equipment Specifications
7 Mar 2023 These WASH Equipment Specifications have been produced by UNHCR's WASH and Procurement Departments to improve the acquisition and effective procurement of WASH relief items. The document includes specifications and quality requirements for standard WASH equipment items such as pumps, tapstands, water tanks and water testing equipment. -
Quarterly informal briefing on the Global Compact on Refugees - Summary
6 Mar 2023 -
Global Report on law and policy on internal displacement
3 Mar 2023 The report documents three decades of experience in domestic law and policymaking on internal displacement in line with international standards and expert recommendations, including most recently the Action Agenda on Internal Displacement. -
Quarterly informal briefing on the Global Compact on Refugees - Agenda
2 Mar 2023 -
Settlement Layout Optimization - Appropriate Communal Open Spaces (COS)
Mar 2023 In line with UNHCR's Master Plan Approach, The Planning Principle of COS stresses that an appropriate proportion, number, organization and equitable distribution of Communal Open Spaces are essential for the sustainability of any settlement in the long term.