FANSA Regional Pause Reflect Advance 2024 Workshop
[ 21 Feb, 2024 ]
. The FANSA Regional Pause Reflect Advance Workshop of the project "Rising for the Rights: Strengthening CSO Network in South Asia to achieve SDG 6" took place for three days in Pegasus Reef Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka from 22 - 24 January 2024. The threeday workshop was organized jointly by FANSA Regional Secretariat and FANSA Sri Lanka. The workshop aimed to assess the initiatives undertaken by national chapters, identify challenges, and collectively devise solutions. Each day was dedicated to achieving specific objectives, day one focused on reviewing the past year's progress, achievements, and challenges, while day two involved engaging with external stakeholders for diverse perspectives. Day three devoted to advancing and planning, including sharing outlined plans, identifying potential areas for innovation, refining the result framework and building network connections.
The workshop commenced with a formal inauguration led by Ramisetty Murali from FANSA and Neelima Thota from BMGF, symbolically igniting the Panas. It was attended by 44 participants, including representatives from FANSA Regional Governance Council, Regional Steering Committee, FANSA Regional Secretariat, National Chapters, BMGF, and various external entities, collectively representing from key government officials. Day one of the workshop began with welcome remarks, brief progress updates from the national chapters followed by learnings of the past years and key priorities for Year II. The participants were encouraged to brainstorm on the past challenges they have encountered while delivering the services, mitigating measures, foreseen opportunities and one key success they have achieved in the past year.
Day two was enriched with the valuable discussions commencing from government panel discussions on CSOs and government partnerships, exclusively listening to voices from the ground via community leaders and diverse experts’ success experiences and perspectives, understanding regional sanitation learning center conditions to the full length of brainstorming and discussion on CSO led dialogue on Sanitation. On the second half day, participants get to know the work of both diverse entities Dasra and Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) and got opportunities to indulged in the discussion facilitated by ISDM team on the support participants would seek from the ISDM team.
Furthermore, day three was devoted to work comprehensively on the refinement of the result framework to align the activities with the outcomes and measure our achievements through the defined indicators. Overall, the Pause Reflect Advance Workshop provided a platform for reflection, collaboration, and strategic planning, fostering stronger relationships within the FANSA network and beyond. It emphasized the commitment to advancing inclusive sanitation initiatives and leaving no one behind paving the way to achieve SDG 6 goal.
The workshop commenced with a formal inauguration led by Ramisetty Murali from FANSA and Neelima Thota from BMGF, symbolically igniting the Panas. It was attended by 44 participants, including representatives from FANSA Regional Governance Council, Regional Steering Committee, FANSA Regional Secretariat, National Chapters, BMGF, and various external entities, collectively representing from key government officials. Day one of the workshop began with welcome remarks, brief progress updates from the national chapters followed by learnings of the past years and key priorities for Year II. The participants were encouraged to brainstorm on the past challenges they have encountered while delivering the services, mitigating measures, foreseen opportunities and one key success they have achieved in the past year.
Day two was enriched with the valuable discussions commencing from government panel discussions on CSOs and government partnerships, exclusively listening to voices from the ground via community leaders and diverse experts’ success experiences and perspectives, understanding regional sanitation learning center conditions to the full length of brainstorming and discussion on CSO led dialogue on Sanitation. On the second half day, participants get to know the work of both diverse entities Dasra and Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) and got opportunities to indulged in the discussion facilitated by ISDM team on the support participants would seek from the ISDM team.
Furthermore, day three was devoted to work comprehensively on the refinement of the result framework to align the activities with the outcomes and measure our achievements through the defined indicators. Overall, the Pause Reflect Advance Workshop provided a platform for reflection, collaboration, and strategic planning, fostering stronger relationships within the FANSA network and beyond. It emphasized the commitment to advancing inclusive sanitation initiatives and leaving no one behind paving the way to achieve SDG 6 goal.
