legal advice with the community

Hi I suggest a good starting point for indicative agreements, not specifically WASH, would be IFRC's ODHR Guidelines which has a section on agreements and MOUs. Basically though with a community, you will not get a binding agreement unless there is a legal person / entity to sign with, hence MOU is likely best. Failing that come back and I will dig through records as I think I likely still have some community MOUs from Aceh / tsunami Chris

Hi

I have never used a standard MOU format with communities. In my experience these are best negotiated in open meetings. Legally binding formats would in general be signed with the local Authorities. In Kenya this would likely be with the District Water Officers (DWO's) or the District Steering Group (DSG). You could check with the WASH Cluster to see if they have any examples, or their members have some formats that they are willing to share. The email is info@WESCOORD.or.ke.

Regards

John

I suggest a good starting point for indicative agreements, not specifically WASH, would be IFRC's ODHR Guidelines https://sheltercentre.org/library/owner-driven-housing-reconstruction-guidelines which has a section on agreements and MOUs. Basically though with a community, you will not get a binding agreement unless there is a legal person / entity to sign with, hence MOU is likely best. Failing that come back and I will dig through records as I think I likely still have some community MOUs from Aceh / tsunami Chris

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