12.2.2 External financing agencies

(Note: You may recall from Study Session 9 that there is some confusion and overlap between the terms used to describe organisations that provide developmental assistance. ‘External financing agencies’ in the OWNP context means all donors other than NGOs [which are considered separately below]. External financing agencies are also referred to as ‘development partners’, even though this term can have a broader meaning, as discussed in Box 9.1. Frequently this term is capitalised as ‘Development Partners’, also abbreviated to DP, and is generally used to refer to the major donors only.)

Contributions from donors that are made specifically for the OWNP constitute the core budget and are held in the Consolidated WASH Account (CWA), which is described more fully in the next section. Development partners may also provide resources that contribute to the OWNP but not through the CWA. These are included in the resource mapping process for the consolidated annual WASH plans at all levels. (This was described in Study Session 10.)