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OFID | website The 2019 OFID Annual Award for Development has been conferred upon Vida Duti, in recognition of her remarkable work in striving for sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services for the population of Ghana. Duti, who is Country Director of the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre in Ghana, will receive US$100,000 from OFID in recognition. Read more.
Sanitation and Water for All | website On 20 June the SWA Steering Committee met in Berlin for their first face-to-face meeting of 2019. The agenda included items such as the new SWA Strategy 2020-2030, the private sector's engagement with the partnership and preparations for the 2020 Finance Ministers' Meeting. Read more.
Inside Philanthropy | Andy Narracott and Susan Barnett To Bolster Access to Water and Sanitation, These Funders Are Betting on a Systems Approach. Water and sanitation comprise an increasingly important focus for global health and development philanthropy, but the approach has often been piecemeal, resulting in broken pipes and pumps, disillusioned donors, and suffering beneficiaries.
Dutch Water Sector | The Netherlands Later this year, non-governmental organisation IRC WASH will launch an academy to help professionals with the implementation and strengthening of a system approach for the delivery of drinking water and sanitation. Read more.
GhanaWeb | Ghana The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources has received an allocation of 1. 5 billion dollars to enhance the delivery of water supply to seven regions across the Country. Read more.
Alliance Magazine | By Katie Boswell Systems change is often difficult to understand and almost always very difficult to do, so when I was invited to the IRC's 'All systems go' symposium in the Hague I jumped at the opportunity. Three days of exploring systems change in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector with those actually doing it in different contexts around the world was too good a learning opportunity to pass up. Read more.
Dutch Water Sector | The Netherlands Richard Bassono of IRC Burkina Faso highlights the first findings from the district Master plan Banfora in southwest Burkina Faso. Read more.
Dutch Water Sector | The Netherlands The IRC Ghana has entered the 2019 SDG Action Awards with its WASH project in Asutifi North district. The project is seen as a first of a kind including a masterplan to provide WASH services to 10,000 inhabitants and achieve SDG6 on water by 2030. The masterplan has been established together with Asutifi North District authorities, national government, chiefs, market women, water service providers, the private sector, local NGOs and sachet water producers.
Reliefweb | Online humanitarian Q&A forum KnowledgePoint is proud to announce that the Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) has joined the platform as a collaborative partner, alongside existing partners RedR UK, WaterAid, IRC Wash and Practical Action. Read more.
Devex | By Sophie Edwards Article about discussions around innovative financing streams at the recent Stockholm World Water Week conference...'With new data revealing how far off target the water and sanitation sector is in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals, advocates are grappling with the question of how to catalyze more funding'