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Pearce, J., Welle, K. & Dickinson, N., 2013. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for monitoring sustainable service delivery : keynote paper for Topic 4 of “Monitoring Sustainab.., The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC.

Published on: 08/04/2013

Innovations in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have produced novel ways of collecting and disseminating data, providing new...

Hailegiorgis, B. et al., 2021. Final report on action research to strengthen monitoring, infrastructure management and planning in rural water, Ethiopia : Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership Concept 1 (Ethiopia), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: IRC Ethiopia. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/final_action_research_paper_final_clean_edited.pdf.

Published on: 09/12/2021

Testing approaches to strengthen the sustainability and performance of WASH service delivery systems.

Pearce, J., Greggio, E. & Stephens, E., 2015. Failure and the future, (Water point mapping and monitoring series) St Gallen, Switzerland: Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN)/Skat Foundation, WaterAid and IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/1-744-54-1455099205.pdf.

Published on: 18/11/2015

What are the challenges with Water Point Mapping? and what lessons can be learned from the failures? What about the future of Water Point Mapping?...

Pearce, J., Greggio, E. & Stephens, E., 2015. National monitoring Water Point Mapping and Monitoring Series., St. Gallen, Switzerland: RWSN. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/1-746-54-1455102038.pdf.

Published on: 30/10/2015

Webinar discussing the state-of-play in national level monitoring of rural water supply, with presentations also of country-led monitoring systems...

Williams, J. et al., 2015. Does the use of ICT-reporting improve rural water supply sustainability? : cases from Uganda and Timor Leste (RWSN) : webinar recording, 27th October 2015, (RWSN webinar series 2015) St Gallen, Switzerland: Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN), Skat Foundation.

Published on: 13/05/2016

Factors influencing and inhibiting the success of reporting, processing and acting on the results of data.

Pearce, J., 2015. SIBS : rural water supply monitoring in Timor Leste, The Hague, The Netherlands: IRC.

Published on: 30/10/2015

Presentation on the Water and Sanitation Information System initiative in Timor Leste.

Pearce, J. et al., 2023. Scoping study : taking stock of the Amhara Region WASH monitoring & evaluation system, Addis Abeba: IRC WASH Ethiopia. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/scoping_study_taking_stock_of_the_amhara_region_wash_monitoring_evaluation_system.pdf.

Published on: 14/11/2023

A critical assessment of the components of the Amhara regional WASH M&E system, including organisational structures, human capacity, coordination...

Pearce, J., 2019. Government-led monitoring for sustained water service delivery, (Position paper 3) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Millennium Water Alliance and IRC Ethiopia. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/goverment-ledwashmonitoringsystems-millenniumwateralliance-august2019.pdf.

Published on: 03/09/2019

Opportunities and recommendations for strengthening monitoring capacities, processes and systems in Ethiopia.

Harris, B. & Pearce, J., 2021. Understanding monitoring for SDG6 across Eastern and Southern Africa : regional review, (WASH technical paper TP/17/2021) UNICEF. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/wash-tp17-sdg6-monitoring-esa-full-report-2021.pdf.

Published on: 15/07/2024

The purpose of this SDG6 +5 review was to undertake an inventory of existing institutional monitoring systems and their ability to track SDG 6.1 and...

Dimtse, D. et al., 2016. WASH monitoring and data use in Afar & Somali : scoping report on processes, systems and capacities, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: IRC, USAID. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/lowland_wash_me_final_report_15082016.pdf.

Published on: 25/07/2016

This scoping report provides a brief summary of the existing WASH monitoring landscape in Afar and Somali regions of Ethiopia. Based upon a...

Pearce, J. et al., 2024. Sustaining water services for refugees and host communities in Ethiopia and Uganda : a decade of experience : full analysis report, New York, NY, USA: UNICEF. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/r-wash_full_sustaining_water_services_for_refugees_and_host_communities_in_ethiopia_and_ugandav5.4_final062024_small.pdf.

Published on: 20/06/2024

The transition from water trucking towards sustainable, utility-led water service models for long-term refugee populations.

Welle, K. et al., 2015. Testing the waters : a qualitative comparative analysis of the factors affecting success in rendering water services sustainable based on ICT reporting, (Making All Voices Count) Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies, WaterAid, ITAD and IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/mavc_wateraid_final-report_online-version.pdf.

Published on: 01/08/2015

This study examines eight initiatives that are using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to monitor and report on water supply services...

Williams, J., Welle, K. & Pearce, J., 2016. How can ICT initiatives be designed to improve rural water supply?, (Policy briefing / Making All Voices Count) Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies, WaterAid, ITAD and IRC. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/wateraid-policy-brief_online-final_1.pdf.

Published on: 13/05/2016

Using information and communication technologies (ICTs) can make rural water supply more efficient, but this only works well when ICT design takes...

Pearce, J., Dickinson, N. & Welle, K., 2015. Technology, data, and people : opportunities and pitfalls of using ICT to monitor sustainable WASH service delivery, (In: From infrastructure to services : trends in monitoring sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services5) Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/9781780448138-ch_05_proofread_ac-corrected_version_dec-jan.pdf.

Published on: 09/06/2016

Information and communication technology (ICT) design and application need to go hand in hand with changes in people, processes, and institutions.

Anzalone, G.C., Glover, A.G. & Pearce, J., 2013. Open-Source Colorimeter. , 13(4), p.9 p. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/sensors-13-05338.pdf.

Published on: 13/03/2014

One of the more popular applications of a colorimeter is measuring the chemical oxygen demand (COD) for estimating the organic content of waste...

Welle, K., Williams, J. & Pearce, J., 2016. ICTs help citizens voice concerns over water : or do they?. IDS bulletin, 47(1), pp.41-54 : 1 box, 2 tab.

Published on: 13/05/2016

Models where a service provider is committed to responsiveness and designs an in-house fault-reporting and maintenance system show greater...

Sugden, S. et al., 2015. A decade of water point mapping, RWSN. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/1-743-54-1455093264.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/2015

This webinar organised by RWSN on 30 September 2014 reviewed the development of WPM over the past decade, focusing on Malawi, the first country in...

Wolde, G. et al., 2015. District monitoring Water Point Mapping and Monitoring Series., RWSN. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/1-745-54-1455101141.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/2015

This webinar organised by RWSN visited case studies of district monitoring experiences in Ethiopia, Bolivia and Ghana to review the methods, costs,...