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We need more and faster action to achieve and sustain the SDGs. Read more...
The SDGs bring a new sense of urgency, focus and realisation of the great challenge ahead. Read more...
Developing a collaborative strategic plan for municipal water services needs to focus on structural changes. Read more...
Developing a collaborative master plan for Kabarole District to attract more national government funding. Read more...
Over the coming years, IRC will work to support partner districts to bring sustainable WASH services to everyone: at least one million people. Read more...
In fact, it turns out we don't. Read more...
Working together towards our shared vision of achieving SDG 6 – universal access to sustained WASH services across districts and countries through systems change. Read more...
But ... to achieve Goal 6 more urgency is needed in sector reform and systems building. Read more...
Maybe there should have been a disclaimer on the SDGs. Read more...
The answer lies in four strategic changes in water sector governance. Read more...
This post comes from Angela's expedited entry into the WASH sector to research why sustained success has been limited and to uncover which approaches to change might lead to lasting service provision. Read more...
District partnerships are at the heart of the WASH Agenda for Change (WA4C). Read more...
Reflections from the Kampala WASH Symposium by Susan Davis of Improve International. Read more...
Are government-led and private sector approaches mutually exclusive? Read more...
We all know that "he who pays the piper calls the tune" - but what if the tune is the wrong one for the times? Can pipers push for new tunes? IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty thinks so. Read more...
IRC's CEO explains why we're counting down five years instead of 15 - five years to get going on meaningful change Read more...
IRC's Chief Executive Patrick Moriarty reflects on the highlights from the annual water conference in Stockholm. Read more...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have the target of reaching universal access to water and sanitation by 2030. But can this target realistically be achieved in the most difficult of settings: fragile states? Read more...
Nothing less than universal and equitable access to water and sanitation for all by 2030 is what the world wants. Some 50 Dutch water and development specialists came to The Hague on March 4th, 2015, to discuss what it will take to make this goal a reality. Read more...
Unlike droughts, floods and oil spills, non-functioning water and sanitation systems seldom make the headlines, even though water crises top the list of global risks. Read more...