Integrating WASH and freshwater conservation
Published on: 14/09/2016
Greg Koch of The Coca-Cola Company highlights the key findings of research on integration of WASH and freshwater conservation
How can Burkina Faso and Niger achieve SDG 6?
Published on: 06/09/2016
The answer lies in four strategic changes in water sector governance.
Realising the SDGs through sanctions, rewards and learning from experiences
Published on: 05/09/2016
Accountability is crucial in ensuring that public officials take responsibility for their duties and are answerable for their actions.
An anxious beginning?
Published on: 05/09/2016
Can service delivery approaches help deal with the interrelated threats of climate change, water security and disease outbreak?
Urban sanitation maturing at Stockholm Water Week
Published on: 05/09/2016
Two meetings on urban sanitation held at the Stockholm World Water Week (SWWW) showed that there is increasing interest in urban sanitation.
Monitoring SDG 6 and the institutional spaghetti
Published on: 02/09/2016
The latest institutional developments around Goal 6 for water and sanitation were presented at World Water Week in Stockholm
Talking finance at Stockholm: a long way to go for practical and useful approaches
Published on: 01/09/2016
Reflections on Finance for water, sanitation and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
It is all about systems
Published on: 29/08/2016
Providing water, sanitation and hygiene services that last forever for everyone, is all about systems.
Water quality is a moving target in Semuliki Catchment, Ntoroko district
Published on: 23/08/2016
To appreciate issues of catchment management, the Watershed Uganda Work Package team visited the river Semuliki which is shared by Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
More effort needed to fill the gap in capacity to effectively roll out the WaSH M&E MIS
Published on: 22/08/2016
The capacity to use WaSH Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Management Information System (MIS) at lower levels for planning, reporting and learning looks frail.
Understanding how shit flows in a resettlement colony in Delhi
Published on: 04/08/2016
With rapid urbanization and the development of large infrastructure in Delhi, came the demolition and resettlement of unauthorised slums/colonies within the city.
Holding government accountable: from social audits to open data
Published on: 20/07/2016
The long road to data savviness.
Africa’s Civil Society agree to support implementation of SDG6 and N’gor Declaration
Published on: 20/07/2016
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) and the national governments jointly prepare for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) and the Dakar N'gor Declaration on Water and Sanitation.
A healthy WASH conference: 6th Africa Water Week
Published on: 19/07/2016
Roel Blesgraaf looks back on day 2 of the Africa Water Week.
New Sustainability: a system is more than a sum of its parts
Published on: 18/07/2016
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.
Pathways to change: empowering citizens
Published on: 15/07/2016
Watershed strategic partnership seeks allies to build a strong civil society.
What supports the growth and sustainability of social enterprises?
Published on: 15/07/2016
Four successful market approaches for water entrepreneurs
Working together to finance improved WASH services in Uganda
Published on: 12/07/2016
District partnerships are at the heart of the WASH Agenda for Change (WA4C).
Tracking WASH budgets: experiences from Bangladesh
Published on: 08/07/2016
Zobair Hasan ( DORP ) tries to convince local governments to allocate more funds to water and sanitation. He shares his insights in an interview.
Kampala WASH Symposium: recognizing the role of governments in sustainable WASH systems
Published on: 08/07/2016
Reflections from the Kampala WASH Symposium by Susan Davis of Improve International.
Stuff you won’t learn sitting in an air-conditioned office
Published on: 04/07/2016
Three takeaways from a field visit to a rural sanitation project in Burkina Faso.
Promoting Self-supply: the challenges of implementation at the district level
Published on: 29/06/2016
In Ethiopia, achieving universal access by 2030 without working on Self-supply would be unrealistic. About 35% of the rural population still relies on unprotected wells and springs for drinking water supply, despite huge investments on water supply infrastructures in the past 25 years.
WASH in prisons is a neglected human right
Published on: 28/06/2016
Access to water and sanitation is a basic human right. No one, whatever their circumstances, should be forced to live in conditions where these services are not made available. And yet this is the case for many inmates in overcrowded prisons around the world.
Analyse de la pénurie d’eau en cours à Ouagadougou
Published on: 28/06/2016
D'une manière récurrente et presque systématique et ce, depuis cinq ans environs, les habitants de la capitale burkinabè connaissent la misère que vivent certaines villes du nord du pays du fait des coupures intempestives d'eau potable.
Water, spillovers and free riding : the economics of pump functionality in Tanzania
Published on: 21/06/2016
Economic tools help us better understand handpump breakdown.