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Increasing interest in the Agenda for Change and investments in the systems approach. Read more...
Strengthening monitoring and evaluation systems in the WASH sector in Western and Central Africa. Read more...
The latest institutional developments around Goal 6 for water and sanitation were presented at World Water Week in Stockholm Read more...
There are big expectations for national sector monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems both from the side of governments and from the side of Development Partners (DPs). National scale data collection using ICT in some African countries have set the tone: it is now possible to have data from... Read more...
People in Ghana like metaphors. Metaphors make their hearts beat; metaphors also soften what may be too harsh to say directly. Maybe both meanings of metaphors are true for the great efforts of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) to create a monitoring system for water supply in rural... Read more...
Water point mapping around the world has accelerated at unprecedented rates, writes Brian Banks (Global Water Challenge) in his guest blog. Read more...
For the WASH sector as a whole to achieve greater impact, more organisations must address their gaps in organisational capacity and will need to embrace capacity development holistically and more systematically. Read more...
Mark Radin and Alana Potter reflect on the steps to achieving sanitation commitments. Read more...
Tigray is a fabulous region to visit. A great base for visiting some of the finest tourism sites in Ethiopia. We were looking for something else: databases. More specifically we went to Tigray to find out how the region is making efforts to monitor the provision of water, sanitation and hygiene... Read more...
Over the last 25 years, a unique UN partnership has developed a robust monitoring mechanism that can support the goal of universal access. Read more...
While reviewing experiences with the UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS), it is clear that there is a need to strengthen systematic, comprehensive, country-led processes which feed global monitoring. Read more...
In this blog on the UN-Water meeting that was held in Geneva last month, Joseph Pearce and Ton Schouten give an intriguing insight in the monitoring of the new sustainable development goal (SDG) for water. They argue that the SDGs, as they are now formulated, demand for strengthening national... Read more...
It's hard to predict what impact investments and innovations in the water sector will have on citizens' access to services. Understanding underlying mechanisms and potential bottlenecks of change can help decide how and where to invest resources, while also giving a more realistic picture of the... Read more...
How does India's new large-scale sanitation monitoring effort compare with similar initiatives in Bangladesh and Indonesia? Read more...
How long it will take for everyone to get access to water and sanitation? Alternative statistical methods and data harmonisation hold the answer. Read more...
Universal coverage of water, sanitation and hygiene looks set to be included in the Sustainable Development Goals. What finally ends up in these goals will determine the agenda for the WASH sector for decades to come. Read more...
Si les projets d'amélioration d'accès à l'eau conduits sous l'égide de l'aide au développement relèvent plutôt d'interventions d'ordre humanitaire, et que l'approvisionnement en eau grâce à l'aide humanitaire peut favoriser le développement même par petites touches, que faut-il en conclure ? Read more...
Delft Symposium session takes capacity building as its central theme. Read more...
Learning models were a topic highlight at the second day of IHE-UNESCO's 3-day 5th Delft Symposium on Water Capacity Development. Read more...
Key participants in Ethiopia's WASH services come together. Read more...