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Become a systems champion for universal water, sanitation and hygiene

Expand your expertise and training skills with our upcoming introductory and advanced free online courses.

Published on: 21/03/2023

Achieving universal water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services is only possible with strong national WASH systems that are led by governments. The Partnership for WASH Systems in Africa has been created to support African governments in 19 priority countries and their partners to strengthen these systems.

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It is under this partnership that the UNICEF Agora platform and the WASH Systems Academy of IRC are providing online courses in systems strengthening and finance for WASH designed for government staff and partners.

This animation (1.5 minutes) highlights the key issues related to WASH services and how systems strengthening can address these complex issues.

                                               

What we have on offer

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 is about 'ensuring the availability and sustainable management of WASH services for all'. Realising SDG 6 and thus improving standards of life for all is one of the main objectives of systems strengthening. These three new online courses are available for free and there to help you drive positive change as a systems leader:

  • Introducing water, sanitation, and hygiene systems strengthening
  • Introducing finance for sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene systems
  • Advanced course: Approaches to finance for sustainable WASH systems

Register to follow a course in English or French:

UNICEF's Agora platform  |     WASH Systems Academy

For details see below.

Contact: training@ircwash.org

 

Introducing water, sanitation, and hygiene systems strengthening

This course is designed to equip all UNICEF personnel and partners with a better understanding of what WASH systems strengthening entails and your role in it.
 
Format:  Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Self-paced and self-guided
Provider: WASH systems Academy or  UNICEF’s Agora platform [partly available offline]
Duration: 8 hours
Language:  English/French

Created by a partnership of UNICEF, IRC, Water For People and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).
 
 
Sign up on Agora  |     Sign up on the WASH Systems Academy
 
 

 

Introducing finance for sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene systems

This 8-hour introductory course provides you with the foundational knowledge needed to accelerate finance for more resilient WASH systems that can deliver sustainable services to all.

Format:  Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Self-paced and self-guided
Provider: WASH systems Academy or UNICEF’s Agora platform [partly available offline]
Duration: 8 hours
Language: English/French

Created by a partnership of UNICEF, IRC and Water For People.
 

Sign up on Agora |    Sign up on the WASH Systems Academy 

 

 

Advanced course: Approaches to finance for sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene systems

This 16-hour course describes approaches to strengthening finance. It includes sessions on maximising and raising funds and using innovative means such as climate finance or blended finance.

 

Format: Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Self-paced and self-guided
Provider: WASH systems Academy or  UNICEF’s Agora platform [partly available offline]
Duration: 16 hours
Language: English/French
 
Created by a partnership of UNICEF, IRC and Water For People.
 
Sign up on Agora  |   Sign up on the WASH Systems Academy 
 
 

For more information about the Partnership for WASH Systems in Africa programme see the flyer.

          

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