The Indian government has a target to make India ‘Open Defecation Free’ by 2019. All stakeholders are increasing their efforts to meet this target, which will have an impact on more than half the population.
Published on: 21/06/2016
IRC wants to support and develop initiatives which will involve a large range of stakeholders. So we built partnerships with TARU Leading Edge, Ennovent, the National Institute of Urban Affairs, the Tata Institute for Social Sciences, and the Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence, and as a result …
IRC has been active in India for more than four decades in the form of support for projects managed from IRC headquarters in The Netherlands, but IRC now has a growing portfolio of activity on the ground in India. We engage in action research, innovation, knowledge management and advisory assignments. We bring in international best practices and specialise in identifying and overcoming the barriers to change.
Read the IRC India Country Programme brochure.
Project Title | IRC Role | State/s | Duration |
Innovation Hub for Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Solutions in India (IHUWASH) (2016-2019) | IHUWASH is a USAID-funded collaborative initiative of the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), TARU Leading Edge, IRC and Ennovent. IRC is responsible for conducting rapid water and sanitation assessments in the 3 cities and capacity strengthening of city and state officials. https://www.ircwash.org/projects/ihuwash | Haryana (Faridabad), Karnataka (Mysore) and Rajasthan (Udaipur) | 3 years |
Watershed (2016-2020) | Strengthening civil society capacity for lobbying and advocacy for universal WASH services. Project page: http://www.ircwash.org/projects/watershed | India | 5 years |
Safe Water Phase II (2015-2018) | This is a three year initiative (2015-2018) aiming to increase access to safe water particularly for people living at the base of the economic pyramid (BOP). Project page: http://www.ircwash.org/projects/safe-water-phase-2 | Odisha Delhi | 3 years |
Community Water Plus (2012-2015) | Support to community-managed rural water supplies; IRC supported the general methodology and did two case studies; training module development | Uttarkhand and West Bengal | 3 years |
Case study on the Business of the Bangalore Honey Suckers (2012) | Review and oversight of the case study, available online: http://www.ircwash.org/news/india-bengaluru-business-honey-suckers | Karnataka (Bangalore) | 6 months |
QIS workshop in Bhopal (2011) | Monitoring. Co-organiser with WaterAid India Presentation available on SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/ircuser/photo-slide-show-qis-workshop-bhopal-india-2007-404880 | Madhya Pradesh | 1 week |
Triple-S in India Study and 2-3 roundtables | Study different service delivery models Facilitate sector working group on sustainability | Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttaranchal | 1 year |
MASSMUS (2011) | Case study on the domestic use of large-scale irrigation systems | Andhra Pradesh | 2 weeks |
WASHCost (2007-2012) | Study on life-cycle costs of rural WASH: Briefing Notes http://www.ircwash.org/resources/washcost-india-briefing-notes Training module on assessing unit costs: http://www.ircwash.org/resources/training-module-assessing-unit-costs-andhra-pradesh-india | Andhra Pradesh | 4 years |
MUS Project (2008) | This included a case study in India, which was done by iDE, but IRC had a general synthesis role, through which also the India case was brought forward | Maharashtra | 4 years |
Women, Wellbeing, Work, Waste and Sanitation (4WS) (2003-2006) | Sanitation & gender. IRC led this multi-country applied research. Indian partners: University of Kerala, SEUF. See conference paper: http://www.ircwash.org/resources/women-well-being-work-waste-and-sanitation-4ws | Kerala | 36 months |
Negotiating peri-urban water conflicts (NEGOWAT) (2003-2006) | Water security. Multi-country research project in collaboration with Natural Resources Institute (NRI) at University of Greenwich. Indian partner: Madras Institute of Development Studies http://negowat.cirad.fr/Docs4Web/negowat-book-final-eng/negowat-book-final.pdf | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 3 years |
Water Audits (2003) | http://projects.nri.org/wss-iwrm/Reports/APRLPwra/APRLPwra_fullA4.pdf
http://projects.nri.org/wss-iwrm/Library/KAWAD_water_audit.PDF
| Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka | 1 year
1 year |
Junior Professional Officer (JPO) programme (2001-2006) | Capacity building. Indian partner 3rd phase 2004-2006: SEUF. Explanation online: http://www.ircwash.org/news/overview-jpo-programme | Kerala | 32 months |
School WASH (2000-04) | Advisory services to UNICEF + Gov’t. Training. Materials. See proposal: http://www.ircwash.org/resources/india-school-sanitation-and-hygiene-education-school-sanitation-support-sss-project | All India | Over 4 years |
WHiRL(2000-2004) | Local water resource management | Andhra Pradesh | 3 years |
Local Water Resource Management | Water governance case study | Andhra Pradesh | 2 months |
Advisory services DGIS project Gujarat | Hygiene promotion, gender | Gujarat | 2 missions, over 2 years |
Resource Centre Development Program (2000-2006) | Support sector learning/develop state WASH resource centres | Gujarat, Kerala, Uttaranchal | 2 years |
Sustaining changes in hygiene behaviour (2000-2003) | Hygiene. IRC led this multi-country applied research. Indian partner: SEUF. See report: http://www.ircwash.org/resources/sustainability-changes-hygiene-behaviour-kerala-india-sustaining-changes-hygiene-behaviour | Kerala | 42 months |
Development of District scoping for rural water supply (1999– 2002) | Participatory district planning | 9 Districts in different States | 2 years |
Integrated Research and Demonstration Project on Slow Sand Filtration (SSF) (1975-1989) | Technology. IRC led a multi-country applied research programme. NEERI was our Indian partner | Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, | Four phases over a period of 14 years |
Making sure that services are scaled up and are sustainable is the central theme of IRC's work in India. Our vision is that every Indian enjoys access to safe, adequate and improved water, sanitation and hygiene services now and forever.
