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Triple-S has been leading a process of active innovation and experimentation in Uganda (as well as in other countries). This involves running a number of experiments spanning the range of areas where innovative approaches to current challenges have been identified. Read more...
C’est avec grand plaisir que nous annonçons la mise à disposition gratuite de l’eBook Priceless ! détaillant les coûts réels de l’eau et de l’assainissement. Vous pourrez télécharger cette publication WASHCost à partir de septembre 2014 sur le site IRCWASH. Read more...
IRC and partners have supported the government of Sierra Leone in launching an initiative for learning in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector. A sector learning framework has been developed in consultation with sector players. Now leadership and commitment are needed to move sector learning... Read more...
Après un processus de travail intensif, nous avons pu lancer, fin 2013, notre nouvelle identité institutionnelle qui traduit mieux notre rôle de think-and-do-tank, utilisant les connaissances comme catalyseur de changements au profit des populations. Read more...
We are delighted to announce that the WASHCost e-book, Priceless! Uncovering the real costs of water and sanitation, is available for free download on IRCWASH from September 2014. Read more...
A study on the Learning Alliance Approach in Ghana, commissioned by IRC under the Triple-S project has concluded that the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in Ghana is very vibrant in experience sharing, documentation and dissemination, but recommended institutionalising a guiding model... Read more...
Learning platforms in Ghana do contribute to more informed policies and coordinated action, but there’s room for improvement, according to recent report. Read more...
A study on the Learning Alliance Approach in Ghana, recommends a guiding model for a more systematic process of building up and deploying knowledge to better influence policy, programming, and practice. Read more...
IRC/Triple-S Uganda is working with the Ministry of Water and Environment to develop a learning and coordination model aimed at improving learning at different levels. In this article, Peter Magara the National Learning Facilitator of IRC/Triple-S Uganda, describes the proposed learning model. Read more...
A new paper from Triple-S Ghana offers insights into WASH efforts in the county's rural domestic water sector. Read more...
Monitoring, capacity development and learning for improvement are often addressed as separate processes.Improving sector performance requires a more integrated approach. Read more...
A 'learning sector’ is one that engages in continuous learning and reflection and is thus able to adapt to changing circumstances and demands. Building a learning sector with the capacity to continuously innovate, evolve and adapt based on evidence is a must for delivering sustainable services and... Read more...
The Sustainable Services at Scale (Triple-S) Project has for the past three years used the sector learning approach to influence policy and practice in the rural water sector. This is because learning and adaptive management are central to delivering sustainable services. Read more...
Lessons on sector learning with WASH Resource Centre Networks from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre Read more...
Check out the video of the webinar Emerging lessons on sector learning with WASH Resource Centre Networks, that was held on 11 July 2012. Read more...
Learning has over the past few years taken centre stage in the Ugandan WASH sector. Different actors are working in partnership to establish learning platforms or learning alliances to assess challenges, find solutions, share lessons and scale up good practices. Read more...
From 17 to 20th April, IRC conducted a workshop on how national WASH Resource Centre Networks (RCNs) support learning in their WASH sectors. Read more...
Resource Centres and their networks can play a vital role in documenting lessons and making information flow in the sector for governance and service delivery. IRC has worked with and supported WASH resource centre networks since the 1990s. The PSO programme helped IRC work with resource centre... Read more...
Watch this video to learn more about the different approaches to sector learning by IRC partners and learn more about the thematic groups to strengthen sector learning in Honduras, explained by Melina Pineda from RAS-HON. Read more...
IRC supports five WASH resource centre networks: CREPA in Burkina Faso, Resource Centre Network Ghana, SAWA in Uganda, Resource Centre Network Nepal (RCNN) in Nepal and RASHON in Honduras. With financial support from PSO IRC has organised capacity building and events. Read more...