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A 2-week training programme to introduce Water Services that Last and Costing Sustainable Services curricula to BSc students and educational staff of the University Eduardo Mondlane - Rural Engineering School was held in March 2014. Read more...
The United Nations proclaimed 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation. Read more...
UNESCO-IHE, on behalf of the SWITCH Consortium and EU, won the IWA's Sustainability Award 2012 for 'innovation in the practical realization of sustainable urban water management'. The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre was one of the 33 SWITCH Consortium partners. Read more...
The SWITCH project was a five year experiment focused on some of the key sustainability challenges in urban water management. In a number of cities around the globe, it set out to test what was needed for a transition to more sustainable urban water management through a combination of demand-led... Read more...
We would like to invite you to join us for the online launch of the SWITCH in the City book on 12 October 2011 from 1200-1700 Central European Time. The launch provides an opportunity for you to 'chat' with the editors, download the book (from 3 October) and order copies. To join the online... Read more...
Cities in Latin America face a double challenge in environmental sanitation, of both providing access to basic water supply and sanitation for those currently lacking that, and improving the collection and treatment of wastewater and solid waste. Governance is a crucial factor affecting the way in... Read more...
A good governance and accountability project has served as a catalyst for decentralisation in three West Nile districts in Uganda, empowering grass root communities to demand water and sanitation services and actively participate in affairs that affect them. This is the main conclusion of an... Read more...
The local participants of the two-year project on Improved WASH Governance in West Nile through Local Dialogue identified seven lessons and recommendations for future initiatives. Read more...
A training workshop held in Poland introduced water specialists, researchers and professionals working on other development issues to 'process documentation', an approach to document and jointly learn from change processes. Read more...
The ZimWASH project aims to strengthen the capacities of civil society organizations and local government in providing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services targeting the needs of the rural poor. Read more...
The EMPOWERS teams are preparing for producing documentary films highlighting the project’s activities in the three countries Read more...
Life in Kassab village in Egypt is changing as traditional methods of collecting and storing water are replaced by a cleaner and easier supply to taps at home. The first pilot project of EMPOWERS supports families to connect water pipes to their homes, through loans to spread the cost of connection. Read more...
Four members of the EMPOWERS team (Peter Laban, Mufleh Abbadi, Sameera Rifai,Hazem Fahmy) spent the first week of June 2005 in the Netherlands to attend with over 100 other people from around the world an international symposium, which was organized by the International Water and Sanitation Centre... Read more...
The Euro-Med Participatory Water Resources Scenarios (EMPOWERS Partnership) has published its first EMPOWERS Insight magazine, sharing progress and experiences in the regional programme working in Egypt, Jordan and West Bank and Gaza. Read more...
EMPOWERS has signed four agreements in Jordan to improve water and sanitation services in the Balqa Governorate, including three with village organisations. Read more...
Selection of papers and reports on Water, Households and Rural Livelihoods (WHIRL), a joint Indian, South African and UK project, co-ordinated by the Natural Resources Institute (NRI). Read more...
The WHiRL project is supporting innovative approaches to promote integrated water resources management for rural water supply in two very different contexts. Read more...
IRC ran the RCD Programme in over 18 countries. An overview of the programme is provided here. Read more...
Improved access to water supply and sanitation (WSS) is amongst the most pressing needs of poor people in all developing countries. Domestic water supplies and environmental sanitation contribute to livelihoods in a wide range of ways. Read more...
The overall objective of the EMPOWERS project is improved long-term access to water by vulnerable populations through... Read more...