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This legacy page gives a brief overview of the project approach and flagship publications. Read more...
After eight years of working in Ghana, IRC has achieved a paradigm shift in monitoring and delivery of WASH services. Read more...
Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) has led a process of learning and innovation to improve rural water service delivery in Ghana and Uganda. Each experiment has documented, results and recommendations shared with stakeholders in the two countries. In addition, the progress on the innovation... Read more...
In Ghana and Uganda, Triple-S has run a range of experiments to improve water service delivery. Taken together, these experiments were expected to contribute to the sustainability and quality of rural water services and to build sector capacity for future innovation and informed policy making. Read more...
In Stockholm, CWSA and IRC presented Ghana's new monitoring framework for rural and small town water services, which enables monitoring of services provided and sustained at scale. 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...
Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs) are being developed in Uganda to supplement the national 11 golden indicators Read more...
A special issue of ' Water Alternatives' journal looks at trends in water services in rural areas. Read more...
Service delivery models describe the practical implementation of water service provision as part of a service delivery approach Read more...
Want to know how your organisation scores in sustainability performance? Complete the online self-assessment form and find out if your organisation’s sustainability policies and practices are strong or need improvement. Read more...
Eighteen senior water service professionals from Timor-Leste, Ghana, Uganda, India, Burkina Faso, Belgium, and The Netherlands gathered from 12 to 16 November 2012 in The Netherlands to participate in the training event: ‘An Introduction to the Concepts of Service Delivery: The Role of the Service... Read more...
On Tuesday 21 August, Water For People hosted a Google+ Hangout on transparency in the water sector. Read more...
On 28 and 29 June 2012, the Joint Monitoring Programme water working group shared results from their first electronic survey. The group collected information on capacity and incentives for water-sector actors to comply with post-2015 JMP targets and standards. The survey also solicited opinions... Read more...
“The goal of universal access to clean water is far from complete”, says IRC's Stef Smits on CNN International. "Reaching the last 10% of the population -- those living in remote rural areas and on the fringes of big cities - will become increasingly difficult and expensive," he explains in “Going... Read more...
The book Supporting Rural Water Supply unpacks problems and identifies success factors in delivering rural water services. Now available from Practical Action. Read more...