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The Chief Executive Officer of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Mr Clement Bugase in this video interview talks about the changing role of his institution as they seek to enhance its ability as a regulator more than a facilitator for the delivery of physical water and sanitation... Read more...
Issues surrounding associations set up to strengthen rural water systems. Read more...
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) working group on management support for rural water supplies convened in The Hague, The Netherlands on 2 to 3 October 2012, for their first thematic meeting on piped schemes. Objectives for the two days included compiling an initial set of conclusions and... Read more...
The NGO “Give to Colombia” will implement several pilot projects that will serve as models for the Rural Water Supply and Wastewater Management Program in Colombia. The pilot projects will focus on WASH in schools, post-construction support, household connections and self-supply models. IRC has a... Read more...
How do you set a tariff for water in a small town, so that people can afford to pay and there is enough money to sustain the service?" Read more...
The majority of the water and sanitation projects funded by the European Union (EU) in six African countries are not sustainable says the EU's spending watchdog. Read more...
In a bid to foster participatory approaches to sustainable management of water sources in Lira and Kabarole districts, IRC/Triple-S Uganda has started organizing parish dialogues between Sub County Water Supply and Sanitation Boards (SWSSBs) and community members. Read more...
The number of US philanthropists with a passion for sanitation has now doubled. Following in the footsteps of Bill Gates who launched Reinventing the Toilet, "Chief Toilet Hacker" John Kluge aims to provide 1 million toilets in the developing world. To kick-start this endeavour, Eirene, a company... Read more...
The Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment produced the District Implementation Manual (DIM) in 2007 to support and guide sector stakeholders in the implementation of water and sanitation activities. Read more...
Under pressure to improve water services, Lira sub-county considers establishing a local water and sanitation board to address issues around maintenance, fee collection and administration. Read more...
Sub-counties in Uganda's Kabarole District are excited about the potential of their new water and sanitation boards. But without financing, how can that potential be realised? Read more...
In Uganda, new water and sanitation boards at sub-county level are designed to remedy the problem of lack of capacity in water user committees—making local management more professional and effective. Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) is in the process of finalising a number of service delivery documents to guide the rural water and sanitation sub-sector in Ghana. The documents will critically enhance service delivery in the rural water sector. Read more...
Journalist Pacôme Tomètissi wants to revisit the fishing communities of Lake Nokoué in Benin to examine the sustainability of a 5 million euro EU-funded water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project. Read more...
Traditional chiefs appealed to the Accra Municipal Assembly (AMA) that central funding to the WASH sector is not reaching their districts. This results in a disastrous situation that affects all irrespective of who you are. This was said during a budget tracking exercise organized by the NGO... Read more...
Uganda is establishing Hand Pump Mechanics Associations as a solution to low functionality of rural point sources. Do these associations bring better, more professional service to communities? Read more...
The Bangladesh government has reduced its allocation for water and sanitation by around 10 billion taka (US$ 121 million) in the proposed 2012-13 budget. Read more...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Singapore government have agreed to set up a global centre to help developing countries strengthen their public services. Read more...
Ghana through the Community Water and Sanitation Agency is developing a District Operational Manual (DOM) to guide the delivery of water and sanitation services at the local government level. The document is aimed to strengthen the capacity of local government officials as well as address gaps... 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...