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Stories and lessons learned from collective action by organisations supported by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and their partners. Read more...
A tool to ensure we leave no one behind while working to achieve SDG 6. Read more...
Although most people acknowledge the importance of learning for improving performance in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector, in practice key information and knowledge are too often not (or only partly) used for the planning and implementation of interventions. Read more...
Video 'Making monitoring count' discusses the challenges around monitoring: everyone wants to know - but who needs to know? and what do we need to know? 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...
Video explores role of local government in the delivery of sustainable WASH services in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Uganda. Read more...
A three-country case study looks at aid effectiveness and sustainability in all WASH sectors. Read more...
The WASHTech project may be over but the importance of choosing the right technology remains. Read more...
The results of a three-country hygiene cost effectiveness study make interesting reading. Read more...
Video illustrating the challenge facing technology to provide sustainable water services. Read more...
The Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) provides a comprehensive assessment of sustainability indicators and considers the perspectives of technology users, producers and those introducing a technology. Read more...
Presentations shared during the Triple-S Annual Review and Planning Meeting (ARAP) in Fort Portal Uganda, 6th-11th May 2013. Read more...
An animation illustrating the relationship between life-cycle costs and the service delivered. Read more...
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre's WASHCost project has released an animation that has been created to help us understand how the life-cycle costs and the service delivered are connected. The life-cycle cost approach can be used to increase financial sustainability and to stop the... Read more...
In this folder you can find the presentations related to the joint session on cost effectiveness of sanitation and hygiene interventions Read more...
We're sharing our WASHCost data on the full costs of providing water and sanitation services over their entire service life-cycle from construction to operation, rehabilitation, and eventual replacement. Detailed studies established these costs and examined how these costs relate to the level of... Read more...
The WASHTech project in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Uganda is in its second year of implementation. The key activities of 2012 are to conduct a technology assessment by using the “Technology Applicability Framework (TAF)” currently under development and to document changes resulting from stakeholder... 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...
WASHTech project is using cost components of LCCA in the financial indicators for validating WASH technologies. Read more...
The WASHTech project has published a literature review focusing on 14 technologies used in Africa in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. Descriptions for each technology include a selection of interesting case studies, and an explanation as to whether the technology meets technical,... Read more...