IRC endorses new strategy of the Rural Water Supply Network
Published on: 30/03/2018
Together with the World Bank, IRC is co-lead of RWSN's Sustainable Services theme.
IRC and Government of Ghana commit to strengthening WASH systems
Published on: 26/03/2018
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources signs a four-year Memorandum of Understanding with IRC.
Running for Water - what did we achieve?
Published on: 22/12/2017
Some months have passed since the successful wrap-up of our first crowdfunding initiative. We now reflect on how the campaign has brought change to Kabarole district, in Uganda.
New insights into the sustainability of rural water supplies
Published on: 13/09/2017
Stockholm World Water Week discusses World Bank publications on universal metrics.
Phase out strategies in the WASH sector
Published on: 04/04/2017
Max Foundation and IRC invite you to discuss sustainability and domestic resource mobilisation when aid ends.
Achieving water and sanitation for all in Ghana by 2030
Published on: 20/03/2017
IRC and the Safe Water Network are piloting a sustainable service delivery approach at district level.
'It's about the systems, stupid!'
Published on: 28/02/2017
We rely on complex systems, but we are "systems blind".
Stay tuned – IRC’s podcast WASH Talk is about to be launched
Published on: 30/01/2017
20 February 2017 you can listen to the very first episode of IRC's podcast WASH Talk.
Rushing into solutions without fully grasping the problem
Published on: 30/01/2017
Which factors in the enabling environment and which links between actors are key to achieving reliable sanitation services?
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation supports IRC to plan for sustainable water services in three African countries
Published on: 20/12/2016
IRC has been awarded a US$ 1 million grant to develop a fourteen year programme.
IRC at the 7th Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) forum – Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Published on: 28/11/2016
Join IRC at the 7th Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) forum – Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
IRC excited by new cutting edge partnership on strengthening local WASH systems
Published on: 04/11/2016
University of Colorado Boulder launches Sustainable WASH Systems Initiative.
IRC Event: Checking and monitoring sustainability of WASH services
Published on: 19/10/2016
Join the discussion with government experts and practitioners on 16 November in The Hague.
WASH Dialogue on budget tracking and policy in India
Published on: 04/08/2016
Tracking budgets and actual expenditure in WASH are essential to ensure sustainable water and sanitation services. Planning and budgets have to capture the activities and costs supporting ongoing services beyond the creation of infrastructures.
Smoothing out the bottleneck in service delivery systems
Published on: 28/07/2016
Joined forces at the Kampala WASH Symposium identify what stands in the way of sustainability.
Learning and growing with IRC
Published on: 04/07/2016
Intern Jimmy Otim realised his passion for WASH in Uganda's Lira District.
Kampala WASH Symposium background note
Published on: 13/06/2016
What do we need to understand to overcome the long-standing challenges in the sector?
Sanitation Innovation Accelerator 2016 declared its cohort of six organisations
Published on: 07/06/2016
The first six innovations selected for the Sanitation Innovation Accelerator 2016 have been formally introduced at a special gathering of water and sanitation experts and investment mentors.
Sanitation Innovation Accelerator 2016
Published on: 20/05/2016
The Sanitation Innovation Accelerator attracts and supports market-driven innovations in rural sanitation with a sustainable and scalable business model.
How can ICT initiatives be designed to improve rural water supply?
Published on: 13/05/2016
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) must take local context and existing reporting systems into account.
Call for submissions: 7th Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) Forum
Published on: 15/02/2016
The RWSN Forum is the foremost global event on rural water services and takes place every 5 years.
Innovative financing for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
Published on: 21/12/2015
West and Central Africa conference on financing for WASH aims to get more financial resources to ensure access and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
Back to where it all started: launching the monitoring book in Ethiopia
Published on: 20/04/2015
"We went back to where it all started: the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy of the Government of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa," says IRC's Ton Schouten. This week the monitoring book ' From Infrastructure to Services' was launched in Ethiopia. In the coming 4 years, IRC will keep supporting the...
Taking sustainability of investments in the WASH sector seriously
Published on: 14/04/2015
IRC was asked by DGIS to support the Netherlands Enterprise Agency with the introduction of sustainability instruments as part of the second round of the Sustainable Water Fund. Another example of how DGIS is taking sustainability of investments in the WASH sector seriously.
Ghana WASH Forum: Triple-S in retrospect shaping the context for WASH sector partnerships at scale
Published on: 23/02/2015
The IRC Ghana team together with the Government hosted a sustainability forum as a final activity of the Triple-S project and as a formal start-up of the new initiative "Local Government Capacity Support for WASH". The latter is the project that is following up Triple-S and bringing together CWSA,...