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Rural area in Burkina Faso

JI SANIYANI: A new lease of life for Banfora

Published on: 22/06/2020
Workshop on a new initiative in the commune of Banfora: JI SANIYANI.

Girl near tap in Burkina Faso

JI SANIYANI : un nouveau souffle pour Banfora

Published on: 18/06/2020
Atelier d'une nouvelle initiative dans la commune de Banfora : JI SANIYANI.

Cover CBGA report in Union Budget 2020-21

Can India meet its new ambitions for sanitation and water?

Published on: 11/02/2020
An analysis of the government's 2020-21 budget shows allocations may not be enough.

Transporting water with a motorcycle in Burkina Faso

A compact for sustainable systems

Published on: 08/08/2019
UNICEF and IRC join hands to support sustainable WASH services in Burkina Faso.

UNICEF et IRC conjuguent leurs efforts pour des services durables en eau potable, hygiène et assainissement au Burkina Faso.

Un pacte pour des systèmes durables

Published on: 08/08/2019
UNICEF et IRC conjuguent leurs efforts pour des services durables en eau potable, hygiène et assainissement au Burkina Faso.

Special offer 9=10 tickets for WASH System Symposium

Bring 9 people, 10th is free!

Published on: 09/07/2018
How to get a free ticket for the All Systems Go! symposium on WASH systems

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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 CEO Patrick Moriarty, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Hon Joseph Kofi Adda sign MoU

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.

Leden van het sanitatie & health team van Burungu basisschool

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.

Chair of Water Committee in El Salvador checking water quality

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.

WEDC Conference call for papers

40th WEDC International Conference, Loughborough, UK

Published on: 12/06/2017
The conference invites participants from over 40 countries to share experiences and achievements on the sustainable delivery of WASH services through international cooperation. The week includes three days to discuss and debate peer reviewed content, followed by two days of tailored capacity...

Monitoring cycle

Webinar: Searching for universal sustainability metrics for rural water services

Published on: 12/06/2017
This webinar is part of a series organised by the Sustainable Services Theme of the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN ). There are presentations from IRC and UNICEF on the challenges to measuring the sustainability of rural water supply services. How can the sector agree on a core set of indicators...

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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.

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2017 Colorado WASH Symposium

Published on: 03/04/2017
Organised annually since 2012 by students at the University of Colorado - Boulder, the themes of the 2017 Colorado WASH symposium were: behaviour change, business of WASH, humanitarian, refugee, and other challenging contexts, social dimensions of WASH, systems of WASH, and technology and...

Women at water point in Ghana

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.

Patrick Moriarty delivering his TED talk

'It's about the systems, stupid!' - TEDx talk

Published on: 28/02/2017
We rely on complex systems, but we are "systems blind".

Recording WASH Talk

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.

Toilet

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?

Burkina Faso happy kids

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.

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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

FLOW training in Ghana, 2013.

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.

Ethiopia photo Ton Schouten

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.

Buzz group IRC event

Checking and monitoring sustainability of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services, 7AM, The Hague

Published on: 05/10/2016
The Netherlands has been at the forefront of ensuring sustainability of WASH services. The IOB policy review in 2012 made it clear that a significant percentage of water and sanitation facilities that were developed with Dutch support, provided poor quality services and had limited sustainability...

Indian village

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.

Kampala WASH Symposium 2016

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.

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