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On Friday 3rd February 2012, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre celebrated the official opening of its office in Accra, Ghana. This was an historic event for IRC, as this is the first office IRC has established outside The Netherlands since its foundation in 1968. The office will be led... Read more...
IRC is testing out FLOW in three districts in Ghana. FLOW helps the user assess whether or not facilities are functioning or are on the verge of disrepair. In this video IRC staff discusses the presentation given by Marieke Adank and Nicolas Dickinson which highlights the experiences and lessons... Read more...
How can you easiliy assess and monitor functionality of water services? IRC is testing out FLOW in three districts in Ghana, as part of the Triple-S project. FLOW helps the user assess whether or not facilities are functioning or are on the verge of disrepair. Check out this video in which Marieke... Read more...
This map contains the data on functionality and service levels. At the moment, the functionality of data points is not visible from the colour of the point when viewed on the map. View Larger Map Read more...
Vida Duti, the new IRC Country Director from January 2012, says that lack of money in village accounts to carry out repairs is one of the major reasons for service failure. Read more...
The Government of Uganda invited experts from Mozambique, Ghana, and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre to share their experiences using the life-cycle costs approach (LCCA) to improve sector performance. This approach is raising awareness of the potential for life-cycle costs to achieve... Read more...
Dans le cadre de la Journée mondiale de l'eau 2011, Radio Ghana a exploré la viabilité des services d'approvisionnement en eau à travers « Ghana Today ». 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...
L’ancien Président du Ghana Kufuor nommé président du Partenariat assainissement et eau pour tous Son Excellence John Agyekum Kufuor, ancien Président du Ghana (2001-2009) et ancien Président de l’Union africaine (2007–2008), sera le premier président de haut niveau du Partenariat … Read more...
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has appealed to donor agencies to introduce anti-corruption policies and tools in all their water sector activities. Read more...
Various stakeholders implementing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in Ghana currently use different approaches in implementing the project cycle to deliver their facilities. This has been identified as a challenge to the involvement of local government in enhancing the long-term... Read more...
Triple-S Ghana is working with the Inter-agency Coordinating Committee (ICC) to strengthen water and sanitation sector learning in the Northern Region. The Inter-agency Coordinating Committee is convened by the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme in collaboration with the Northern Regional... Read more...
“I love what I do as an area mechanic because in my own small way I ensure that community boreholes are constantly working, providing regular supply of water to the people to improve their standards of living and their health.” Read more...
WASH views in the Abono community, Ghana Read more...
Sustainable Water Management ImprovesTomorrow's Cities Health (SWITCH) es un programa de investigación-acción, co-financiado por la Unión Europea, coordinado por UNESCO - IHE, en el cual participó IRC como una de 33 instituciones de 15 países de Europa, África, Asia y América Latina. Surgió como... Read more...
His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, former President of Ghana (2001-2009) and former Chairperson of the African Union (2007–2008), will be the first high-level Chair of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership. Kufuor is a passionate global advocate for leadership, … Read more...
Le projet intitulé « Sustainability of Water Services Delivery – SWSD in Great Afram Plains au Ghana » est financé par la Fondation Conrad N. Hilton. Son lancement, qui a eu lieu à Accra du 27 juin au 2 juillet 2011, avait débouché sur la validation de la méthodologie générale de mise en œuvre, l'... Read more...
The SWITCH project was a five year experiment focused on some of the key sustainability challenges in urban water management. In a number of cities around the globe, it set out to test what was needed for a transition to more sustainable urban water management through a combination of demand-led... Read more...
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A US-Ghanaian team has been awarded US$ 1.5 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a biorefinery that will convert fecal sludge to biodiesel and methane. Read more...