IRC WASH Debate: Leaving no one behind; social inclusion in the WASH sector
Published on: 05/03/2018
One of the key principles of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is "leaving no one behind". This means that all the goals and targets of the SDGs aim to be socially inclusive and should be met for all nations and people and for all segments of society. Furthermore, there should be an...
8th World Water Forum: Sharing Water, Brasilia, Brazil
Published on: 18/01/2018
The World Water Forum is the world's biggest water-related event and is organised every three years by the World Water Council (WWC). The 8th Forum brings together the world's leading water experts to discuss the nine Forum themes and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The nine Forum...
Blue Drinks, The Hague Edition! O’Casey’s Irish Pub and Restaurant
Published on: 05/03/2018
A networking event for water and environmental professionals in The Hague. Blue Drinks, an event started by the Canadian Water Network, is now being replicated in the land of some of the best water professionals in the world: The Netherlands! The inaugural bi-monthly networking event in The Hague...
RWSN E-Discussion on Social Accountability Mechanisms
Published on: 19/02/2018
Through the e-discussion, participants have the opportunity to share stories and experiences from the field on holding governments accountable in delivering sustainable water services. The lessons learnt and advocacy messages from this e-discussion will be compiled into an RWSN e-discussion summary...
"Promoting Harmonized Monitoring for the WASH Sector"
Published on: 26/02/2018
In celebration of IRC's 50th Anniversary, IRC US is hosting a series of events. The first in the series will be a brown bag lunch featuring a presentation and discussion on harmonized monitoring with Antonio Rodriguez Serrano, World Bank Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist. He will present...
Regional Insights dialogue on "Sanitation & Tourism"
Published on: 01/02/2018
A new dialogue in the Insights series organised by the India Sanitation Coalition (ISC), IRC and TARU Leading Edge will be held on 20 February 2018 in Goa, India, one day before the SuSanA India Chapter Meeting . The theme this time is: "Sanitation & Tourism". Confirmed panellists : GM Taj Taj...
Webinar: Holding governments to account for implementation of the SDGs
Published on: 10/01/2018
2018 marks the third year of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While national governments hold the primary responsibility for developing policy, and delivering resources and programmes for the goals, civil society also plays a critical role in the implementation and...
IRC WASH Debate: Linking WASH and IWRM programmes to achieve SDG6
Published on: 17/10/2017
Within the focus area (speerpunt) “water” of Dutch development cooperation policy, there are two key strands: improving integrated water resources management (IWRM) and the provision of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. At policy level, relevant linkages between these two areas are...
A Dollar per year keeps rural water services here? The costs of direct support.
Published on: 14/11/2017
Finance is a crucial (and unavoidable) building block for ensuring sustainable rural water services. Therefore, the RWSN sustainable services group is organising webinars addressing costing and financing rural water supply which will take place next week on Tuesday 14 and Thursday 16 November. This...
“Grown up” finance for rural water? RWSN webinar
Published on: 14/11/2017
Finance is a crucial (and unavoidable) building block for ensuring sustainable rural water services. Therefore, the RWSN sustainable services group is organising webinars addressing costing and financing rural water supply which will take place next week on Tuesday 14 and Thursday 16 November. This...
SWA Webinars: Financing the sanitation target of the Sustainable Development Goals [French and Spanish]
Published on: 19/10/2017
Several countries have identified sanitation as the most ambitious and challenging of the WASH-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target and these webinars (one in French and one in Spanish) will focus on building sustainable financing strategies to allow this goal to be met. IRC's Catarina...
SWA Webinar: Financing the sanitation target of the Sustainable Development Goals [English]
Published on: 19/10/2017
Several countries have identified sanitation as the most ambitious and challenging of the WASH-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target and this webinar will focus on building sustainable financing strategies to allow this goal to be met. IRC's Catarina Fonseca is one of the presenters...
IRC at the UNC Water and Health Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Published on: 18/09/2017
Come to IRC's side events and presentations at the 2017 Water and Health Conference! The Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy is organised annually by The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). It considers drinking water supply, sanitation,...
NWP seminar ‘Water Internationaal’
Published on: 03/10/2017
Organised by the NGO Platform of the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP), this public seminar will inform Dutch Members of Parliament (MPs) about water and development cooperation policy. The MPs in question are members of the Committee on "Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation" The seminar...
IRC at Stockholm World Water Week 2017
Published on: 12/06/2017
This annual event, organised by SIWI, the Stockholm International Water Institute, consists of more than 200 sessions. One of the highlights is the Stockholm Water Prize Ceremony and Royal Banquet. In 2016, over 3,200 individuals and around 330 convening organisations from 130 countries...
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...
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...
Watershed webinar on social inclusion
Published on: 24/05/2017
Inclusion is not just about improving access to water and sanitation services for those who are currently excluded but also supporting people to engage in wider processes to ensure that their rights and needs are recognised. This webinar will give a short introduction on “Leave No One Behind” and...
Water and Society 2017
Published on: 02/12/2016
4th International Conference on Water & Society, 5 - 7 June 2017, Seville, Spain. The Water and Society Conference is to be reconvened in 2017 following the success of the previous meetings, the first of which was held in Las Vegas in 2011, followed by a meeting in 2013 in the New Forest, UK,...
Max Foundation-IRC Event: Phase out strategies in the WASH sector
Published on: 03/04/2017
This event aims to inspire and inform participants from the WASH sector on different pathways towards sustainability and domestic resource mobilisation when aid ends. Speakers from different types of organisations will reflect on their approaches towards exiting, and lessons learnt. Also, the event...
Menstrual Hygiene Day, 28 May 2017
Published on: 02/04/2017
Menstrual Hygiene Day will help to break the silence and build awareness about the fundamental role that good menstrual hygiene management (MHM) plays in enabling women and girls to reach their full potential. Take IRC's Menstrual Hygiene Day Quiz and listen to our WASH Talk podcast on menstrual...
SuSanA webinar on ‘How to influence and engage government for sanitation’
Published on: 08/05/2017
Panel discussion on How to Influence and Engage Government in Sanitation - 1400 GMT 17 May 2017
East Africa Water Integrity Forum: Linking Policy with Practice
Published on: 07/04/2017
The Ethiopian Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity (MOWIE) and the Water Integrity Network (WIN) in collaboration with co-convening partners, including IRC, are organising an East African forum on water integrity. Country experiences will be shared with participants from various countries...
Thematic discussion on Menstrual Hygiene Management in Schools
Published on: 20/03/2017
"Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in Schools – A neglected issue" is the topic of the thematic discussion organised by the SuSanA platform. While nowadays MHM is gaining more and more attention, it has widely been neglected in the past. SDG4 (education), SDG5 (gender equality) and SDG6 (water and...
#WaterActionMonth webinar - “How and Why to Involve Children and Youth in WASH Initiatives”
Published on: 13/03/2017
Learn about challenges and opportunities in involving children and youth when designing and implementing WASH initiatives. This is the last of four webinars organised by End Water Poverty during the March 2017 Water Action Month. The webinar starts at 3:30 PM (GMT). For the full list of webinars...