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FSM4: 4th International Faecal Sludge Management Conference, Chennai, India, 19-22 Feb 2017 Worldwide, 2.7 billion people rely on onsite sanitation. Yet, there is still typically no management system in place to deal with the resulting faecal sludge (e.g. septage and pit latrine sludge). The result... Read more...
IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty will shine on the TEDxDenHelder stage with his TED talk 'It's about the systems, stupid!' During TEDxDenHelder 21 inspiring speakers will share their brilliant ideas - some of them through inspiring stories, others with music and art performances. Despite the diversity of... Read more...
Is Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) an effective and long-term solution in the sanitation value chain? That was the question that Indian sanitation experts reflected on in Jaipur, the state capital of Rajasthan, at a multi-stakeholder dialogue on 'FSSM Matters: Looking Forward' on 10... Read more...
The RWSN Forum is the foremost global event on rural water services and takes place every 5 years. Some 650 participants from all over the world are expected at the 2016 event, which is in English and French. With the title, Water for Everyone , the Forum will explore how we are going to reach... Read more...
The Mole Conference is one of the biggest multi-stakeholder annual platforms in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in Ghana. The conference is organised by the Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) and brings together sector practitioners from NGOs, Government, private... Read more...
The aim of World Toilet Day is to raise awareness about the people in the world who don't have access to a toilet, despite the fact that it is a human right to have clean water and sanitation. On this day people are encouraged to take action and help promote the idea that more needs to be done... Read more...
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... Read more...
Ghana Youth Environment Network (GYEM), in collaboration with WaterAid Ghana and the Resource Centre Network (RCN) invites you to the learning and sharing meeting on the above theme. GYEM will lead the discussion with support from WaterAid Ghana under the advocacy for WASH Based Climate Adaptation... Read more...
IRC and Plan would like to invite you to "What's New Pussycat? How Tom Jones inspired better learning and collaboration in WASH", a roundtable discussion on learning in the WASH sector. As a sector, we are trapped in our old ways of distilling and sharing knowledge – essentially a sector-wide... Read more...
Our forthcoming seminar aims to share some of the latest experiences in using new technologies and innovations to monitor WASH infrastructure, and keep it working. A Learning Seminar on 'Monitoring and Messages for Faster Maintenance' will be organized by IRC, the NWCO/MoWIE, Lowland WASH and... Read more...
Global Handwashing Day is an annual global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. Celebrated annually on October 15, Global Handwashing Day was... Read more...
The Water and Health Conference 2016: where science meets policy will take place at the Water Institute at UNC. Water and Health Conferences focus on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in a global context with a strong public health emphasis. This year's theme is domestic WASH in high income... Read more...
" Insights " is a Knowledge Series co-designed by the India Sanitation Coalition, IRC and TARU Leading Edge. This first dialogue is on the theme of Sanitation Promotion and Behavioural Science. Policy makers, researchers and social and market practitioners were invited to an expert panel discussion... Read more...
Come and meet IRC staff from The Netherlands and our Burkina Faso and Uganda country offices. The following delegation will attend: Patrick Moriarty - IRC's CEO Juste Nansi - IRC Burkina Faso Country Director Jane Nabunnya Mulumba - IRC Uganda Country Director Lydia Mirembe - IRC Uganda... Read more...
This seminar aims to share some of the latest experiences in monitoring for sustainability, and to identify next steps for the wider use of relevant tools within the Consolidated WaSH Account (CWA) and the wider One WaSH National Programme . It is being organised by IRC with the One WaSH National... Read more...
While the WASH sector grapples with the challenge of making India open defecation free by 2 October 2019, several issues persist. The WASH Dialogues series of events are an initiative of IRC and TARU Leading Edge, two organisations working on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, collectively... Read more...
Africa needs a roadmap to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for water security and sanitation by 2030. Such a roadmap was the desired outcome of the 6th Africa Water Week (AWW-6), a biennial event that attracted 1,000 participants from governments, regional institutions,... Read more...
6th Africa Water Week (AWW-6), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Achieving Universal Access and Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation for All, Sub theme 1 Convenor: IRC Co-convenors: Africa Joint WASH learning initiative members: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), Rural Water... Read more...
IRC prepared two sessions for the 39th WEDC International Conference 'Ensuring Availability and Sustainable Management of Water and Sanitation for All' which will be taking place in Kumasi in Ghana, from 11 – 15 July. Redefining monitoring of rural water services for sustainable impact Tuesday 12... Read more...
Minister Ploumen emphasizes the role of civil society organisations as watchdog over public services in her note ' dialogue and dissent '. They need to critically follow the performance of government in service delivery, demand accountability and engage in dialogues with government to improve... Read more...
From projects to services For decades, WASH programs have followed a "business as usual" approach of implementing projects that have largely remained focused on the project and under emphasized the broader context. In the rural sub-sector external funding often finances a WASH project that is... Read more...
The formal launch of Sanitation Innovation Accelerator 2016 (SIA'16) on the 25th May 2016 (afternoon) at Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi. The Sanitation Innovation Accelerator 2016 Cohort would be introduced to mentors/experts/investors in the sector. A video conferencing session would be... Read more...
VIA Water and IRC are pleased to welcome you to an inspirational session with Thomas Rau, a renowned speaker, innovator, visionary and thinker on the topics of the end of property and the circular economy. He is ranked among the Top 5 Dutch key players in sustainability and was elected as Dutch... Read more...
IRC and TARU Leading Edge invite you to 'A WASH View From Jhadol, Udaipur'. This is an ethnographic study on issues of drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in the Jhadol Block of Udaipur District, Rajasthan, by Ms Georgina Page, an anthropology student from the University of Radboud, The... Read more...
Starting on the 11 th April is the 2 week RWSN e-discussion on the subject of continuous country-led monitoring of rural water services. The Discussion will run for the next 2 weeks (11 th -22 nd April). How will it work? The e-discussion will run for two weeks from Monday 11th - Friday 22nd April... Read more...