Former IRC Programme Officer
This paper reviews the experiences gained by the SWITCH consortium (of 33 partners) in grappling with stakeholder engagement in urban water... Read more...
A strong enabling environment, which recognizes small communities and their local services, water quality control, post-construction support and the... Read more...
Une gestion approximative des services d'assainissement et d'hygiène entraîne nécessairement des conséquences de santé publique pour une société... Read more...
This book provides guidance on how to prevent corruption in local government and deal with it when it occurs. It includes a section on local public... Read more...
This experiment consisted of a study to assess the significance, efficacy and sustainability of the learning alliance approach in influencing learning and adaptive capacity in the rural water sector in Ghana. Read more...
IRC/Triple-S Uganda has worked with the Ministry of Water and Environment to develop a learning and coordination model aimed at improving continuous joint learning throughout the rural water sector to promote innovations and address underlying challenges of service delivery. Read more...
Learning and knowledge management supported at national and decentralised levels to enable the sector to adapt based on experience. Read more...
IRC is proud to be a 'knowledge partner' in the BRAC WASH programme, reaching millions in Bangladesh. Partnering for sustained impact is not only about sharing expertise, but putting knowledge and skills to work for the BRAC WASH mission and priorities. Our role is to advise, support and facilitate... Read more...
Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) has led a process of learning and innovation to improve rural water service delivery in Ghana and Uganda. Each experiment has documented, results and recommendations shared with stakeholders in the two countries. In addition, the progress on the innovation... Read more...
In Ghana and Uganda, Triple-S has run a range of experiments to improve water service delivery. Taken together, these experiments were expected to contribute to the sustainability and quality of rural water services and to build sector capacity for future innovation and informed policy making. Read more...
It's hard to predict what impact investments and innovations in the water sector will have on citizens' access to services. Understanding underlying mechanisms and potential bottlenecks of change can help decide how and where to invest resources, while also giving a more realistic picture of the... Read more...
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are essential to daily life and overall development, but, they are often not the top priority of the media. IRC and RNTC joined hands to train journalists and communications specialists how to tell compelling stories about WASH. Read more...
Triple-S has been leading a process of active innovation and experimentation in Ghana (as well as in other countries). This involves running a number of experiments (five in Ghana and seven in Uganda) spanning the range of areas where innovative approaches to current challenges have been identified. Read more...
Over the years, IRC's focus has evolved from supporting community management, to working on a 'whole system' approach to sector change. In this second blog in our series on a learning and adaptive sector we chart IRC's evolution and explore the central role of collective learning for delivering... Read more...
The capacity to continuously learn and adapt is critical for dealing with complex challenges and future uncertainties. In this first blog in a series about 'a learning and adaptive sector', we discuss why learning is central to achieving water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services for life. Read more...
Background paper for the Symposium on Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation: Strengthening capacity for local governance Read more...
There are a range of sustainability tools for water. However tools alone do not automatically mean that services will improve, especially for the poorest and most vulnerable. Read more...
This week, the 5th WASH Sustainability Forum will bring together representatives from civil society, government, universities and the private sector eager to share ideas on how to make our investments and efforts in water sanitation and hygiene have sustainable results. Read more...
Hoe zorg je dat water, sanitatie en hygiene (WASH) voorzieningen in ontwikkelingslanden niet na 2 of 3 jaar kapot gaan? Dat als ze kapot gaan, er iemand is die ze repareert? En hoe zorg je dat deze cyclus van vervangen en vernieuwen continu is, zodat mensen overal ter wereld kunnen vertrouwen op... Read more...
Amsterdam will soon host the 5th WASH Sustainability Forum, where over 160 water, sanitation and hygiene professionals will discuss how to tackle sustainability challenges. Read more...