Transforming the WASH sector in Ethiopia: business as usual is no longer an option
Published on: 02/03/2017
Solutions that benefit both consumers and suppliers are required.
Dutch elections: voting for more or less development aid
Published on: 28/02/2017
How am I going to vote?
Verkiezingen: kiezen voor meer of minder ontwikkelingshulp
Published on: 19/02/2017
Wat ga ik stemmen?
Realising the SDGs through sanctions, rewards and learning from experiences
Published on: 05/09/2016
Accountability is crucial in ensuring that public officials take responsibility for their duties and are answerable for their actions.
Urban sanitation maturing at Stockholm Water Week
Published on: 05/09/2016
Two meetings on urban sanitation held at the Stockholm World Water Week (SWWW) showed that there is increasing interest in urban sanitation.
Plotting urban shit volumes and practices: put your money where your shit is
Published on: 24/03/2016
Testing a simple tool to assess faecal waste flows in a real life situation can be a lot of fun. The results though can at best be described as enlightening and at worst as shocking.
Accessibility of toilets by people with a disability: if only toilets could talk…
Published on: 21/03/2016
A group of gifted local performers with different disabilities made us realise that going to the toilet is not as easy for everyone as you might think.
Transferring WASH mandates to the lower levels: developing soft skills without hard cash
Published on: 17/03/2016
On the third day of the regional learning event we reflected on the field visits and discussed what we learned.
Toilets and bathtubs: basic sanitation facilities?
Published on: 17/03/2016
During a field visit we observed some seriously big and fancy toilets in a rural village.
Thinking beyond the finish line: sustainable sanitation services for all
Published on: 14/03/2016
Today we were told that the Siem Reap (or Angkor Wat) half marathon has a clear finish line, but that it is unlikely that anyone of us will reach that mile stone.
Urban sanitation: a quest for the silver bullet
Published on: 17/12/2015
2015 and the Millennium Development Goals are almost behind us. The new global goals for sustainable development are expected to inspire and create a new determination for all of us. What has IRC learned during 2015 and how are we moving ahead in 2016?
Great programmes need great organisations behind them
Published on: 26/11/2015
For the WASH sector as a whole to achieve greater impact, more organisations must address their gaps in organisational capacity and will need to embrace capacity development holistically and more systematically.
Can success be scaled?
Published on: 26/11/2015
Implementing a highly successful rural sanitation and hygiene programme in East Indonesia has taught us some important lessons. The most relevant being that approaches designed and applied to implement a successful programme are not necessarily scalable. We learned that to be able to work at scale...
Do we learn enough and does learning lead to improved sector performance?
Published on: 24/02/2015
The 2014 update on Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-Water (WHO and UNICEF, 2014) mentions that between 1990 and 2012, open defecation decreased from 24 per cent to 14 per cent globally. However, the update also states that more than one third of the global population – some 2.5 billion people —...
How are you and how is your loo?
Published on: 11/09/2014
In many parts of the world it is not done to ask questions about someone’s loo or toilet. It is not discussed among neighbours or friends. Usually that is the case in places where sanitation works perfectly and is not considered anything special.
Sustainability: an afterthought or...
Published on: 01/07/2014
Everyone is committed to providing sustainable access to sanitation facilities and to work towards sustainable changes in hygiene behaviour and practices, and still long lasting improvements are often not realised. Despite good intentions projects and programmes tend to focus more on achieving...
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