The largest NGO in the world, BRAC headquartered in Bangladesh, applies its development aid concepts outside Bangladesh in ten countries around the world. The silver bullet? Building on the strength of each individual. An interview with Petra Costerman Boodt, BRAC International's Resident... Read more...
Investigating whether donor restrictions affect the sustainability of water and sanitation interventions. Read more...
This policy brief, submitted to the Dutch Parliament, describes the government's development aid water programme for the years 2012-2015 (in Dutch). Read more...
And how is aid strengthening the sector's capacities to deliver sustainable water sanitation and hygiene services for all? Read more...
Study on aid effectiveness in Honduras underpinning IRC’s approach based on the understanding that achieving universal and sustainable WASH services... Read more...
In reactie op een artikel dat deze week verscheen in NRC over fraude met Nederlands ontwikkelingsgeld voor schoon drinkwater in Benin, schrijft Stef Smits deze blog. Terugkeren naar projecthulp is geen optie, zegt hij. Read more...
IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty wishing you a wonderful 2016 Read more...
We all know that "he who pays the piper calls the tune" - but what if the tune is the wrong one for the times? Can pipers push for new tunes? IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty thinks so. Read more...
Leverage is needed to create conditions for scale, say Dutch NGOs. Read more...
Nederland doet goede toezeggingen om drinkwater- en sanitaire voorzieningen aan te leggen. Maar het moet niet voor een dubbeltje op de eerste rang willen zitten. Read more...
Global Goal 6: Schoon water en een toilet. Voor iedereen. Overal ter wereld. In 2030. Read more...
The King's speech marks the opening of the Dutch parliamentary year. This year he drew attention to the important position of the Netherlands in the international water sector. The budgets that were presented alongside the speech also reflect this, notably with a 6% increase for the budget for WASH... Read more...
Samen met miljoenen anderen volgen we bij IRC de schokkende vluchtelingencrisis in Europa en daarbuiten. Onze gedachten gaan uit naar alle mensen die gedwongen zijn zichzelf, hun families en kinderen in veiligheid te brengen door te vluchten. Read more...
Along with millions of others, at IRC we are following the refugee crisis unfolding at and beyond Europe's borders with heavy hearts. Our thoughts go out to all people who are involuntarily forced to move themselves, their families, their children out of unbearable situations. Read more...
You must know about the culture and beliefs of communities before co-creating solutions with them. Read more...
Presentation by Luuk van Kempen, for the IRC Seminar, The human factor in WASH change processes: drivers for change among staff of WASH sector... Read more...
The new Sustainable Development Goals require revolutionary change, as universal access to water and sanitation by 2030 is a revolutionary idea. But what brings us closer in achieving this? Bethel Terefe of IRC Ethiopia looked for answers at the third international conference on Financing For... Read more...
Traditionally we've looked to the three Ts to finance water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, with the focus on transfers and tariffs. But this leaves a large financing gap. One which, if we don't solve, will make us miss the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of universal access. Read more...
Published biannually, the GLAAS report presents data from 94 countries and 23 external support agencies. It offers a comprehensive analysis of... Read more...
Founding a new state. How do you organise and plan for water and sanitation in a country which lacks most revenues, infrastructure or a private sector and is shattered by conflict? South Sudan: the youngest country in the world is balancing between a promising future and fiasco. Read more...