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Sustainability is on top of the list of countries, of development partners and of IRC. Now that we know about the high break down rates of pumps and pipes, we are alarmed. And we should be! Not only because breakdowns are a waste of investment and a waste of tax payers’ money, but because people... Read more...
Seth Damasah, Head of the District Water and Sanitation Team of Akatsi District in the Volta Region in Ghana, describes how they have recently starting to use the FLOW technology, to monitor water services in Ghana. Read more...
IRC, Centre international pour l’Eau et l’Assainissement, conduit sur 6 ans une initiative d’amélioration des connaissances qui permettra d’assurer un meilleur accès à l’eau et à l’assainissement des populations pauvres en milieu rural. Read more...
Tamale, the Northern Regional capital of Ghana has hosted the final in the series of Life Cycle Cost Approach (LCCA) training for selected districts in three regions of Ghana. The training is to build the capacity of the relevant technical staff involved in budgeting and planning for water,... Read more...
Vida Duti of Triple-S Ghana offers insight into how Ghana is making the shift from a focus on infrastructure to a focus on service delivery--revealing not just the country's progress but also the struggle inherent in any change process. Read more...
Vida Duti, Triple-S Ghana leader, heads a team of ten people who are hosted by the Community Water and Sanitation Agency. In seven short video clips, Vida talks about how the Ghanaian water sector is moving towards sustainable rural water service delivery. Read more...
From 17 to 20th April, IRC conducted a workshop on how national WASH Resource Centre Networks (RCNs) support learning in their WASH sectors. Read more...
On April 20, Ministers of Water and Sanitation from around the world will meet with their Ministers of Finance in Washington D.C. as part of the Sanitation and Water (SWA) for All High Level Meeting. There, they will discuss sector goals and progress, and it goes without saying that the recent... Read more...
This document provides a framework to support reflection and documentation of the learning alliance process in the three focus countries of the... Read more...
Monitoring of water services delivery is a key factor for sustainability and water for all. This was the key theme of the monitoring and evaluation session at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille in March 2012. It was observed that most approaches to monitoring focus on coverage measured in terms... Read more...
Although I was present at the birth of the ‘invocacy’ notion and thus know what it is about, I still like the emphasis on the importance of engagement and joint processes of learning and change. Read more...
The traditional NGO advocacy model focuses on creating pressure for change through ‘awareness raising’ activities. The idea is that if people are aware of the need for change, it will happen. But does this approach really work? And more specifically, is it an effective path to influencing the... Read more...
My name is Deirdre Casella. I am a Programme Officer and have worked in various capacities at IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre since December 1999. My current focus is coordinating the monitoring and learning work of the Triple-S project. In Triple-S we aim to ‘proceed with good intent... Read more...