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Here’s a real life riddle: there is a huge problem that has not been solved yet. Many options tried so far only dealt partially with the problem and ironically, you are the one asked to solve the whole problem. You know that everything is important; you know you have to include all parts of the... Read more...
Experts discuss integrated approaches at IRC event in The Hague. Read more...
Power point presentation on paying more attention to the whole sanitation chain. Putting more focus on leadership for change. Putting more emphasis... Read more...
Donors, government, and NGOs reflect on the achievements and challenges of the BRAC WASH programme that brought hygienic sanitation to more than 37... Read more...
The new Sustainable Development Goals will not be reached if we do not tackle urban sanitation. This has a serious impact on the health and dignity for all those living in cities, not just the poor. Read more...
Why do we need domestic public finance for urban sanitation and how much of it being spent now. Read more...
The role of finance in achieving successful sanitation outcomes for urban areas. A thematic discussion "Urban Sanitation Finance – from Macro to Micro Level"... Read more...
The first Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) workshop was conducted at Hunyani Hills Hotel, Harare from 7-8 July 2015 and the second TAF workshop was held 15-16 Sept 2016. Representatives of user groups, local authorities and operators assessed feasibility indicators developed specifically... Read more...
How can a community-based approach help ensure sustainable urban sanitation services? Read more...
La déclaration de Ngor sur l'hygiène et l'assainissement adoptée le 27 mai 2015 lors de la 4eme conférence régionale sur l'assainissement en Afrique (AfricaSan4) Read more...
This briefing note proposes a process for achieving transformational change in urban sanitation. Read more...
IRC is co-organising a workshop together with GIZ and EAWAG/Sandec on "Planning Tools for City-wide Faecal Septage Management using Whole System Approaches". Read more...
THE HAGUE - Today is World Toilet Day. On this day, the United Nations along with governments and organisations worldwide ask attention for sanitation and for the 2.5 billion people that still lack access. And on this day, the international think-and-do tank IRC presents its ideas how to '... Read more...
Today is World Toilet Day. On this day, the United Nations along with governments and organisations worldwide ask attention for sanitation and for the 2.5 billion people that lack access to safe and hygienic toilets and latrines. On this day, IRC presents the working paper "Towards Systemic Change... Read more...
On World Toilet Day, IRC presents its ideas how to 'systemically change sanitation in cities'. A new working paper marks one of the first steps in finding answers on how to reform a sanitation sector, which is failing a large part of the urban population. Read more...
In an increasingly urbanising world, with some 863 million people living in informal urban settlements in 2012 (based on UN estimates), there is a... Read more...
This second blogpost of three on urban sanitation in Indonesia describes the mismatch between policy and practice. Politicians have set the ambitious target to make Indonesia open defecation free by 2019, but a recent visit to Indonesian municipalities makes me wonder whether striving for the end... Read more...
I've just come back from a brief trip to Indonesia to learn from the Urban Sanitation Development Program (USDP), arguably one of the most interesting programs out there for those interested in large-scale change in urban sanitation. In a series of three blogposts, I will discuss this program, its... Read more...
In an increasingly urbanising world, with an estimated 863 million people living in slum-like conditions in 2012 (UN, 2013), there is a clear need to start tackling one of the most pressing issues of urbanisation: the sanitation problem that arises when a large number of people are living together... Read more...
The capital city of Rwanda has turned a delay in funding for new centralised sewerage system into an opportunity. It has revised its plans so that more areas will get connected Read more...