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Promising commitments, shallow discussions but a great depth of optimism for the sector during last week's Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting (HLM) in Washington DC. Read more...
In this post we'd like to show you what changing the whole system to deliver water services looks in the real world, using the example of our work in Ghana under the Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) project. Read more...
It is not enough that one individual or organisation begins to perform better or that an improvement is made in some technical aspect of service delivery. The whole system of individuals, organisations, technologies and the institutions (political, financial, and regulatory) that link them needs to... Read more...
Territorial approaches to rural water supply were a hot topic at this week's Triple-S annual meeting. Read more...
The rural water sub sector in Uganda has relatively well developed WASH policies that clearly define responsibilities of different stakeholders right from National to Decentralized levels of service delivery. Read more...
"One plan – one budget – one report" is the catchphrase for the Ethiopian government's newly launched sector-wide approach to WASH. Read more...
How can NGOs and donors partner more effectively with government to meet the challenges of delivering WASH services that last? The WASH Sustainability Forum tackled this issue. Report now on-line. Read more...
Prepared by Vida Duti and Emmanuel Gaze; presented at the Triple-S Annual Review and Planning Meeting (ARAP), Fort Portal Uganda, 6th-11th May 2013 Read more...
Learning Alliances: what, why, how, who?, Uganda from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre Read more...
How can NGOs and governments work together more effectively to ensure water services that last? A Uganda dialogue identifies concrete steps to improve coordination and joint learning. Read more...
“There is the need for sector learning to address challenges facing the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in Ghana,” says Regional Director of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency. Read more...
Rather than installing more pumps or building more latrines, NGO Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Canada aims to build a more effective sector. A new case study examines their strategy and the results. Read more...
Harmonisation and coordination entails all actors –national and local government, donors, lending banks, NGOs and other water sector stakeholders – recognizing and adhering to common principles and approaches when supporting rural water services. It includes the principles of 'aid effectiveness',... Read more...
This document looks in particular at how aid harmonisation and aid alignment has translated to the water sector. This review includes a summary of... Read more...
Briefing note on the need to shift from aid effectiveness to development effectiveness to make aid effective at the local level. Read more...
Ghana through the Community Water and Sanitation Agency is developing a District Operational Manual (DOM) to guide the delivery of water and sanitation services at the local government level. The document is aimed to strengthen the capacity of local government officials as well as address gaps... Read more...
During the London Sustainable WASH learning event, which took place on 31 January 2012, representatives of 44 WASH organisations made commitments to support the service delivery approach. They acknowledged that making changes within their respective organisations is important for collectively... Read more...
In the search for more effective coordination mechanisms, WASH actors in Kabarole district (Uganda) ventured into sub-county level planning and review meetings. Although it is still in its infant stages, this approach is already showing signs that it could improve some aspects of sector... Read more...
Various stakeholders implementing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in Ghana currently use different approaches in implementing the project cycle to deliver their facilities. This has been identified as a challenge to the involvement of local government in enhancing the long-term... Read more...