Globally we see a new movement focusing on "breaking the silence" around menstrual hygiene management. Menstrual hygiene has a serious impact on the education, health and dignity of women and girls. We cannot talk about universal education and services for all without addressing this topic.
Sector approaches to combating corruption have gained momentum in recent years, with increased awareness that generic anti-corruption initiatives are...
A 2-week training programme to introduce Water Services that Last and Costing Sustainable Services curricula to BSc students and educational staff of the University Eduardo Mondlane - Rural Engineering School was held in March 2014.
World Water Day's theme this year is water cooperation, a complex but achievable ambition. IRC's work on Learning Alliances provides some useful pointers on what (and how long) it takes.
UNESCO-IHE, on behalf of the SWITCH Consortium and EU, won the IWA's Sustainability Award 2012 for 'innovation in the practical realization of sustainable urban water management'. The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre was one of the 33 SWITCH Consortium partners.
The SWITCH project was a five year experiment focused on some of the key sustainability challenges in urban water management. In a number of cities around the globe, it set out to test what was needed for a transition to more sustainable urban water management through a combination of demand-led...
We would like to invite you to join us for the online launch of the SWITCH in the City book on 12 October 2011 from 1200-1700 Central European Time. The launch provides an opportunity for you to 'chat' with the editors, download the book (from 3 October) and order copies. To join the online...
Cities in Latin America face a double challenge in environmental sanitation, of both providing access to basic water supply and sanitation for those currently lacking that, and improving the collection and treatment of wastewater and solid waste. Governance is a crucial factor affecting the way in...
A good governance and accountability project has served as a catalyst for decentralisation in three West Nile districts in Uganda, empowering grass root communities to demand water and sanitation services and actively participate in affairs that affect them. This is the main conclusion of an...
The local participants of the two-year project on Improved WASH Governance in West Nile through Local Dialogue identified seven lessons and recommendations for future initiatives.
Booklet providing an explanation of the conceptual background to the EMPOWERS approach to water governance, outlining the changing role of the expert...
A training workshop held in Poland introduced water specialists, researchers and professionals working on other development issues to 'process documentation', an approach to document and jointly learn from change processes.
The ZimWASH project aims to strengthen the capacities of civil society organizations and local government in providing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services targeting the needs of the rural poor.
Life in Kassab village in Egypt is changing as traditional methods of collecting and storing water are replaced by a cleaner and easier supply to taps at home. The first pilot project of EMPOWERS supports families to connect water pipes to their homes, through loans to spread the cost of connection.
Four members of the EMPOWERS team (Peter Laban, Mufleh Abbadi, Sameera Rifai,Hazem Fahmy) spent the first week of June 2005 in the Netherlands to attend with over 100 other people from around the world an international symposium, which was organized by the International Water and Sanitation Centre...
The Euro-Med Participatory Water Resources Scenarios (EMPOWERS Partnership) has published its first EMPOWERS Insight magazine, sharing progress and experiences in the regional programme working in Egypt, Jordan and West Bank and Gaza.
EMPOWERS has signed four agreements in Jordan to improve water and sanitation services in the Balqa Governorate, including three with village organisations.
