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The Sierra Leone WASH sector has asked an IRC-led consortium to set-up a structure for sector learning and to create a common platform for easy access to all sector information. Read more...
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded US$ 3 million to IRC to ensure that over the next three years, 1.3 million people in 13 rural districts in Ghana will have access to water services that last: not just for a year or two - but indefinitely. Read more...
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...
Clearly, the High Level Meeting (HLM) is a massive global undertaking. As an IRC colleague phrased it, the HLM is the “cherry on the cake” that is preceded by a long preparatory process. Whether the HLM delivers the results that justify the gigantic efforts and costs associated with it is to my... Read more...
A report from the launch of the Regional Level Learning Alliance Platform for Ghana's Brong Ahafo region. Read more...
Les gouvernements ne se contentent pas d'investir d'avantage dans les systèmes de suivi nationaux ; leur rôle central dans le suivi à l'échelle du pays est aussi largement accepté. Cependant, cette acceptation s'accompagne d'attentes en termes de bonne gouvernance et de transparence. Read more...
Last month, Kampala played host to 'The East and Southern Africa Action Exchange on Unclogging the Blockages in Sanitation'. Read more...
Il y a un modèle traditionnel et un « autre » modèle pour l'approvisionnement en eau en zone rurale. Le premier, basé sur le principe de l'aide pour des pompes à motricité humaine (PMH), repose sur la gestion communautaire et sur un appui institutionnel limité. L' « autre » modèle comprend des... 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...
A post reflecting on the theme of World Water Day: 'Affordability of public goods: why does energy outperform water?' Read more...
In Timor-Leste, the water sector knows the end game is not just about meeting MDG coverage targets, but delivering sound and durable services. Read more...
Een blogpost met reflecties op het Wereld Water Dag thema: Betaalbaarheid van publieke voorzieningen, waarom is er meer aandacht voor energie dan voor water? Read more...
Last week it was World Water Day 2014 , with the topic of "water and energy". I see obvious issues coming by on the water-energy nexus (which by the way is one of those development sector buzz words that I start disliking more every day. I hope the next buzz word is a bit more, uh, sparkling), such... Read more...
Next week, the Dutch parliament will discuss the multi-annual collaboration plans for its bilateral development cooperation with some 15 partner countries. This could be a pretty dull and technical affair, were it not for the fact that these plans give an interesting insight into what the end of... Read more...
Volgende week zal de Tweede Kamer de meerjarige samenwerkingsplannen bespreken voor bilaterale ontwikkelingssamenwerking met zo’n 15 partner landen. Het zou een behoorlijk saaie en technische aangelegenheid kunnen worden, ware het niet dat deze plannen een interessante blik werpen op het tijdperk... Read more...
Interpreting project monitoring reports looks set to become easier with a new dashboard developed for the Triple-S project. Read more...
Les services ont été étendus sans coût supplémentaire de la part du gouvernement local et sans financement extérieur en dehors du soutien apporté par "Ingénieurs sans frontières Canada" pour faciliter les relations et pour participer au rapprochement avec le district et les comités. Read more...
On croit en général que les PMH sont la technologie la plus appropriée pour les zones rurales du Burkina, mais cette supposition a été réfutée par une étude récente portant sur 900 PMH et 7 systèmes d'adduction d'eau potable simplifiée (AEPS) dans la région du Sahel. Read more...
March 8 was International Women's Day (IWD). This year's theme was "Inspiring Change". Four women inspiring change in the WASH sector came together during the World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden, in September last year. Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency takes a unified approach with new single source documents. Read more...