Bringing East African CSO voices together
Published on: 16/01/2018
IRC joins workshop on a common advocacy agenda to achieve water and sanitation for all.
Newly wedded: lobbying for water and sanitation services while sustaining nature
Published on: 19/09/2017
The Watershed partnership's integrated approach to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6.
Demonstrating donor belief in advocacy
Published on: 05/09/2017
Going for long-term results requires persistence and courage.
Advocating for sustainable WASH Finance: collecting evidence in India
Published on: 12/07/2017
Exploring budget allocations and expenditure by national, state and district authorities for Odisha State and Ganjam District in India.
Mr. Benti Ejeta wins the Ton Schouten Award for WASH Storytelling
Published on: 02/06/2017
A young storyteller will carry on the work to which our late colleague dedicated so much of his professional life.
Takeaways from the Water and Health Conference 2016
Published on: 13/12/2016
Increasing interest in the Agenda for Change and investments in the systems approach.
Empowering citizens: challenges and successes starting Watershed
Published on: 30/11/2016
A reflection on the challenges and successes during the inception phase of Watershed - empowering citizens.
Maintaining the pressure – detailing the steps towards the right to water and sanitation
Published on: 11/11/2016
Integrated into the constitution of Burkina Faso, what does the "right to water and sanitation" really mean?
Achieving SDG 6 through empowering civil society organisations
An overview of the challenges Watershed - empowering citizens will address.
Join IRC at the Water and Health Conference 2016
Published on: 04/10/2016
Several inspiring IRC sessions and side events.
Watershed Ghana partnership for CSO advocacy and lobby launched
Published on: 08/08/2016
During the launch of Watershed – empowering citizens in Ghana partners and interested parties confirmed their commitment to ensure sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services for all.
“Support Africa to drive her own WASH destiny” – Hon. Mwai Kibaki, UNESCO Special Envoy for Water in Africa
Published on: 20/07/2016
Africa's governments should "put resolute actions in favour of water and should confront the immediate challenges of scarcity of safe and clean water." a plea by Hon. Kibaki at the opening of the 6th Africa Water Week (AWW) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Africa’s Civil Society agree to support implementation of SDG6 and N’gor Declaration
Published on: 20/07/2016
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) and the national governments jointly prepare for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) and the Dakar N'gor Declaration on Water and Sanitation.
A healthy WASH conference: 6th Africa Water Week
Published on: 19/07/2016
Roel Blesgraaf looks back on day 2 of the Africa Water Week.
WASH in Africa: from commitment to action
Published on: 18/07/2016
Civil Society Organisations in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector have called upon the African Ministerial Council on Water (AMCOW) to take action to ensure universal access to sustainable services, leaving no one behind.
Mapping activities for the Uganda Watershed team
Published on: 12/07/2016
In this first year of the Watershed programme the country teams define their goals in a Theory of Change workshop.
Watershed empowering citizens programme
Published on: 13/05/2016
We have to get the next five years right if we are to meet the target of universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene services by 2030.
The future of WASH advocacy: Where we came from and where we are going
Presentations on WASH advocacy given during the Chapel Hill conference in North Carolina, October 2015.
Policy innovation to accelerate change: A WASH advocacy peer to peer networking opportunity
Products from a WASH advocacy meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, in August 2015.
Presentations on: Policy innovation to accelerate change
Presentation given during a WASH advocacy peer to peer networking meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, in August 2015.
Policy innovation to accelerate change : moving WASH advocacy forward in 2016 and beyond
This report explores the common themes that emerged from a meeting with 17 WASH advocates at Stockholm World Water Week in 2015.
Key ingredients for successful advocacy – do they really exist?
Published on: 24/11/2015
I was just at the Professional Women in Advocacy Conference . As I looked around the room, I realized it was the first professional conference where I did not know anyone. It made me recognize the WASH sector is lagging behind.
WASH IT! Strategic Partnership signed
Published on: 20/11/2015
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IRC, Simavi, Wetlands International and Akvo partner up to increase sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene services
An agenda for change: achieving universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030
Published on: 17/09/2015
An Agenda for Change: a set of guiding principles and actions for achieving universal water, sanitation and hygiene services by 2030.
The King's watery speech
Published on: 16/09/2015
The King's speech marks the opening of the Dutch parliamentary year. This year he drew attention to the important position of the Netherlands in the international water sector. The budgets that were presented alongside the speech also reflect this, notably with a 6% increase for the budget for WASH...