Private finance is necessary to achieve the WASH SDGs: but it will only follow Government’s lead
Published on: 20/04/2017
The Sanitation and Water for All High Level Meeting will focus squarely on finance.
Phase out strategies in the WASH sector
Published on: 04/04/2017
Max Foundation and IRC invite you to discuss sustainability and domestic resource mobilisation when aid ends.
Max Foundation-IRC Event: Phase out strategies in the WASH sector
Published on: 03/04/2017
This event aims to inspire and inform participants from the WASH sector on different pathways towards sustainability and domestic resource mobilisation when aid ends. Speakers from different types of organisations will reflect on their approaches towards exiting, and lessons learnt. Also, the event...
Dutch elections: voting for more or less development aid
Published on: 28/02/2017
How am I going to vote?
Verkiezingen: kiezen voor meer of minder ontwikkelingshulp
Published on: 19/02/2017
Wat ga ik stemmen?
Het koopkrachtplaatje van Minister Ploumen
Published on: 23/09/2016
Elke derde dinsdag in september is het weer spannend: hoe zien de koopkrachtplaatjes eruit? Wat verandert er in de puntenwolken van besteedbaar inkomen? Ondanks alles ziet het koopkrachtplaatje van Minister Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking, Lilianne Ploumen, er voor 2017 nog goed...
Minister Ploumen moet op herkansing
Published on: 20/06/2016
Een blog voor Vice Versa door Stef Smits. Afgelopen week kwamen de uitslagen van de eindexamens. Minister Ploumen kan haar vlag met boekentas nog niet uithangen. Als ik zo haar rapport en cijferlijst bekijk, moet ze voor tenminste één van haar hoofdvakken – water – op herkansing, schrijft Stef...
IRC trends analysis, 2016–2025
An analysis of 11 global and regional trends in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector.
Southern NGO BRAC and its global initiatives: an inside look
Published on: 13/05/2016
The largest NGO in the world, BRAC headquartered in Bangladesh, applies its development aid concepts outside Bangladesh in ten countries around the world. The silver bullet? Building on the strength of each individual. An interview with Petra Costerman Boodt, BRAC International's Resident...
Is money the root of some evil?
Published on: 09/05/2016
Investigating whether donor restrictions affect the sustainability of water and sanitation interventions.
How successful is aid-effectiveness in Honduras?
Published on: 16/02/2016
And how is aid strengthening the sector's capacities to deliver sustainable water sanitation and hygiene services for all?
Aid effectiveness in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector of Honduras
Study on aid effectiveness in Honduras underpinning IRC’s approach based on the understanding that achieving universal and sustainable WASH services...
Beleid op afstand vereist controle dichtbij
Published on: 17/12/2015
In reactie op een artikel dat deze week verscheen in NRC over fraude met Nederlands ontwikkelingsgeld voor schoon drinkwater in Benin, schrijft Stef Smits deze blog. Terugkeren naar projecthulp is geen optie, zegt hij.
2016 ... the year of the Global Goals
Published on: 16/12/2015
IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty wishing you a wonderful 2016
Paying the piper: 3 things donors can do to drive real change
Published on: 16/10/2015
We all know that "he who pays the piper calls the tune" - but what if the tune is the wrong one for the times? Can pipers push for new tunes? IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty thinks so.
Recommendations for Netherlands new commitment on water and sanitation
Published on: 29/09/2015
Leverage is needed to create conditions for scale, say Dutch NGOs.
Niet voor een dubbeltje op de eerste rang
Published on: 29/09/2015
Nederland doet goede toezeggingen om drinkwater- en sanitaire voorzieningen aan te leggen. Maar het moet niet voor een dubbeltje op de eerste rang willen zitten.
Zeg het voort: De Global Goals komen eraan!
Published on: 23/09/2015
Global Goal 6: Schoon water en een toilet. Voor iedereen. Overal ter wereld. In 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...
Vluchtelingencrisis in Europa: Werken aan de lange termijn lijkt soms niet genoeg
Published on: 14/09/2015
Samen met miljoenen anderen volgen we bij IRC de schokkende vluchtelingencrisis in Europa en daarbuiten. Onze gedachten gaan uit naar alle mensen die gedwongen zijn zichzelf, hun families en kinderen in veiligheid te brengen door te vluchten.
Refugee situation in Europe: Working on long-term solutions sometimes doesn't feel like we're doing enough
Published on: 10/09/2015
Along with millions of others, at IRC we are following the refugee crisis unfolding at and beyond Europe's borders with heavy hearts. Our thoughts go out to all people who are involuntarily forced to move themselves, their families, their children out of unbearable situations.
Drivers for change: the human factor
Published on: 22/07/2015
You must know about the culture and beliefs of communities before co-creating solutions with them.
Water and Sanitation Financing: Some thoughts from the Financing For Development Conference in Addis Ababa
Published on: 21/07/2015
The new Sustainable Development Goals require revolutionary change, as universal access to water and sanitation by 2030 is a revolutionary idea. But what brings us closer in achieving this? Bethel Terefe of IRC Ethiopia looked for answers at the third international conference on Financing For...
Financing universal access: the role of Water Financing Facilities
Published on: 21/06/2015
Traditionally we've looked to the three Ts to finance water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, with the focus on transfers and tariffs. But this leaves a large financing gap. One which, if we don't solve, will make us miss the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of universal access.
South Sudan: Development in the youngest country in the world
Published on: 12/05/2015
Founding a new state. How do you organise and plan for water and sanitation in a country which lacks most revenues, infrastructure or a private sector and is shattered by conflict? South Sudan: the youngest country in the world is balancing between a promising future and fiasco.