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. Read more...
IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty wishing you a wonderful 2016 Read more...
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. Read more...
Leverage is needed to create conditions for scale, say Dutch NGOs. Read more...
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. Read more...
Global Goal 6: Schoon water en een toilet. Voor iedereen. Overal ter wereld. In 2030. Read more...
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... Read more...
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. Read more...
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. Read more...
You must know about the culture and beliefs of communities before co-creating solutions with them. Read more...
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... Read more...
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. Read more...
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. Read more...
DEN HAAG, 4 februari 2015 - WASH IT! kondigt trots aan dat zij geselecteerd is als een van de 25 strategische partners van het Nederlandse Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken voor 2016-2020. Read more...
2015 is the year that the Millennium Development Goals make way for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). An important role in both development agendas is reserved for water, sanitation and hygiene issues that leave much to be desired in many countries. OneWorld dived into the world of... Read more...
2015 is het jaar dat de Millenniumdoelen plaatsmaken voor de Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). Een belangrijke rol in beide ontwikkelingsagenda's is weggelegd voor water, sanitatie en hygiëne, onderwerpen die in veel landen nog te wensen overlaten. OneWorld dook in de wereld van de... Read more...
The report describes results of an assessment of harmonisation and alignment, two key principles of Aid Effectiveness, in Ghana's water sector. Read more...
In the context of IRC's work on aid effectiveness and on official development assistance (ODA), a financial analysis of the national WASH programme implementation between 2007 and 2013 has been conducted in Burkina Faso. The following blog summarises the main findings and recommendations to better... Read more...
Dans le cadre du travail d'IRC sur l'efficacité de l'aide publique au développement (APD), une étude sur l'analyse du financement et de la mise en œuvre du programme national d'approvisionnement en eau potable et en assainissement (PN-APEA) couvrant la période 2007-2013 a été conduite au Burkina... Read more...
Next year the Millennium Development Goals will make way for their successors: the Sustainable Development Goals. What does this mean for global development? What should the new targets include? Organisations working in water, sanitation and hygiene closely follow the making of the new agenda. Read more...
