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For papers, presentations, background notes, reports, videos, news and blogs prepared for the All systems go!: WASH Systems Symposium held from 12-14 March 2019 in The Hague, the Netherlands.

All systems go: beyond collaboration session

Collective action: a change in business as usual

What is collective action and how can it be applied to tackle our wicked WASH problem.
Doodle on capacity building

Capacity building for SDG 6 implementation – IRC symposium lessons

Five sessions on capacity building during the IRC symposium provided additional knowledge and skills in WASH systems practice.
Highlights - All systems go!

All systems go! Highlights

Revisiting some of the greatest moments from the symposium dedicated to WASH systems strengthening.
Water office in Wukro, Ethiopia

It is not just about the data…

During the Thursday morning monitoring and learning session at IRC's All systems go! participants discussed factors than enable or hamper use of...
Participants at the IRC Symposium All Systems Go!

Education, the main challenge for WASH systems

When we talk about water and sanitation systems (WASH), it is easy to think only of infrastructure, construction, and toilets… but that is not just...
Lukas Kwezi at the IRC symposium

WASH systems strengthening: old wine in new bottles?

An account of personal reflections on the shift to a systems approach.
World Water Day 2019

Committing to leaving no one behind ahead of World Water Day

Continuing our pursuit to secure the human right to water and sanitation with an inspirational event at the Peace Palace.

KnowledgePoint : a collaborative technical support service

2019
A short presentation about KnowledgePoint, an...

Inspiring water entrepreneurship in Tigray-iWET : an approach and a tool for system change

2019
As a result of the the iWET project,...

Keeping community managed handpump systems going

2019
This paper proposes a framework of elements that...

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All systems go: beyond collaboration session

Collective action: a change in business as usual

Published on: 11/04/2019
What is collective action and how can it be applied to tackle our wicked WASH problem.

Doodle on capacity building

Capacity building for SDG 6 implementation – IRC symposium lessons

Published on: 08/04/2019
Five sessions on capacity building during the IRC symposium provided additional knowledge and skills in WASH systems practice.

Highlights - All systems go!

All systems go! Highlights

Published on: 04/04/2019
Revisiting some of the greatest moments from the symposium dedicated to WASH systems strengthening.

Water office in Wukro, Ethiopia

It is not just about the data…

Published on: 03/04/2019
During the Thursday morning monitoring and learning session at IRC's All systems go! participants discussed factors than enable or hamper use of monitoring data in evidence-based decision making.

Participants at the IRC Symposium All Systems Go!

Education, the main challenge for WASH systems

Published on: 02/04/2019
When we talk about water and sanitation systems (WASH), it is easy to think only of infrastructure, construction, and toilets… but that is not just what WASH is about.

Lukas Kwezi at the IRC symposium

WASH systems strengthening: old wine in new bottles?

Published on: 01/04/2019
An account of personal reflections on the shift to a systems approach.

World Water Day 2019

Committing to leaving no one behind ahead of World Water Day

Published on: 20/03/2019
Continuing our pursuit to secure the human right to water and sanitation with an inspirational event at the Peace Palace.

KnowledgePoint : a collaborative technical support service

A short presentation about KnowledgePoint, an online Q&A platform for humanitarian and development aid workers.
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Inspiring water entrepreneurship in Tigray-iWET : an approach and a tool for system change

As a result of the the iWET project, functionality in some districts has risen from 80% to 95%, scheme downtime has been reduced from 30 days to...
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Keeping community managed handpump systems going

This paper proposes a framework of elements that need to be in place for continued handpump functioning, and then turns this into a diagnostic device...
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The utility approach : extended distribution for household water filters in Ethiopia

Making a range of good quality household water filters available to customers is an additional service and an intermediate solution until water...
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'Utilitisation'

There is no shortcut to institutional co-evolution. If we want imported technology to function, in advance of effective demand, the only way forward...
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Mobile phone prepayment for household water connections in Ghana

Though mobile money penetration is high (72%), using mobile money for water bill payments is not top of mind and would require additional awareness...
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The Sanitation Cityscape Conceptual Framework : understanding urban sanitation systems

Urban systems are not liner and the cityscape provides a conceptual framing of where sanitation services are located vis a vis urban residents'...
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Moving toward prevention : rural water maintenance and sustained service delivery

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Fostering WASH system changes in Haiti using principles from the market systems sector

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All systems go! - Symposium concept notes for the thematic areas

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Parts of the system : supply chains and operation and maintenance (O&M) in Amhara, Ethiopia

This paper summarises results of a study about the demand for rural water facility spares, the organisation of supply chains and the O&M systems...
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Digging deep behind the complexities of sustainable water supply in Nepal

A review of financial, governance and technical challenges impacting the sustainability of rural water supply schemes in Sarlahi and Rautahat...
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Conditions for private sector involvement and financing in rural water supply

An introduction to the UDUMA model based on long-term affermage contracts with local authorities and blended finance, which is being piloted in...
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Understanding complexity in WASH systems

The paper provides background on the concept of complex systems, its applicability to WASH, and some proposed approaches for practitioners to use...
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Positioning WASH services within a systems framework and demonstrating achievement of open defecation free status at scale : an example from the Indian State of Bihar

Adopting a systems approach of WASH services, which included strengthening institutional systems and service delivery models, while also introducing...
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Kick-starting WASH systems in newly established local authorities : an experience from Nepal

This paper highlights efforts in using one-off surveys to inform WASH plans to help to kick-start recurrent monitoring and management processes in...
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Developing consumer markets within rural WASH systems

This paper presents reflections on how consumer WASH markets are being developed and the role of different types of actors in the system.
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Performance-based financing and capacity building to strengthen WASH systems in Mozambique : early findings

Early successes point towards the effectiveness of linking collaborative, flexible and adaptive capacity building with performance-based funding in...
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