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Citywide inclusive sanitation : a public service approach for reaching the urban sanitation SDGs

2020
This policy brief sets out key concepts,...
Faecal sludge management in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Citywide inclusive sanitation: applying systems thinking

Two major development players simultaneously publish papers supporting a more 'systems' based approach.
Sector Change Needs a Driver

Fostering whole system change – a review of theory and approaches from the complexity sciences

Driving, catalysing, supporting, acting as a backbone to foster sector change is what IRC is all about.

Review of Results-Based Financing (RBF) schemes in WASH : a report to Bill and Melinda Gates...

2015
This report summarizes findings from an...
WASHCost calculator

IRC to take part in the Reinvent the Toilet Fair: India

IRC will present its WASHCost calculator at a fair showcasing innovations in the sanitation sector.
WASHCost calculator

IRC Selected as an Exhibitor for the Reinvent the Toilet Fair: India

THE HAGUE, 20 March 2014 – IRC announced today...
making informed choices

Reinventing the toilet

Worldwide, traditional toilets are letting people down, with about 2.6 billion people using unsafe ones or defecating in the open.
Figure from WFP publication on sanitation microfinance

Microfinance as a potential cataylst for improved sanitation

Water for People (WfP) determines that microfinance helps release public funds to reach the poorest.

Asian Development Bank and Gates Foundation set up new sanitation trust fund

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have set up a joint...

Brian Arbogast new WASH Director at Gates Foundation

Brian Arbogast is the new director of the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene program at the Bill...

Faecal sludge management in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Citywide inclusive sanitation: applying systems thinking

Published on: 18/03/2020
Two major development players simultaneously publish papers supporting a more 'systems' based approach.

Sector Change Needs a Driver

Fostering whole system change – a review of theory and approaches from the complexity sciences

Published on: 19/03/2015
Driving, catalysing, supporting, acting as a backbone to foster sector change is what IRC is all about.

WASHCost calculator

IRC Selected as an Exhibitor for the Reinvent the Toilet Fair: India

Published on: 20/03/2014
THE HAGUE, 20 March 2014 – IRC announced today that they will be an exhibitor at the Reinvent the Toilet Fair: India event which will be co-hosted by the Government of India's Department of Biotechnology and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in March 2014. IRC will showcase the WASHCost...

WASHCost calculator

IRC to take part in the Reinvent the Toilet Fair: India

Published on: 20/03/2014
IRC will present its WASHCost calculator at a fair showcasing innovations in the sanitation sector.

making informed choices

Reinventing the toilet

Published on: 15/01/2014
Worldwide, traditional toilets are letting people down, with about 2.6 billion people using unsafe ones or defecating in the open.

Figure from WFP publication on sanitation microfinance

Microfinance as a potential cataylst for improved sanitation

Published on: 15/01/2014
Water for People (WfP) determines that microfinance helps release public funds to reach the poorest.

Asian Development Bank and Gates Foundation set up new sanitation trust fund

Published on: 05/09/2013
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have set up a joint trust fund to expand non-sewered sanitation and septage management solutions across Asia. The Gates Foundation will invest US$ 15 million into the new Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund, which...

Brian Arbogast new WASH Director at Gates Foundation

Published on: 16/05/2013
Brian Arbogast is the new director of the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Fieldvisit to Kamwenge Uganda. Checking out ecosan facilities.

Africa: AMCOW gets US$ 2 million Gates grant to build national sanitation capacities

Published on: 07/01/2013
The African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) has been awarded a US$ 2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help countries build capacities for sanitation policy development, monitoring and advocacy.

SEI and SuSanA to lead new sanitation learning & sharing platform for Gates Foundation

Published on: 10/11/2012
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has chosen the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) to lead a new sanitation learning and sharing platform. The Gates Foundation’s Sanitation Science and Technology Programme has over 80 projects. SEI and...

“Toilet Team” director leaves Gates Foundation to lead CGIAR Consortium

Published on: 25/05/2012
Less than two years after joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, “Toilet Team” director Frank Rijsberman is taking on a new position as CEO of the CGIAR Consortium. The Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR) coordinates the work 15 international centres,...

What does it cost to provide water services that last?

We can no more expect unmaintained pumps to provide services than we can a car with no fuel to take us on our journey

Published on: 25/04/2012
What does it cost to provide water services that last? What do we mean by a water service?

Cashbook Ghana

Ghana: donors urged to help prevent corruption in the water sector

Published on: 05/12/2011
The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has appealed to donor agencies to introduce anti-corruption policies and tools in all their water sector activities.

Urban sanitation Accra. Photo by Peter di Campo

African Water Facility Call for Concept Notes on Sanitation Improvement for Urban Poor

Published on: 08/09/2011
The African Water Facility (AWF) has issued a Call for Concept Notes under the urban sanitation theme for the urban poor in Sub-Saharan Africa. The AWF will fund up to ten projects that promise to address the needs and to …