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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.

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.

Jan-Willem Rosenboom

50 years of IRC: interview with Jan-Willem Rosenboom

Published on: 25/03/2019
Is finance a red herring and what is "Rosenboom's law on pilots"? Learn more from an IRC friend for over 30 years.

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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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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A systems approach to capacity building : lessons from Sanitation Capacity Building Platform (SCBP), India

This paper addresses capacity building challenges for urban sanitation in India, with specific focus on Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM).
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Education and training in sustainable WASH systems

What seems to be missing in SDG 6 s an indicator that will assess if there are people with the knowledge and skills to spend the money sensibly and...
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Building Government of Ethiopia capacity to manage effective WASH programming

Early results of Transform WASH capacity building activities that will help improve and refine WASH programming.
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Solar power water unit manager

The ‘art’ in partnerships

Published on: 13/12/2018
Analysing partnerships and how they strengthen WASH systems.

Capacity building for civil society organisations : reflections from Watershed Uganda work package

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Strengthening local government capacity to deliver water services : documenting the process of transformation

A strategic partnership has broken down barriers between those who plan, provide and use services enabling them to 'walk the talk' of coordination...
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Comparing data in Ghana

A wish list for national monitoring

Published on: 21/08/2017
Government, donors, and implementers must come together and invest in national and sub-national systems.

Banfora Town Hall, Burkina Faso

A race against time in Burkina Faso

Published on: 27/07/2017
Developing a collaborative strategic plan for municipal water services needs to focus on structural changes.

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) governance training programme : facilitator's guide

This facilitator's guide is one of the three components of the WASH Governance Training Programme, which aims to help capacity builders, facilitators...
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WEDC Conference call for papers

40th WEDC International Conference, Loughborough, UK

Published on: 12/06/2017
The conference invites participants from over 40 countries to share experiences and achievements on the sustainable delivery of WASH services through international cooperation. The week includes three days to discuss and debate peer reviewed content, followed by two days of tailored capacity...

Joseph Kofi Adda

Ghana’s first minister for WASH pledges sector wide consultation

Published on: 07/06/2017
The first minister to hold a comprehensive policy brief for sanitation and water resources in Ghana has promised sector wide consultation on how to achieve country targets.

Social inclusion tools

Leave no one behind

Published on: 24/05/2017
Join the Watershed webinar on social inclusion, June 7th.

Report on the SEHATI programme coordinators meeting

The purpose of this report is to give an impression of the proceedings and discussions that took place during the first SEHATI Programme Coordinators...
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Report on the SEHATI programme kick-off meeting

This report provides a synthesis and summary of the Organisational Capacity Needs Assessment (OCNA) workshop held in Vientiane, Lao PDR, December...
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Report on the organisational capacity needs assessment of ENUFF partners

This report provides a synthesis and summary of the Organisational Capacity Needs Assessment (OCNA) workshop held in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
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Watershed - empowering citizens

Watershed – looking ahead

Published on: 12/10/2016
In the first nine months of the strategic partnership Watershed – empowering citizens context analysis and stakeholder and factor analyses have been carried out. These analyses will give direction to the partnership's activities for the coming months.

Rural water supply, Sahel region, Burkina Faso

How can Burkina Faso and Niger achieve SDG 6?

Published on: 06/09/2016
The answer lies in four strategic changes in water sector governance.

learning in Uganda

Evidence-based policy in practice

Published on: 11/03/2016
Creating the capacity to adapt and innovate within national water, sanitation and hygiene sectors

Street scene in India

Working towards establishing an IRC India office

Published on: 09/02/2016
2016 is a crucial year for IRC India. With its strong track record in India, IRC is well positioned to develop and establish a country programme there.

Capacity self-assessment workshop in Indonesia

Great programmes need great organisations behind them

Published on: 26/11/2015
For the WASH sector as a whole to achieve greater impact, more organisations must address their gaps in organisational capacity and will need to embrace capacity development holistically and more systematically.

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