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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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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.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and IRC sign WASH IT! partnership agreement

WASH IT! Strategic Partnership signed

Published on: 20/11/2015
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IRC, Simavi, Wetlands International and Akvo partner up to increase sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene services

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and IRC sign WASH IT! partnership agreement

WASH IT! Strategic Partnership signed

Published on: 20/11/2015
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IRC, Simavi, Wetlands International and Akvo partner up to increase sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene services.

A look back at four years of communal, regional and national partnership in Burkina Faso

This volume is a collection of ideas and solutions with potential, and also of issues and challenges raised by IRC Burkina Faso's team and actors in...
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South Sudan, by Ryan Schweitzer

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.

Field visit brac wash

What does it mean to be a knowledge partner?

Published on: 24/02/2015
IRC is proud to be a 'knowledge partner' in the BRAC WASH programme, reaching millions in Bangladesh. Partnering for sustained impact is not only about sharing expertise, but putting knowledge and skills to work for the BRAC WASH mission and priorities. Our role is to advise, support and facilitate...

les participants de la réunion

L’impact de la dissolution des conseils municipaux sur la mise en œuvre des projets d’AEPA au Burkina Faso

Published on: 22/01/2015
Dans la foulée des changements sociopolitiques d'octobre 2014 au Burkina Faso, les conseils municipaux de l'ensemble des communes du pays ont été dissous. En perdant leurs partenaires clés, les ONG et associations conduisant des projets d'eau potable et d'assainissement doivent désormais trouver de...

Improving performance of WASH actors: Capacity Self-Assessments of SHAW partner NGOs

This paper describes IRC's experience and lessons learned in conducting Capacity Self-Assessment (CSA) workshops as part of the SHAW programme in...
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Local NGO engaged in CSA process

Capacity Self Assessments help organisations achieve their goals

Published on: 20/08/2014
Improving the performance of the WASH sector to achieve services for life requires change within organisations and sector institutions. Such change cannot be achieved with standardised one-off training for individual staff. A short paper describes our experience in Indonesia with Capacity Self-...

Improving performance of WASH actors : capacity self-assessments of SHAW partner NGOs

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