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Case Study: Strengthening the One WASH National Program for effective WASH implementation, Aleta Wondo woreda, SNNPR, Ethiopia

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Meeting in Odisha, India

Assessing institutional capacities for rural water and sanitation

Published on: 18/03/2020
A joint IRC-UNICEF India study across four districts in Odisha.

Assessment of capacity building initiatives for key stakeholders from Odisha in rural water & sanitation

Enhanced capacity building initiatives are needed for Administrators, Technocrats and Elected Representatives, especially at the operational levels...
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Panel of the Watershed India workshop in Odisha

Accountability and transparency of and to village councils need improving

Published on: 11/02/2020
A Watershed India workshop looked into the role of the Gram Panchayat (village council) in WASH budget tracking.

Capacity development in the WASH sector of Ethiopia

Take a systems approach to capacity building involving government, communities, the private sector, CSOs, educational institutes and women.
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All systems go! WASH systems symposium : proceedings part 2

All systems go! was the first event of its kind dedicated explicitly to using systems approaches in the WASH sector. These symposium proceedings...
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Watershed annual report 2018

There is evidence of strengthened capacities for lobby and advocacy (L&A) and WASH service delivery impact in the six programme countries (India...
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Who plans for water and sanitation in villages?

How can the devolution of planning and budgetary processes help communities raise their issues and plan accordingly.
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Les participants d'AAFEA

L’Alliance d’Afrique Francophone pour l’Eau et l’Assainissement

Published on: 26/06/2019
Déclaration des collectifs africains du secteur eau et assainissement pour accélérer la mobilisation pour l'atteinte de l'ODD6.

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.

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.

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