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Join IRC and Partners at World Water Week 2021 Online

Published on: 13/07/2021
See what we have planned with partners during the virtual Stockholm World Water Week 2021 from 23-27 August. This year's theme is "Building Resilience Faster".

Meeting on supporting local CSOs to advocate for WASH under the ANAM initiative

Published on: 05/07/2021
Special session to announce the winners of the ANAM Small Grant Call in April 2021.

Watershed annual report 2020 (including 2016-2020)

This annual report 2016-2020 presents the work the Watershed empowering citizens programme has done with its partners and its achievements since its...
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The new NDPIII programmatic approach and its implications for WASH CSOs in Uganda

Uganda's new third National Development Plan (NDPIII) 2020/21 – 2024/25 launched last year introduced a new institutional framework with a shift from...
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Woman, next to father, pumping water with rope pump, SNNPR, Ethiopia

What I will celebrate and value on World Water Day

Published on: 17/03/2021
Governments that work for water, water providers on the frontline and people who raise their voices and stand up.

Voices for Water

[Media release] Raising your voice for water

Published on: 01/02/2021
Media release - Watershed empowering citizens programme launches Voices for Water: a global campaign to support citizens in raising their voice for the right to safe water.

Kenya - Budget Champion Penina Tombo at a public participation forum

The water sector needs strong CSOs, now more than ever

Published on: 01/02/2021
Watershed empowering citizens was a unique programme focused on advocacy and influencing. After 5 years, what have we learned?

Community members and local government representatives waiting for a meeting to start

Decentralised public financing for WASH in India

Published on: 13/01/2021
Report of an August 2020 webinar with representatives from national, state and local government and civil society.

Decentralised public financing for WASH : current situation and needs during and beyond the pandemic : webinar report

Perspectives from the union, state and local government, and CSOs, The main recommendations focused on the need for improved support to local...
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Monitoring civil society advocacy : a guide for the water sector

A critical reflection on the use of planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning (PMEL) tools.
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Civil society influence in drinking water, sanitation and water resources budgets : four pathways for change

How CSOs in Bangladesh, India, Kenya and elsewhere have collaborated to understand funding flows and key moments for budget decision-making, and...
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How civil society generates and uses evidence for influencing policy : experiences from Watershed empowering citizens programme

Tactics and approaches for evidence-based advocacy. Lessons learned from 13 case studies in six countries.
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Expert panel at 31st Mole conference, Ghana

Side event on social inclusion during 31st Mole Conference

Published on: 28/12/2020
IRC Ghana in collaboration with the Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) and Hope for Future Generations (HFFG) hosted side event on social inclusion.

Watershed empowering citizens : final evaluation report 2020

This is the end-of-project evaluation of Watershed - empowering citizens conducted by PopDev Consultancy on request of the Directorate-General for...
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Martin Dery, chairman of CONIWAS in Ghana

Watershed Ghana partners host end-of-project event in Accra

Published on: 01/12/2020
The Watershed end-of-project meeting highlighted the contributions to WASH/IWRM improvements in Ghana and discussed partnerships beyond the project.

The impact of Watershed on decentralised decision making with inclusion of women : findings from India

Water and sanitation interventions should put special focus on strengthening systems of community participation as well as enabling the participation...
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Open budget meeting, Veduria Union, Bangladesh

The magical civic space that brings stakeholders together

Published on: 14/10/2020
Getting citizens and marginalised groups a seat at the table with local government is a core activity of IRC.

Watershed voices of empowerment

Watershed Voices of Empowerment

Published on: 05/10/2020
Strong civil society leaders share how they are fighting to bring safe water and sanitation to their communities.

Legitimacy and financial sustainability of CSO network organisations : lessons learned and relevance for global and regional CSO networks active in the WASH sector

Lessons learned and relevance for global and regional civil society organisation (CSO) networks active in the WASH sector.
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Changes in the civic space for water, sanitation and sexual health rights in Kajiado County, Kenya

Key finding of this briefing note: Overall, citizens holding governments to account is dependent on effective civil society and media shaping the...
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Tracking expenditure for water, sanitation and hygiene in communities and social sector institutions : consolidated brief

Key learnings for budget and financing arrangements for WASH in two Indian states (Bihar and Odisha), with emphasis on hygiene in the wake of the...
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Cover Watershed working paper on budget tracking in Odisha

Helping Indian CSOs do budget tracking

Published on: 20/08/2020
Two new Watershed India working papers draw lessons from research in Bihar and Odisha.

Tracking budgets for rural WATSAN : an assessment of districts Ganjam and Nuapada in Odisha, India

How does understanding public finance for WASH help civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance their work in the community, and are budget related...
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Tracking budgets for rural WATSAN : an assessment of districts Gaya and Samastipur in Bihar, India

How does understanding public finance for WASH help civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance their work in the community, and are budget related...
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Webinar picture - mother pouring water on child's hands - Decentralised Public Financing for WASH

Decentralised Public Financing for WASH: Current Situation and Needs During and Beyond the Pandemic, 21 Aug 2020

Published on: 18/08/2020
Sharing experiences of a joint initiative supporting CSOs in India to improve their technical capacities and enhancing their involvement in tracking decentralised WASH budgets as well as improving their utilisation.

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