Global review of national accountability mechanisms for SDG 6 : preliminary findings
A summary of a study on country-level accountability mechanisms in 27 countries for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6.
District Assemblies lack leadership and ownership of water delivery interventions in Ghana
Published on: 28/12/2017
On the whole, stakeholder monitoring tends to be disjointed, with the diverse actors failing to coalesce their efforts around a common set of indicators. And there is a conspicuous lack of regulation of the rural water sector.
Don’t we all know exactly what “full coverage” means?
Published on: 02/05/2017
In fact, it turns out we don't.
Working together to finance improved WASH services in Uganda
Published on: 12/07/2016
District partnerships are at the heart of the WASH Agenda for Change (WA4C).
Mapping activities for the Uganda Watershed team
Published on: 12/07/2016
In this first year of the Watershed programme the country teams define their goals in a Theory of Change workshop.
Paying the piper: why the things that donors are prepared to fund in WASH need to change
Published on: 02/09/2015
IRC's Chief Executive Patrick Moriarty reflects on the highlights from the annual water conference in Stockholm.
IRC and AMCOW formalise partnership to strengthen WASH in Africa
Published on: 27/08/2015
STOCKHOLM – Today at Stockholm World Water Week 2015, IRC and the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) signed a partnership agreeing to work together on the delivery of lasting WASH services in Africa.
Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all: Domestic Resource Mobilization and Innovative Finance
Published on: 20/08/2015
A summary of the side-event at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development July 15th 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The session highlighted how domestic resource mobilization is critical to the achievement of goal 6, and to fill the substantial gap between current levels of...
Drivers for change: the human factor
Published on: 22/07/2015
You must know about the culture and beliefs of communities before co-creating solutions with them.
Philanthropy and the Post-2015 Development Agenda for Ghana
Published on: 08/07/2015
IRC Ghana Country Director Vida Duti will be one of the speakers at the philanthropy platform in Accra.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Executives visit Grantees and Government Partners in Ghana
Published on: 06/07/2015
Important visit for the Community Water & Sanitation Agency (CWSA) and IRC in Ghana: IRC is convening a meeting on the 8th July with Hilton Grantees in Ghana for a team of Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Executives who will be in Ghana this week for the Philanthropic Conference.
An agenda for change : achieving universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) by 2030 : principles paper
Four leading international water, sanitation and hygiene organisations IRC, WaterAid, Aguaconsult, and Water For People join hands in the run-up to...
Strong governments crucial for universal water and sanitation by 2030, leading organisations say
Published on: 17/06/2015
THE HAGUE - Four leading international water, sanitation and hygiene organisations IRC, Wateraid, Aguaconsult, and Water For People join hands in the run-up to the new Sustainable Development Goals. Today they presented a set of shared principles to achieve universal access to water and sanitation...
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.
WASH IT! alliantie: een van de 25 strategische partners van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
Published on: 09/02/2015
DEN HAAG, 4 februari 2015 - WASH IT! kondigt trots aan dat zij geselecteerd is als een van de 25 strategische partners van het Nederlandse Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken voor 2016-2020.
Let 2015 be the year that we reach the national targets for water and sanitation coverage
Published on: 30/01/2015
IRC country director of Uganda, Jane Nabunnya Mulumba reflects back on 2014 and sets her goals for the coming year: building on the legacy of Triple-S and reaching the national targets for water and sanitation coverage
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...
Let 2015 be the year of continuing the good news from Ghana!
Published on: 19/01/2015
IRC country director of Ghana Vida Duti reflects back on 2014 and sets her goals for the coming year: consolidating the successes!
Comment utiliser l'APD pour accompagner l'autonomie des pays: constats et propositions pour le Burkina Faso
Published on: 04/12/2014
Dans le cadre du travail d'IRC sur l'efficacité de l'aide publique au développement (APD), une étude sur l'analyse du financement et de la mise en œuvre du programme national d'approvisionnement en eau potable et en assainissement (PN-APEA) couvrant la période 2007-2013 a été conduite au Burkina...
Discussie over Sustainable Development Goals in laatste fase beland
Published on: 01/12/2014
Over minder dan een jaar worden in New York de opvolgers van de Millenniumdoelen vastgesteld door de Verenigde Naties: de Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). IRC en Simavi zetten dit op de kaart tijdens een bijeenkomst op 4 december 2014 in het Mauritshuis.
Get your pitch right
Published on: 09/09/2014
Understanding the difference between charity, venture philanthropy and impact investing is key to getting businesses and programmes funded
IRC at Stockholm World Water Week
Published on: 25/08/2014
IRC will contribute to the Stockholm World Water Week which takes place from 31 August to 5 September 2014. We are launching the WASHCost book, co-convening a number of sessions and running a booth together with Water For People in the exhibition hall.
WASH services critical for refugees worldwide
Published on: 15/07/2014
Clean water, sanitation and hygiene are of critical importance for the people living in camps, but they don't come cheap and many refugees are not going anywhere soon.
Looking back at the Stockholm World Water Week 2013
Published on: 24/09/2013
The World Water Week showed that although there are positive efforts around building partnerships there is still a need for the sector to continue operating in exclusive and life changing ways that lead to lasting impact. Over the course of the week, efforts made by business, governments, charities...
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...