Scaling up innovations through learning alliances : an introduction to the approach
This introductory chapter describes the origin and development of Learning Alliances, key concepts, expected outcomes and the steps and activities...
The capacity to deliver water services
Published on: 11/04/2018
New book tells how partnerships, district planning and learning alliances achieve impact at community level in Ghana.
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...
Using knowledge for improving water, sanitation and hygiene services in West and Central Africa
Paper underlining the importance of learning for better performance in the WASH sector and to contribute to the discussion on how this can be...
WASH Based Climate Adaptation Strategies in Ghana - National Level Learning Alliance Platform (NLLAP)
Published on: 27/10/2016
Ghana Youth Environment Network (GYEM), in collaboration with WaterAid Ghana and the Resource Centre Network (RCN) invites you to the learning and sharing meeting on the above theme. GYEM will lead the discussion with support from WaterAid Ghana under the advocacy for WASH Based Climate Adaptation...
Tackling ‘wicked’ problems for sustainable water services
Published on: 21/06/2016
Read IRC's literature review on approaches to driving whole system change in the effort to achieve sustainable water services for everyone.
Facilitating change in a complex environment: delivering rural water services in Ghana
Between 2009-2014 IRC through the Triple S project supported Ghana's rural water agency CWSA to build consensus around a new vision of adequate water...
Change in complex adaptive systems : a review of concepts, theory and approaches for tackling ‘wicked’ problems in achieving sustainable rural water services
The domain of inquiry of this review is the rural water sector in low- and middle-income countries.
Fostering whole system change – a review of theory and approaches from the complexity sciences
Published on: 19/03/2015
Driving, catalysing, supporting, acting as a backbone to foster sector change is what IRC is all about.
Analysing sector learning and adaptive capacity: an experiment
Published on: 10/03/2015
This experiment consisted of a study to assess the significance, efficacy and sustainability of the learning alliance approach in influencing learning and adaptive capacity in the rural water sector in Ghana.
Strengthening learning and adaptive capacity through learning alliances: an experiment
Published on: 09/03/2015
IRC/Triple-S Uganda has worked with the Ministry of Water and Environment to develop a learning and coordination model aimed at improving continuous joint learning throughout the rural water sector to promote innovations and address underlying challenges of service delivery.
Sector learning and adaptive management
Learning and knowledge management supported at national and decentralised levels to enable the sector to adapt based on experience.
Sustaining rural water supply using the principles of collective impact
Published on: 04/11/2014
'Collective impact is the commitment of a group of actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a complex social problem'.
Seeing the forest and the trees
Published on: 26/09/2014
Over the years, IRC's focus has evolved from supporting community management, to working on a 'whole system' approach to sector change. In this second blog in our series on a learning and adaptive sector we chart IRC's evolution and explore the central role of collective learning for delivering...
The WASH Sector School of 'Hard Knocks' - learning from experience for dealing with the future
Published on: 01/08/2014
The capacity to continuously learn and adapt is critical for dealing with complex challenges and future uncertainties. In this first blog in a series about 'a learning and adaptive sector', we discuss why learning is central to achieving water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services for life.
Learning how to learn better: recommendations for Ghana’s WASH sector
Published on: 17/06/2014
A study on the Learning Alliance Approach in Ghana, commissioned by IRC under the Triple-S project has concluded that the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in Ghana is very vibrant in experience sharing, documentation and dissemination, but recommended institutionalising a guiding model...
Learning Alliance study report declares sector learning in Ghana vibrant
Published on: 13/06/2014
A study on the Learning Alliance Approach in Ghana, recommends a guiding model for a more systematic process of building up and deploying knowledge to better influence policy, programming, and practice.
Learning alliance approach: final report
A study on the significance of the Learning Alliance Approach in influencing learning and adaptive capacity in Ghana's rural water sector
Why sector learning has a vital role in WASH service delivery challenges
Published on: 28/03/2014
A report from the launch of the Regional Level Learning Alliance Platform for Ghana's Brong Ahafo region.
Islands of success – Policy to practice: a paper presented at the 6th RWSN Forum
Published on: 25/03/2014
A new paper from Triple-S Ghana offers insights into WASH efforts in the county's rural domestic water sector.
Learning necessary to address WASH sector challenges
Published on: 29/07/2013
“There is the need for sector learning to address challenges facing the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in Ghana,” says Regional Director of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency.
Learning alliances provide lessons for International Year of Water Cooperation
Published on: 22/03/2013
World Water Day's theme this year is water cooperation, a complex but achievable ambition. IRC's work on Learning Alliances provides some useful pointers on what (and how long) it takes.
How to make water cooperation work? Lessons from SWITCH
Published on: 06/02/2013
Learning alliances are one of the ways that IRC supports WASH stakeholders to innovate, coordinate and collaborate. At the UN Water conference on 8-10 January 2013, in Zaragoza, Spain IRC shared lessons from SWITCH.
SWITCH in the city : putting urban water management to the test
A tale of 12 cities. Which concerns and hopes do city planners, water sector specialists and researchers have for the future. Google scholar