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The ‘art’ in partnerships

Published on: 13/12/2018
Analysing partnerships and how they strengthen WASH systems.

Understanding the WASH system and its building blocks : building strong WASH systems for the SDGs

This working paper is one of a series that explains IRC's emerging praxis for working with and strengthening WASH systems.
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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...
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Ebenezer Kwarteng, Ghana, speaking at Kintampo South District Learning Alliance meeting

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...
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Knowledge management and sector learning Ghana plan 2017-2021

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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...
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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...

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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...
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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.
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Sector Change Needs a Driver

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.

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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.

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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.
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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'.

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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...

Multistakeholder learning platform in Uganda visits primary school for LeaPPS

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.

District Meeting Ghana - Lokaal Mondiaal

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...

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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
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Participants at the first Brong Ahafo Regional Level Learning Alliance Platform meeting

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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