'Collective impact is the commitment of a group of actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a complex social problem'. Read more...
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... Read more...
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. Read more...
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... Read more...
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. Read more...
A study on the significance of the Learning Alliance Approach in influencing learning and adaptive capacity in Ghana's rural water sector Read more...
A report from the launch of the Regional Level Learning Alliance Platform for Ghana's Brong Ahafo region. Read more...
A new paper from Triple-S Ghana offers insights into WASH efforts in the county's rural domestic water sector. Read more...
“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. Read more...
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. Read more...
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. Read more...
A vision for water management and water related services in the city of Accra of the future, a comprehensive situational analysis, and strategic... Read more...
A tale of 12 cities. Which concerns and hopes do city planners, water sector specialists and researchers have for the future. Google scholar Read more...
The Sustainable Services at Scale (Triple-S) Project has for the past three years used the sector learning approach to influence policy and practice in the rural water sector. This is because learning and adaptive management are central to delivering sustainable services. Read more...
From its onset, the Triple-S project worked on the understanding that sustainability of rural water services cannot be achieved through a single entity but rather through strategic partnerships that work to address concerns of the entire sector. One of the methods through which the project would... Read more...
This document provides a framework to support reflection and documentation of the learning alliance process in the three focus countries of the... Read more...
Change at sector level, requires change by constellations of individuals and institutions. Learning alliances are an approach to change that brings together representatives from government, civil society, research institutions and the private sector to do joint research, find solutions and take... Read more...
Triple-S Ghana is working with the Inter-agency Coordinating Committee (ICC) to strengthen water and sanitation sector learning in the Northern Region. The Inter-agency Coordinating Committee is convened by the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme in collaboration with the Northern Regional... Read more...
Any learning process must be effective. In Ghana, the learning process in the water and sanitation sector is extensive and devolved, as it should be. But there is an important gap. A structured mechanism is needed to channel lessons from the communities, learning alliances, and other learning fora... Read more...
