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Strengthening the role of rural local bodies in WASH financing and services : policy learnings from a multi-stakeholder workshop

The brief captures the experiences, challenges and recommendations of civil society organisations (CSOs) and local government representatives.
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Strong systems : making water and sanitation for everyone, everywhere and forever a reality

Listen to IRC's Patrick Moriarty keynote speech delivered at the All systems go! WASH systems symposium 12 March 2019.
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Addressing the financing gap in the water sector in Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda

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SIWI sofa 2019

World Water Week 2019 through the lens of IRC

Published on: 13/09/2019
Finding ways to build and finance strong WASH systems, including everyone along the way.

IRC aide à former plus de 3 700 acteurs de l'eau, à l'horizon 2022, au Burkina Faso

Plus de 3 700 acteurs de l’eau formés à l’horizon 2022

Published on: 03/09/2019
IRC aide à former plus de 3 700 acteurs de l'eau, à l'horizon 2022, au Burkina Faso.

La commune de Banfora a fait, le 30 juillet 2019, une revue à mi-parcours de ses projets et programmes d'eau et d'assainissement

Banfora s’auto évalue

Published on: 29/08/2019
La commune de Banfora a fait, le 30 juillet 2019, une revue à mi-parcours de ses projets et programmes d'eau et d'assainissement et s'est donné comme objectif un taux d'exécution d'au moins 80% en fin d'année.

Watershed meeting with Parliament in Uganda

Bad governance, inadequate funds fuelling environmental degradation

Published on: 23/08/2019
A meeting organised by Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET) and IRC Uganda, to inform the parliamentarians about the Watershed empowering citizens programme, discuss key issues in WASH and IWRM, and make recommendations on how the issues can be addressed effectively.

Winners of the Sanitation Challenge for Ghana

Winners of the Sanitation Challenge for Ghana announced

Published on: 09/08/2019
Local Assemblies and private partners awarded cash prizes for excellence in urban liquid waste management in Ghana.

Movilización de financiamiento para WASH : construir bien las bases

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Mobiliser le financement pour le WASH : jeter les bonnes bases

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Handwashing station in Niger

Assessment to ensure sustainable WASH services in Niger

Published on: 23/07/2019
The communes Makalondi and Torodi in the region of Tillabéri in Niger have received financial and technical support from IRC and the Conrad Hilton Foundation to carry out an assessment of the water and sanitation facilities in health centres and schools in April 2019.

Mapping of water & sanitation programs, institutions and fund flow architecture for Samastipur, Bihar

A roadmap for tracking and analysing district budgets for water and sanitation programmes in Bihar, India.
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Mapping of water & sanitation programs, institutions and fund flow architecture for Ganjam, Odisha

A roadmap for tracking and analysing district budgets for water and sanitation programmes in Odisha, India.
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Water vessel and filter used in India

Helping CSOs with WASH governance issues in two states in India

Published on: 22/07/2019
Working papers focusing on the institutional setup and financial flows for WASH in Bihar and Odisha.

A local systems analysis for rural water service delivery in South Ari (SNNPR) and Mile (Afar), Ethiopia. Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership Concept 1 (Ethiopia)

The USAID Sustainable WASH Systems (SWS) Learning Partnership seeks new ways to improve the sustainability of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)...
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Des femmes vulnérables privées d’accès à l’eau par l’insuffisance des investissements et la défaillance du modèle de fourniture

IRC Burkina : Où sommes-nous dans l'exécution de notre plan stratégique 2017-2021 ?

Published on: 27/05/2019
Ceci est une brève présentation du cadre stratégique d'IRC Burkina 2017-2021, des progrès réalisés à la fin de l'année 2018 et des perspectives pour l'année 2019

Strengthening the sanitation market system : WaterSHED’s Hands-Off experience

Reflections on how to strengthen the capacity and relationships of actors in the Cambodian sanitation market - and in the wider rural sanitation...
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India - fetching water from river in Chatrapur block, Ganjam District, Odisha state

How is India's fiscal policy influencing water and sanitation

Published on: 09/05/2019
A new briefing note tracks the state budget allocations for WASH for Bihar and Odisha.

For who is WASH systems strengthening - podcast

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Des femmes vulnérables privées d’accès à l’eau par l’insuffisance des investissements et du recouvrement des coûts d’exploitatio

Ne laisser personne pour compte : c’est évident, mais pas simple

Published on: 22/03/2019
L'intention est évidemment très juste, mais beaucoup de solutions actuelles ne marcheront pas. Nous devrons construire des systèmes nationaux et locaux solides, dédiés à l'universalisation.

Harriet Burungu, water user, Kabarole District, Uganda

Launching Kabarole’s WASH master plan: why ownership matters

Published on: 18/03/2019
In Uganda we follow and support where local government leads.

Collecting life-cycle cost data for WASH services : a guide for practitioners

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Mobilising finance for WASH : getting the foundations right

This working paper unpacks what is meant by the enabling environment for finance in WASH and presents real examples of how these bottlenecks are...
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Performance-based financing and capacity building to strengthen WASH systems in Mozambique : early findings

Early successes point towards the effectiveness of linking collaborative, flexible and adaptive capacity building with performance-based funding in...
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Solar power water unit manager

The ‘art’ in partnerships

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

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