Millennium Development Goals

We have a district WASH master plan: now what?

Published on: 01/04/2021

"The master plan provides a strategic tool in bringing all sector actors together around a singular objective." - Magdalene Matthews, Senior Program Officer, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

“I am bored with this work”; WASH's mid-life crisis

Published on: 14/10/2018

"I am bored with this work", my friend, WASH, confided. I recommended him not to waste his mid-life crisis.

Weekly WASH Graph: Under-five Mortality Progress or Failure?

Published on: 25/06/2018

Why we should care about how we display our data.

Measuring what we are managing

Published on: 21/08/2017

Robust monitoring is needed to track progress towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal for water.

No growth without water

Published on: 21/07/2016

Clear calls for increased investment in water and sanitation during the Africa Water Week.

New Sustainability: a system is more than a sum of its parts

Published on: 18/07/2016

This post comes from Angela's expedited entry into the WASH sector to research why sustained success has been limited and to uncover which approaches to change might lead to lasting service provision.

¿El vaso está medio lleno o medio vacio?

Published on: 22/04/2016

La región de América Latina y el Caribe ha tenido éxito en alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo de Milenio (ODM) para agua y saneamiento. ¿Pero cómo está encaminado para lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS)? ¿El vaso está más bien medio vacío?

Zeg het voort: De Global Goals komen eraan!

Published on: 23/09/2015

Global Goal 6: Schoon water en een toilet. Voor iedereen. Overal ter wereld. In 2030.

World Water Week: IRC looks back on this year’s conference

Published on: 10/09/2015

Positioning our work to champion sustainability and equity, and to catalyse change towards our vision of universal access by 2030.

The real danger zone: can fragile states reach the water and sanitation SDGs?

Published on: 31/08/2015

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have the target of reaching universal access to water and sanitation by 2030. But can this target realistically be achieved in the most difficult of settings: fragile states?

Financing Development: the way forward after Addis Ababa

Published on: 14/07/2015

Safe drinking water and sanitation is a human right, but it's going to be costly. How serious are world leaders to reach everyone by 2030? And where will the money come from?

Communique : Invitation a participer au debat public sur la place de l'eau dans l'agenda politique du Burkina Faso

Published on: 23/06/2015

Mercredi 24 juin 2015 à 18h30 à l'Institut Français du Burkina à Ouagadougou.

Researching the human right to sanitation in Burkina Faso

Published on: 22/06/2015

In this blog, I explain the process behind my research on human rights in Burkina Faso's water and sanitation sector. The resulting research report focuses on how the integration of sanitation as a human right in national policies and strategies can improve access to sanitation in rural areas, in...

Promouvoir l’approche fondée sur les droits humains dans le secteur Eau et Assainissement au Burkina Faso

Cette étude fait état de la mise en œuvre des principes de l'AFDH dans le secteur de l'eau et de l'assainissement au Burkina Faso. Sur cette base,...

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Promouvoir l’approche fondée sur les droits humains dans le secteur Eau et Assainissement au Burkina Faso

¿Qué tan preparado es Honduras para los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible?

Published on: 26/03/2015

Honduras es uno de los países estrella que alcanzó los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) de agua y saneamiento unos años antes de su tiempo. La pregunta ahora es si el país está bien preparado para los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), que se están aprobando ahora.

Every day is World Water Day

Published on: 24/03/2015

"World Water Day is the most important day of the year," said Minister of Infrastructure and Environment Melanie Schultz van Haegen during the Dutch World Water Day event on Friday 20 March 2015 in Amsterdam. "In fact, it is World Water Day every day", she said.

Hands up Simon Withaker

Happy World Water Day! Let 2015 be the year the world got serious about sustainability

Published on: 18/03/2015

THE HAGUE, 18 March 2015 – On 22 March 2015 we celebrate World Water Day. Everyone has a right to safe water and sanitation. How can we make sure that people who get water and sanitation services, also keep them? Share your stories!

A Sustainable Development Goal to strengthen national sector monitoring systems!

Published on: 20/02/2015

In this blog on the UN-Water meeting that was held in Geneva last month, Joseph Pearce and Ton Schouten give an intriguing insight in the monitoring of the new sustainable development goal (SDG) for water. They argue that the SDGs, as they are now formulated, demand for strengthening national...

IRC event: “What is new in the Sustainable Development Goals for water and sanitation?”

Published on: 27/01/2015

Save the date! IRC Event March 4th, 2015, 17.00-18.30, The Hague. This year, the Sustainable Development Goals will be agreed upon by the UN Member States. Come and discuss what is new, what is different and what does it mean for the different organisations working in the sector. Go to our Events...

Fourth AfricaSan confirmed: May 2015 in Dakar

Published on: 26/01/2015

The long-awaited date for the fourth AfricaSan has been confirmed: May 2015. This path-breaking conference will this year continue to raise the priority of sanitation amongst the new generation of political leaders.

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We have a district WASH master plan: now what?

“I am bored with this work”; WASH's mid-life crisis

Weekly WASH Graph: Under-five Mortality Progress or Failure?