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Water pump in Arusha, Tanzania

Rethinking private sector participation in the water sector

Published on: 02/12/2021
Why is private sector participation in the water sector lagging in Tanzania?

Counting the cost : a financial gap analysis of Kabarole District WASH Master Plan, 2021

Insight into all the necessary costs of achieving the 2030 vision and ensuring sustainable, and at least basic water and sanitation services for all...
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Watershed annual report 2020 (including 2016-2020)

This annual report 2016-2020 presents the work the Watershed empowering citizens programme has done with its partners and its achievements since its...
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SWA Launches Finance Webinar Series 2021 CAPTURE

SWA Finance Webinar Series 2021

Published on: 27/05/2021
1 June| 8 June| 15 June| 22 June

The new NDPIII programmatic approach and its implications for WASH CSOs in Uganda

Uganda's new third National Development Plan (NDPIII) 2020/21 – 2024/25 launched last year introduced a new institutional framework with a shift from...
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Hygiene promotion should be a long-term effort

Published on: 04/05/2021
"I am calling on WASH and health professionals to change the way we address hygiene promotion", says Juste Nansi, Country Director IRC Burkina Faso.

WASH CSO representatives at the NDP3 dialogue in Kampala, April 2021

Uganda WASH civil society embrace new national development plan

Published on: 04/05/2021
Civil society working in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in Uganda together with the Ministry of Water and Environment are engaging to re-align sector implementation to the new programmatic approach of the National Development Plan III.

Attracting investments and closing the finance gap for water and sanitation in Europe

Keynote for World Health Organization presented at the Twelfth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health | UNECE.
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[Webinar] Climate finance for WASH (English, Spanish and Portuguese)

Published on: 19/04/2021
Thursday 29 April at 3 pm London | 4 pm CET, Latin America and the Caribbean | Africa | Europe, English-Spanish-Portuguese interpretation SWA together with GWP, UNICEF and WaterAid are co-convening a webinar series to strengthen partners' knowledge of and capacity to integrate water, sanitation and...

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How women gain power by investing in water

Published on: 05/03/2021
On International Women's Day , research from Water.org shows how empowerment flows from financing improved water and sanitation access.

Advocating for WASH in Healthcare Facilities: A Roundtable Series

Published on: 10/02/2021
Advocating for WASH in Healthcare Facilities: A Roundtable Series, taking place on Wednesday 17 February, 3 and 17 March @ 7AM EST, 1PM GMT+1. IRC's Elynn Walter is moderating the first session on WASH in Health Facilities

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90% of climate disasters are water related

Published on: 27/01/2021
Building resilience is not a "nice to have"- it is essential, says Ban Ki Moon.

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Decentralised public financing for WASH in India

Published on: 13/01/2021
Report of an August 2020 webinar with representatives from national, state and local government and civil society.

Decentralised public financing for WASH : current situation and needs during and beyond the pandemic : webinar report

Perspectives from the union, state and local government, and CSOs, The main recommendations focused on the need for improved support to local...
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Civil society influence in drinking water, sanitation and water resources budgets : four pathways for change

How CSOs in Bangladesh, India, Kenya and elsewhere have collaborated to understand funding flows and key moments for budget decision-making, and...
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Webinar: Water drives resilient countries - 10 November 2020

Published on: 02/11/2020
This event will be a call for action for all Public Development Banks to work together towards a Water Finance Coalition in order to develop financing for water and sanitation and to foster cooperation among them.

School in Nuapada district, Odisha, India

Water and sanitation budget tracking in rural India

Published on: 04/09/2020
Learn more from four new publications on public finance for community and institutional WASH services.

Rural water and sanitation budgets for schools, anganwadi and health centres : an assessment of Gaya, Bihar : discussion paper

An analysis of government interventions for providing institutional water and sanitation services, with recommendations on how to improve...
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Rural water and sanitation budgets for schools, anganwadi and health centres : an assessment of Nuapada, Odisha : discussion paper

An analysis of government or private interventions for providing institutional water and sanitation services, with recommendations on how to improve...
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Central and State Finance Commission grants to Panchaya Raj Institutions (PRIs) : implications for financing of rural WATSAN

A call for devolution of power to local government, capacity strengthening, decentralised planning and transparency and accountability in the Indian...
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Tracking expenditure for water, sanitation and hygiene in communities and social sector institutions : consolidated brief

Key learnings for budget and financing arrangements for WASH in two Indian states (Bihar and Odisha), with emphasis on hygiene in the wake of the...
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Helping Indian CSOs do budget tracking

Published on: 20/08/2020
Two new Watershed India working papers draw lessons from research in Bihar and Odisha.

Tracking budgets for rural WATSAN : an assessment of districts Ganjam and Nuapada in Odisha, India

How does understanding public finance for WASH help civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance their work in the community, and are budget related...
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Tracking budgets for rural WATSAN : an assessment of districts Gaya and Samastipur in Bihar, India

How does understanding public finance for WASH help civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance their work in the community, and are budget related...
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Webinar picture - mother pouring water on child's hands - Decentralised Public Financing for WASH

Decentralised Public Financing for WASH: Current Situation and Needs During and Beyond the Pandemic, 21 Aug 2020

Published on: 18/08/2020
Sharing experiences of a joint initiative supporting CSOs in India to improve their technical capacities and enhancing their involvement in tracking decentralised WASH budgets as well as improving their utilisation.

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