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Monitoring, Water security

Small town water services sustainability checks : development and application in Ethiopia

Neither rural sustainability checks, nor urban benchmarking frameworks, are entirely suitable for monitoring small town water services.

IRC's approach

IRC endorses new strategy of the Rural Water Supply Network

RWSN strategy document cover
Published on: 30/03/2018
Together with the World Bank, IRC is co-lead of RWSN's Sustainable Services theme.
News
Monitoring

Webinar : promoting harmonized monitoring for the WASH sector

A presentation and discussion on harmonised monitoring for the WASH sector, using the example of SIASAR: Rural Water and Sanitation Information...

Monitoring

Promoting harmonized monitoring for the WASH sector : the Rural Water and Sanitation Information System SIASAR as an example

Lessons learned on the development and use of sustainability metrics for systems, service providers, communities and technical assistance providers...

IRC's approach

IRC and Government of Ghana commit to strengthening WASH systems

IRC CEO Patrick Moriarty, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Hon Joseph Kofi Adda sign MoU
Published on: 26/03/2018
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources signs a four-year Memorandum of Understanding with IRC.
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Ghana
Monitoring, Finance

A checklist for effective adoption and implementation of the pay-as-you-fetch model.

Handout: A checklist to effective adoption and implementation of the pay-as-you-fetch model.

IRC's approach

Systems thinking with Angela Huston and Harold Lockwood

In this podcast you hear how the systems approach came about, what the current evidence of its importance is and what the challenges are for its...

IRC's approach

Can we make 2018 the year of the WASH System?

Girl carrying water vessel
Published on: 25/01/2018
We need more and faster action to achieve and sustain the SDGs.
Blog
IRC's approach

Hit the road(map)

Woman collecting water at tap stand
Published on: 25/01/2018
A new global guidance document on the District-Wide Approach.
Blog

Water is life; water is joy

Children at Kasenyi borehole
Published on: 28/12/2017
Stories from the community after IRC Uganda rehabilitated ten boreholes in Kabarole district, an effort to ensure a safe and reliable supply of water for over 3000 people, which in turn would improve health and livelihoods for the benefiting communities.
Blog
Uganda

Running for Water - what did we achieve?

Leden van het sanitatie & health team van Burungu basisschool
Published on: 22/12/2017
Some months have passed since the successful wrap-up of our first crowdfunding initiative. We now reflect on how the campaign has brought change to Kabarole district, in Uganda.
News
Uganda
Water security

The MUS toolkit

The toolkit provides guidance on planning, developing and providing multiple-use water services, based on the experiences of the members of the...

See also hardcopy version: Guidelines for planning and providing multiple-use water services

IRC's approach

Agenda for change : a roadmap for universal access to sustainable WASH services at district level

This document describes how the principles and practice of the global movement, Agenda for Change (A4C), can be applied at district level, following...

Agenda for change - a roadmap for universal access to sustainable WASH services at district level

Supporting institutions, Monitoring

New insights into the sustainability of rural water supplies

Chair of Water Committee in El Salvador checking water quality
Published on: 13/09/2017
Stockholm World Water Week discusses World Bank publications on universal metrics.
News
Supporting institutions, Monitoring

In search of sustainability of rural water supply services monitoring and metrics

Presentation based on the findings from two World Bank publications.

In search of sustainability of rural water supply services monitoring and metrics

IRC's approach

The Whole System IS the System

The whole system is the system
Published on: 16/06/2017
Asking whether building hardware is better than a WASH systems approach is like asking whether building bicycle wheels is better than creating a transport network.
Blog
Ethiopia

40th WEDC International Conference, Loughborough, UK

WEDC Conference call for papers
Published on: 12/06/2017
The conference invites participants from over 40 countries to share experiences and achievements on the sustainable delivery of WASH services through international cooperation. The week includes three days to discuss and debate peer reviewed content, followed by two days of tailored capacity...
Events

Webinar: Searching for universal sustainability metrics for rural water services

Monitoring cycle
Published on: 12/06/2017
This webinar is part of a series organised by the Sustainable Services Theme of the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN ). There are presentations from IRC and UNICEF on the challenges to measuring the sustainability of rural water supply services. How can the sector agree on a core set of indicators...
Events
IRC's approach, Supporting institutions

Should I stay or should I go?

Pim van der Male presenting at Max Foundation-IRC Event
Published on: 09/06/2017
From exit strategies to transformation strategies in WASH.
Blog
IRC's approach, Finance

Understanding what drives maintenance of rural water infrastructure in Tanzania (and it’s not what you think!)

Community in Tanzania
Published on: 01/06/2017
A large proportion of Tanzanians still do not have access to improved water sources.
Blog
Africa
Monitoring

Data collection, data use and (monitoring) systems building: the SMARTerWASH experience

SMARTerWASH national event, 7 October 2015
Published on: 08/05/2017
While writing the end-report of the SMARTerWASH Project, it was good to look back and reflect on the scale of the project and the challenges faced and ahead.
Blog
Ghana

Don’t we all know exactly what “full coverage” means?

Hilton foundation grantees meeting in The Hague
Published on: 02/05/2017
In fact, it turns out we don't.
Blog
Supporting institutions, Finance

Phase out strategies in the WASH sector

Max Foundation-IRC Event logo
Published on: 04/04/2017
Max Foundation and IRC invite you to discuss sustainability and domestic resource mobilisation when aid ends.
News
Ghana

2017 Colorado WASH Symposium

Colorado WASH Symposium logo
Published on: 03/04/2017
Organised annually since 2012 by students at the University of Colorado - Boulder, the themes of the 2017 Colorado WASH symposium were: behaviour change, business of WASH, humanitarian, refugee, and other challenging contexts, social dimensions of WASH, systems of WASH, and technology and...
Events
Monitoring

Smart solutions with SMARTerWASH : stories of the project and its successes

Smarterwash story_image capture

The story of the SmarterWASH project in Ghana; the achievements, challenges, experiences, lessons learned over the years.

Smart Solutions with SMARTerWASH: Stories of the Project and Its Successes

Video blog on SMARTerWASH by Nicolas Dickinson

CWSA introduces Smarter-WASH to monitor functionality of systems

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