systems approach

Self-registration now available for the WASH Systems Academy

Published on: 04/09/2020

You can start with the WASH Systems Academy anytime, anywhere.

Ghana: NDPC launches Good Practice for WASH with call to action

Published on: 24/08/2020

Good Practice for WASH booklet to become a reference point for municipal, metropolitan and district chief executives in Ghana.

Systems thinking for WASH in chronic crises: lessons from Ethiopia

Published on: 24/08/2020

Sharing lessons learnt from Somali region around systems thinking in WASH and collaboration between organisations in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.

Strong WASH systems are climate resilient systems

Published on: 12/08/2020

The same capacities that help us adapt to COVID-19 can be used to face climate change.

World Water Week At Home, 24-28 Aug 2020

Published on: 03/08/2020

Join IRC and partners sessions for WWWeek At Home This year, Stockholm World Water Week will focus on the theme of water solutions to accelerate action on climate change. sessions are IRC (co-)convened sessions.

Decolonising the WASH sector

Published on: 22/07/2020

Being true to #BlackLivesMatter. Report of an IRC Global Talk.

What legacy of COVID-19 do we want for the WASH sector?

Published on: 24/06/2020

Our strategic systems responses to the pandemic and climate change.

Funding WASH Systems during COVID-19

Published on: 05/06/2020

The impact of COVID-19 has been unprecedented on all areas of peoples lives globally, on a scale barely imagined only a few months ago. From the ever growing infection rates and death toll as the virus travelled around the world, to the light it shined on the huge disparities of impact on different...

WASH Systems Academy launches its first customised course

Published on: 29/04/2020

As of 24 April 2020, Viva con Agua volunteers begin using the first customised lessons of the 'WASH systems strengthening: the basics', an introductory course by the WASH Systems Academy.

Poverty kills

Published on: 20/04/2020

Every now and again the rich world has its nose rubbed in the true meaning of poverty. The coronavirus pandemic is but the latest example. We need to make sure it's the last.

Burkina Faso : a water sanitation and hygiene information sheet

The status of WASH at national and municipal levels and how IRC and a coalition of partners are working together with Government to inspire and...

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Burkina Faso: a water sanitation and hygiene information sheet

Citywide inclusive sanitation: applying systems thinking

Published on: 18/03/2020

Two major development players simultaneously publish papers supporting a more 'systems' based approach.

WASH system building block assessment tool

An Excel tool to assess the strengths and weaknesses of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services: both in general and for a specific service...

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WASH System Building Block Assessment Tool

Strengthening water, sanitation, and hygiene systems : concepts, examples, and experiences

This paper presents the journeys that Agenda for Change members have gone through in progressively embracing systems strengthening approaches in...

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Strengthening water, sanitation, and hygiene systems : concepts, examples, and experiences

These funders are betting on a systems approach

Published on: 17/09/2019

Water and sanitation comprise an increasingly important focus for global health and development philanthropy, but the approach has often been piecemeal, resulting in broken pipes and pumps, disillusioned donors, and suffering beneficiaries.

Planning differently : developing long-term, strategic plans for district-wide water, sanitation and hygiene services

Long-term strategic planning at the district level helps to identify improved service delivery models, system strengthening activities, financing...

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Planning Differently: Developing long-term, strategic plans for district-wide water, sanitation and hygiene services.

Why is finance the unavoidable building block? - podcast

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Specialist course: Building blocks of sustainable WASH systems

Published on: 04/03/2019

What are the building blocks of sustainable services?

The Agenda for Change : moving from principles to action : building blocks for sustainable services

This presentation introduces the building blocks concept and how it is used to illustrate the key actors and factors that must be targeted and...

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The Agenda for Change : moving from principles to action : building blocks for sustainable services

A systems approach to capacity building : lessons from Sanitation Capacity Building Platform (SCBP), India

This paper addresses capacity building challenges for urban sanitation in India, with specific focus on Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM).

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A systems approach to capacity building : lessons from Sanitation Capacity Building Platform (SCBP), India

Stockholm interacts with the WASH building blocks

Published on: 31/10/2018

World Water Week participants engage with elements of the WASH system.

Building blocks for strong and healthy WASH systems

Published on: 17/09/2018

IRC working paper describes what's needed to improve and strengthen service delivery.

Understanding the WASH system and its building blocks : building strong WASH systems for the SDGs

This working paper is one of a series that explains IRC's emerging praxis for working with and strengthening WASH systems.

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Understanding the WASH system and its building blocks

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Webinar: Systems approaches to hygiene behavior change – lessons across WASH, health, and education

Published on: 30/05/2018

A discussion on ways to use existing systems to improve scale and sustainability of hygiene promotion efforts.