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Finance for water utilities

This podcast discusses how to finance water utilities when traditional sources of capital dry up.

Sécurité de l’eau

Note de synthèse : Colloque national sur les modèles de gestion efficace du service d’eau potable (octobre 2017)

Note de Synthèse : Colloque national - Modèles de gestion efficace du service d'eau potable

Sanitation, Water security

IHUWASH Accelerator India seeks high impact urban WASH innovations

Toilet block in India

Published on: 10/01/2018

Programme helps innovations get support from government, companies, experts and impact investors.

Sanitation

How do you solve a problem like sanitation?

Toilet in Udaipur

Published on: 14/11/2017

What we learnt from using the Faecal Waste Flow Calculator in India.

Sanitation, Water security

Looking beyond headline indicators : water and sanitation services in small towns in Ethiopia

Water supply scheme

While a high proportion of people In Ethiopian have access to improved water and sanitation services, only a small minority receive services that...

Looking beyond headline indicators: water and sanitation services in small towns in Ethiopia

Supporting institutions

Three Indian cities sign up for innovative WASH solutions

WASH Garage meeting in New Delhi.

Published on: 23/05/2017

New project helps local government make their cities open defecation free.

IRC's approach, Monitoring

How change within individuals can support institutional performance

Villagers fishing in their newly expanded pond. Meghalaya, India

Published on: 01/05/2017

Can leadership development training for public agency staff lead to improved utility performance and community-level service?

Sanitation, Water security, Hygiene

Mid-term review workshop for the ONEWASH Plus Programme

ONE WASH PLUS Ethiopia

Published on: 21/09/2016

Partners in the ONEWASH Plus Programme - all working to find new ways to deliver integrated WASH infrastructure and services in small towns - came together to share progress and learn lessons.

Supporting institutions

Mozambican water utility develops gender policy and strategy

Published on: 12/02/2016

IRC helps develop action plan to integrate gender justice in urban water supply.

Sanitation, Monitoring, Water security

Town Audit Statement, Welenchiti, Oromia

This factsheet presents a summary of the key findings relating to sustainability challenges in town water supply, rural water supply, urban and rural...

Town Audit Statement, Welenchiti, Oromia

Sanitation, Monitoring, Water security

Town Audit Statement, Sheno, Oromia

This factsheet presents a summary of the key findings relating to sustainability challenges in town water supply, rural water supply, urban and rural...

Town Audit Statement, Sheno, Oromia

Sanitation, Monitoring, Water security

Town Audit Statement, Maksegnit, Amhara

This factsheet presents a summary of the key findings relating to sustainability challenges in town water supply, rural water supply, urban and rural...

Town Audit Statement, Maksegnit, Amhara

Sanitation, Monitoring, Water security

Town Audit Statement, Kebridehar, Somali

This factsheet presents a summary of the key findings relating to sustainability challenges in town water supply, rural water supply, urban and rural...

Town Audit Statement, Kebridehar, Somali

Sanitation, Monitoring, Water security

Town Audit Statement, Adishihu, Tigray

This factsheet presents a summary of the key findings relating to sustainability challenges in town water supply, rural water supply, urban and rural...

Town Audit Statement, Adishihu, Tigray

Sanitation, Monitoring, Water security

Town Audit Statement, Abomsa, Oromia

This factsheet presents a summary of the key findings relating to sustainability challenges in town water supply, rural water supply, urban and rural...

Town Audit Statement, Abomsa, Oromia

Sanitation, Water security

Town Audit Statement, Wukro

Town Audit Statement, Wukro

Finance

Innovative financing for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)

Ghana water point

Published on: 21/12/2015

West and Central Africa conference on financing for WASH aims to get more financial resources to ensure access and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Supporting institutions

Private sector landscape for WASH in Ethiopia : bottlenecks and opportunities

Photo: Petterik Wiggers, Panos Pictures

This report presents an overall analysis of the current Ethiopian private sector landscape in water and sanitation, with case study chapters...

Private Sector Landscape for WASH in Ethiopia: Bottlenecks and opportunities

Monitoring

IRC supporting UNICEF to improve WASH in small towns in Ethiopia

Maksegnit, Amhara

Published on: 24/11/2014

Since commencing activities in July 2014, studies are now well underway including a baseline study covering 16 small towns and research on bottlenecks to private sector engagement in WASH.

IRC's approach

Ghanaian delegation visits IRC

Published on: 03/10/2014

Within the context of the Ghana WASH Window (GWW), a delegation of 15 Ghanaian companies /NGOs/knowledge Institutions and 7 government officials were received by the Netherlands Water Partnership in the first week of October 2014 (29 sept. -3 Oct.).

Finance

The Detroit Water Disconnections

Protestors in Detroit

Published on: 09/07/2014

The shutoffs of water to thousands of homes by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department have become international news, as residents and local activists have found U.N. experts on their side in condemning the water disconnections as a violation of the human right to water.

Vitens Evides International (VEI) in Ethiopia

Published on: 01/05/2013

VEI has helped provide reliable tap water to more than thirty five million customers in 98 cities and towns across twenty countries. Ethiopia is one of the focus countries. We interviewed Lieke Nijk to learn about VEI's work in the country.

How to make water cooperation work? lessons from SWITCH

Published on: 22/03/2013

The United Nations proclaimed 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation.

SWITCH wins IWA Sustainability Award 2012

Published on: 01/12/2012

UNESCO-IHE, on behalf of the SWITCH Consortium and EU, won the IWA's Sustainability Award 2012 for 'innovation in the practical realization of sustainable urban water management'. The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre was one of the 33 SWITCH Consortium partners.

Water security

SWITCH in the city : putting urban water management to the test

A tale of 12 cities. Which concerns and hopes do city planners, water sector specialists and researchers have for the future. Google scholar

SWITCH in the City: putting urban water management to the test (PDF)

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