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Climate change, water resources and WASH systems

WASH system strengthening is climate action and WASH must be a core component of climate financing and adaptation strategies.
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Water resource management synthesis report

In addition to infrastructure development, better management of water resources requires mechanisms for institutional strengthening, information...
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Water tank in Arusha, Tanzania (photo Lukas Kwezi)

The water sector budget: How much is enough?

Published on: 31/05/2021
A review of the Tanzanian water sector budget for 2021/22.

WASH master plan for Asutifi North District Assembly : 2019 annual performance report

Based on evidence-based monitoring of water and sanitation service levels, budgets, outcome harvesting, district capacity assessment and water...
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Enabling environment for water security : mapping the national and state government institutions in India

A fact sheet on Indian national and state level institutions in Odisha and Bihar engaging in particular with rural water supply and resources.
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Speakers Panel at the WASH Debate on Dialogue and Dissent, The Hague, 26 June 2019

Bringing empowered voices to the table

Published on: 15/07/2019
The role of civil society in evidence-based advocacy for the human rights to water and sanitation. Report of a WASH Debate.

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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The secret to WASH-IWRM Linkages: pragmatism

Published on: 19/12/2017
Linking WASH and IWRM, as demanded by SDG 6, is essential but hard. With pragmatism and a problem based approach it can be done.

One of the remaining wetlands in Dhebkhal Chaur, North Bihar, India

Why is water security key to WASH services delivery?

Published on: 18/12/2017
Meeting Sustainable Development Goal 6 requires solutions that focus on integrated rather than sectoral approaches.

Gender in water resources management, water supply and sanitation : roles and realities revisited

The book is the revised and updated edition of an earlier IRC/PROWWESS/UNDP publication: Participation of women in water supply and sanitation :...
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Youth for Climate Change, Water Resources and WASH, 29 April 2022

Published on: 28/04/2022
A panel discussion organised by Youth4Water in collaboration with IRC on solutions to the challenges faced by communities in India/Odisha.

Juliu Mukunda and Jane Mulumba at the finance session

Business unusual: the case for water and environment for Uganda’s peace and socio-economic transformation

Published on: 31/03/2022
There was a time in Uganda when water and environment issues were not topics of national debate.

Financing water, environment and climate change in line with Uganda's FY2022/23 planning and budgeting process : briefing paper

Achieving SDG 6 depends on the Government prioritisation of financing water quality management, hygiene and sanitation promotion, prioritising WASH...
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Uganda Water and Environment Week (UWEWK), 20-25 March 2022

Published on: 18/03/2022
At UWEWK 2022, IRC Uganda is co-chairing the thematic session on Financing Water, Environment and Climate Change and our CEO Dr Patrick Moriarty will deliver the keynote address for the session on "Partnerships and inter-sectoral collaboration in water and environment management and development".

The Town Clerk and council members to the Executive Committee developing a roadmap for Kijura Town Council

Achieving 100% sanitation coverage starts with small steps

Published on: 01/11/2021
The case of Kijura Town Council in Kabarole District, Uganda.

Defluorination of drinking water

Exploring scalable models in provision of defluorinated drinking water

Published on: 08/06/2021
Providing safe water to hard-to-reach villages in a cost-effective way in Arusha.

People bathing and washing clothes in a river. Chatrapur Block, Ganjam District, Odisha state, India.

Water For People India-IRC Regional Webinar on Water Resource Management, 09 June 2021

Published on: 07/06/2021
Speakers from government and NGOs will discuss the importance of integrating a water resource management framework in drinking water programmes.

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IWA's Digital World Water Congress

Published on: 15/04/2021
IRC is one of the event supporters of the virtual event – the Digital World Water Congress – from 24 May – 4 June this year. The Congress will include a range of presentations, networking opportunities, poster sessions and much more. To register and find out more about the congress, please visit:...

Uganda water and environment week (UWEWK) 2021

Published on: 17/03/2021
Since its inception in 2018, the Uganda Water and Environment Week seeks to contribute towards the attainment of Sustainable Socio-economic Transformation and achieving Ugandan National Development Plan and vision 2040.

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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