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Introducing the WASH Systems Academy

Published on: 03/05/2019
Become a WASH Systems master.

Patrick Moriarty speaking at the launch of the Kabarole master plan

Launching the Kabarole District master plan

Published on: 28/02/2019
The Kabarole master plan articulates the long-term (2018-2030) WASH priorities of the District to ensure safe water and sanitation for everyone.

Kabarole District WASH master plan 2018-2030

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The intricate relationship between water and sanitation : synthesis document

With water demand in India estimated to exceed supply by a factor of two by 2030, the sustainability of sanitation programmes is at risk.
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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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A policy proposal for integrating WASH and water resources management in the Kajiado Water Policy 2018

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Social inclusion and gender for sustainability in WRM & WASH at grassroots level – Kajiado County experience

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Water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) masterplan : Asutifi North District, Ghana

The broad vision, programmes and strategies for the implementation of a 13-year initiative to provide universal access to safe water, basic...
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Nature for water on World Water Day with Patrick Moriarty

World Water Day podcast about the role of green infrastructure in the future and the types of challenges, which impede its application.
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Nature-based solutions for water. Illustration for World Water Development Report 2018

Leveraging nature-based solutions for cost-effective water management

Published on: 14/03/2018
World Water Day WASH Talk podcast with IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty.

Cattle watering in Uganda's Rwenzori Region

How good water resource management leads to improved WASH services

Published on: 14/03/2018
An IRC Uganda / Watershed video set in Rwenzori Region.

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8th World Water Forum: Sharing Water, Brasilia, Brazil

Published on: 18/01/2018
The World Water Forum is the world's biggest water-related event and is organised every three years by the World Water Council (WWC). The 8th Forum brings together the world's leading water experts to discuss the nine Forum themes and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The nine Forum...

Integrated water resources management and WASH

How are IWRM and WASH related, what are the steps already taken and what is still needed for integration?
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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...
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Burkina Faso people fetching surface water

WASH Talk podcast on Integrated Water Resources Management and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services

Published on: 19/12/2017
How are IWRM and WASH related, what are the steps already taken and what is still needed for integration?

Woman washing tomatoes

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.

Participants at IRC WASH Debate 22 November 2017

Linking WASH and integrated water resources management: why and how?

Published on: 29/11/2017
Achieving sustainable WASH services requires problem-based approaches focusing on a specific watershed or municipality.

Burkina Faso people fetching surface water

IRC WASH Debate: Linking WASH and IWRM programmes to achieve SDG6

Published on: 17/10/2017
Within the focus area (speerpunt) “water” of Dutch development cooperation policy, there are two key strands: improving integrated water resources management (IWRM) and the provision of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. At policy level, relevant linkages between these two areas are...

Kenya Arid Lands Disaster Risk Reduction (KALDRR) WASH project. Foto: Mélanie Carrasco/IRC

Uniek huwelijk: pleitbezorging voor water en sanitaire voorzieningen gaat verbond aan met natuurbehoud

Published on: 12/10/2017
Watershed heeft een geïntegreerde aanpak om SDG6 te behalen.

Kenyan women collecting water at standpipe - Kenya Arid Lands Disaster Risk Reduction (KALDRR) WASH project

Newly wedded: lobbying for water and sanitation services while sustaining nature

Published on: 19/09/2017
The Watershed partnership's integrated approach to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6.

Water and Society 2017

Published on: 02/12/2016
4th International Conference on Water & Society, 5 - 7 June 2017, Seville, Spain. The Water and Society Conference is to be reconvened in 2017 following the success of the previous meetings, the first of which was held in Las Vegas in 2011, followed by a meeting in 2013 in the New Forest, UK,...

Watershed - empowering citizens

Watershed – looking ahead

Published on: 12/10/2016
In the first nine months of the strategic partnership Watershed – empowering citizens context analysis and stakeholder and factor analyses have been carried out. These analyses will give direction to the partnership's activities for the coming months.

Loktak Lake fisherman, Manipur, India

Want to engage with wetland communities? Start with sanitation!

Published on: 06/10/2016
An interview with Dr. Ritesh Kumar of Wetlands International South Asia.

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The Dutch Water Bank : a useful model for developing countries?

Published on: 19/05/2016
Valuable lessons for those seeking institutional financial support for water management.

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