WASH Systems Academy
A dynamic online platform to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach.
Register for courses below.
Welcome to the WASH Systems Academy!
A dynamic online platform to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach.
Register for courses below.
Welcome to the WASH Systems Academy!
The WASH Systems Academy is an online learning platform developed to empower professionals around the world with the knowledge and tools they need to create lasting water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services for all.
Access to water, sanitation and hygiene forms the very foundation of a healthy and dignified life. It is essential to improved health, education and livelihoods. Yet around the world, 2.1 billion people lack access to safe water and 4.5 billion people are without safe sanitation.
Ensuring WASH services last, needs holistic thinking and strong systems in place. Now, with the WASH Systems Academy free online courses, everyone can get to know the basics of how to deliver resilient water and sanitation services and be part of the change needed to leave no one behind. Let's build strong WASH systems together. Register for one of our courses below!
Interactive, engaging and free—the WASH Systems Academy makes driving for change for this human right fun and available to all. Listen to podcasts, watch animations, connect with others in the forums, create your own materials and much more! Watch this video to see what the academy has to offer:
Join us for our very first course! WASH systems strengthening: the basics will be your introduction to everything you need to know about system thinking and WASH. This foundational course consists of 9 interactive and engaging sessions dedicated to topics such as the origins and rationale for a systems strengthening approach, hygiene promotion, service ladders, how to leave no one one behind—among many other topics. You will also learn about the building blocks of the WASH system; what they are and how they collectively create sustainable WASH systems.
By the end of the basic course of the Academy you will have a solid understanding of:
If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. Read more about the basics course.
Registration is now open to all! Choose from one of the following 2-week sessions:
We would like to thank the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands for funding the development of the WASH Systems Academy and this basic course on WASH systems strengthening.
When WASH systems are strong and resilient they deliver services that meet people's needs. When they are weak, services are poor, unreliable or fail altogether. The WASH systems strengthening approach looks at the WASH system as a whole, through the lens of 9 critical "building blocks" as monitoring, finance and policy and legislation. Each session in this course focuses on one of these building blocks of a sustainable system. Read more about the specialist course.
Specialist course: Financing resilient WASH systems - expected March 2020
Specialist course: Driving change for strong WASH systems - expected June 2020
The WASH Systems Academy is a collaborative platform. Many organisations in the WASH sector are already engaged in strengthening WASH systems, so let's combine efforts to accelerate systems change!
There is a possibility to join us in developing new upcoming specialist courses. We are looking for collaborators for the following new specialist courses:
If you enjoyed our sessions, you can also join us in upcoming courses to stimulate discussions in the course fora—we are looking for course facilitators. We also welcome any relevant and useful materials and suggestions on how we can improve. For this or any of the above send an email to training@ircwash.org
WASH Systems Academy is a platform initiated by IRC and set-up with funding from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
