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For the September 2024 issue of Amplify, we celebrate the retirement of its long-time compiler and editor, Cor Dietvorst, at the end of a Stakhanovite 41-year career! In doing so, we acknowledge the remarkable contributions he has made to IRC and the WASH sector. As the testimonials and links below... Read more...
What we learned by attending the Singapore International Water Week 2024 Read more...
BRAC, IRC, Max Foundation, Simavi and SNV share experiences and identify priority actions for a new Bangladesh platform. Read more...
Testing the Learning Companion's functionality among IRC staff resulted in commendations and innovative suggestions. Read more...
Developing an AI-powered training assistant. Read more...
Members of the South Ari Woreda water safety team visited Arba Minch Town Water Supply and Sewerage Enterprises and were greatly impressed by the high level of professionalism. Read more...
"The master plan provides a strategic tool in bringing all sector actors together around a singular objective." - Magdalene Matthews, Senior Program Officer, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Read more...
Being true to #BlackLivesMatter. Report of an IRC Global Talk. Read more...
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success," Henry Ford famously said. Read more...
When we talk about water and sanitation systems (WASH), it is easy to think only of infrastructure, construction, and toilets… but that is not just what WASH is about. Read more...
A WaterAid thematic review. Read more...
In fact, it turns out we don't. Read more...
Can Agent-Based simulation models help us to improve services in complex WASH systems? Read more...
The answer lies in four strategic changes in water sector governance. Read more...
Exploring the effects of different ways in which a policy can evolve through collaboration in a social system. Read more...
How can I conceptualise and model learning in the rural water supply system in Uganda? Read more...
Creating the capacity to adapt and innovate within national water, sanitation and hygiene sectors Read more...
For the WASH sector as a whole to achieve greater impact, more organisations must address their gaps in organisational capacity and will need to embrace capacity development holistically and more systematically. Read more...
UNICEF and IRC start partnership to improve learning in WASH for better services in West and Central Africa Read more...
Driving, catalysing, supporting, acting as a backbone to foster sector change is what IRC is all about. Read more...