Find out about what IRC is doing and what is going on in the world of water, sanitation and hygiene. Use the filters to narrow down your search.
A new film shows how composting toilets are helping to address the serious water issues facing Tuvalu. The tiny Pacific island nation of just 10,500 inhabitants recently experienced a devastating drought. Septic tank systems are polluting the groundwater and destroying … Read more...
A young woman who sparked a "sanitation revolution" in her village by forcing her husband to build a toilet in their home has been presented with a cheque for 500,000 Rupees (US$ 10,000). Anita Narre of Chichouli village of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh received the award from Union Minister of... Read more...
Seminario organizado por el FHIS y el IRC sobre homologación de modelos de intervención y el uso de datos de costos. Read more...
On 3 May 2012, IRC, CONASA and FHIS organised a seminar on standardisation of intervention models in the Honduran WASH sector. Participants included representatives from governmental agencies and NGOs. Read more about the background, the objectives and the foreseen outcomes of the seminar. Read more...
Waste is a resource in the wrong place. People who have no sewer connection do go to the toilet though urban authorities seem to think differently given the neglect of the multitude of sanitation self-service models that have emerged in many cities. Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) has adopted the Service Delivery Approach to providing rural water and sanitation services in Ghana. Read more...
Le problème de pénurie d’eau qui s’aggrave peut contribuer à l’instabilité politique en Afrique sub-saharienne, a déclaré John Kufuor, chef d’une initiative affiliée à la Banque Mondiale pour améliorer les conditions de vie des pays pauvres. “En situation de pénurie, … Read more...
Retour en 2010, un groupe de chercheurs de haut niveau dans le domaine de l’eau et des dignitaires du Moyen-Orient s’étaient réunis en Suisse pour trouver des solutions pour faire la “paix de l’eau”. La diplomatie fonctionne avec lenteur mais … Read more...
Marking the 10th anniversary of the formation of the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW), the 4th Africa Water Week will celebrate AMCOW's achievements and reflect on opportunities for achieving water security and adequate sanitation in Africa. Over 1,000 participants are expected. Read more...
The April 2012 issue of "Waterspiegel", the magazine of the Association of Dutch Water Companies (VEWIN) features IRC "the memory of the international water sector". Waterspiegel interviewed IRC Director Nico Terra and Senior Programme Officers Christine Sijbesma and Joep Verhagen under the heading... Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) has held its 2011 Annual Review Conference in Kumasi from April 23 to 26, 2012 under the theme “Tracking functionality of WASH facilities - A key to sustainable services”. Participants were drawn from the ten regional offices of CWSA and selected... Read more...
Vida Duti, Triple-S Ghana leader, heads a team of ten people who are hosted by the Community Water and Sanitation Agency. In seven short video clips, Vida talks about how the Ghanaian water sector is moving towards sustainable rural water service delivery. Read more...
The Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment started to strengthen the community based operation & maintenance (O&M) support structures through the formation of Hand Pump Mechanics Associations (HPMAs) in 2011. The HPMAs have to be active in 80% of the districts in the financial year 2011/... Read more...
Une rencontre de “l’actualisation continue” des données relatives à la ressource hydrique, et en prévision de l’état de situation de l’étape 2015 du plan s’est tenue le 25 avril 2012 organisée à Oran par l’Agence de bassin hydrographique Oranie-Chott Chergui … Read more...
Selon indiqué par le ministre de l’Energie, des mines, de l’eau et de l’environnement, Fouad Douiri, les efforts de l’Etat ont contribué à améliorer le taux d’approvisionnement du monde rural en eau potable qui a atteint 92 pc à fin … Read more...
Ministerial delegations from 40 countries have announced serious commitments to tackle the global water and sanitation crisis. Read more...
The Dutch WASH Alliance (DWA) works towards a society in which everybody has access to sustainable water and sanitation. DWA acknowledges that sustainable WASH has at least five dimensions: financial, institutional, environmental, technical and a social (FIETS) dimension, which are adopted in DWA... Read more...
The Country Director of IRC Ghana, Mrs Vida Duti has presented an anecdote of the Road Travelled on piloting the Water Service Delivery Approach in Ghana. Read more...
In 2011 the Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment started to promote the formation of Hand Pump Mechanics Associations (HPMAs) as a way of enhancing sustainability of rural water services. This briefing note highlights the key issues emerging from the process thus far. Read more...
The Country Director of IRC Ghana, Mrs Vida Duti has a presented an anecdote of the Road Travelled in piloting water service delivery approach in Ghana. Read more...