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Financing for the water and environment sector in Uganda has shown a declining trend since 2008, leading to a reduction in funding for key aspects of water supply services. Read more...
Why do we need a specific focus on sanitation in urban areas? In its assessment of the achievement of the water and sanitation Millennium Development Goals, the Joint Monitoring Programme notes that the world has fallen short of its sanitation targets. Still some 2.4 billion people lack access to... Read more...
With two prestigious humanitarian innovation fund awards and major organisations that collaborate, the humanitarian response platform KnowledgePoint can prepare to scale up in the future. Tim Kent, Project Manager for KnowledgePoint, looks back at a successful start. Read more...
IRC is preparing several sessions for the upcoming World Water Week in Stockholm from 23 - 28 August 2015. An IRC delegation will attend: IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty; IRC Burkina Faso Country Director Juste Nansi; Head International and Innovation Programme Catarina Fonseca, Coordinator of Research... Read more...
L'élaboration de la 2eme Stratégie de la croissance accélérée du développement durable (2016-2020) prévoit l'organisation de larges et inclusives concertations. Read more...
In 2014, IRC/Triple-S undertook a water service monitoring survey in Kabarole district to establish the level of water service received by users. The survey was done within the framework of the new Service Delivery Indicators, which were proposed by the Triple-S Initiative to complement the... Read more...
On the 23 April 2015, a technical discussion was held at the Jupiter hotel in Addis Ababa to debate the findings of a study "Private Sector Landscape for WASH in Ethiopia – Bottlenecks and opportunities" commissioned by UNICEF and undertaken by IRC within the scope of the DFID-funded One WASH Plus... Read more...
To contribute towards the enhancement of monitoring rural water service delivery in Uganda, IRC/Triple-S undertook to develop a set of Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs). The proposed SDIs complement the national golden indicators, which provide information on general aspects of rural water... Read more...
You must know about the culture and beliefs of communities before co-creating solutions with them. Read more...
How can a community-based approach help ensure sustainable urban sanitation services? Read more...
Since the first ever International Conference On MHM was hosted in Uganda in August 2014, there have been unrelenting efforts to break the silence on menstruation and address the subject more openly. Most recently, the MHM Coalition in Uganda committed to continue promoting the right of girls and... Read more...
In 2011 the Ministry of Water and Environment in Uganda adopted a strategy of establishing district based Hand Pump Mechanics Associations (HPMAs) to strengthen Operation and Maintenance of rural water systems and increase functionality of rural water sources. IRC Uganda has been working closely... Read more...
Deze week vindt de derde VN-Conferentie Finance for Development plaats in Addis Abeba, Ethiopië. Minister Lilianne Ploumen zal spreken, ook IRC is er bij. De hamvraag is: Hoe gaan we de nieuwe ontwikkelingsdoelen betalen? Read more...
Safe drinking water and sanitation is a human right, but it's going to be costly. How serious are world leaders to reach everyone by 2030? And where will the money come from? Read more...
This event aims at sketching out a change agenda and describes what is needed to go to scale. Worldwide there are several successful social enterprises that are providing safe water via water kiosks, chlorine dispensors, decentralised chlorine production or production and sales of household water... Read more...
Side event on Financing Universal Access to Water and Sanitation Services by 2030. 15th of July 2015 10.00-12.30 The 2015 Global Risks report of the World Economic Forum identifies the occurrence of 'Water Crises' as the number one global risk in terms of impact and number eight in terms of... Read more...
Le jeudi 25 juin 2015 s'est tenu à Ouagadougou, à l'initiative du Secrétariat Permanent des ONG ( SPONG ),un atelier réunissant 25 experts du secteur pour examiner les engagements nationaux et internationaux de l'État burkinabè en matière d'eau potable et d'assainissement. Leurs constats sont... Read more...
Ce document résume 4 semaines de e-discussion sur les autorités locales et la pérennisation des services d'eau en zones rurales. Read more...
IRC Ghana Country Director Vida Duti will be one of the speakers at the philanthropy platform in Accra. Read more...
Ghana was one of the 50+ countries selected to host national consultations to contribute to defining potential priorities for the Post-2015 Development Agenda, as well to reflect on issues of implementation and the 'how', while drawing lessons for localization of the Sustainable Development Goals (... Read more...