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Everybody has a right to access to clean, safe, affordable and reliable drinking water and sanitation services. But how to translate a human right into practice? The handbook on the human rights to water and sanitation provides guidance. Read more...
30 and 31 March 2015 IRC will host the Multiple Use water Services Group meeting in The Hague, the Netherlands. The goal of the meeting is to identify the potential contributions of a MUS perspective to the water resource management and water tenure debates, in particular ongoing global efforts to... Read more...
IRC is proud to be a 'knowledge partner' in the BRAC WASH programme, reaching millions in Bangladesh. Partnering for sustained impact is not only about sharing expertise, but putting knowledge and skills to work for the BRAC WASH mission and priorities. Our role is to advise, support and facilitate... Read more...
The IRC Ghana team together with the Government hosted a sustainability forum as a final activity of the Triple-S project and as a formal start-up of the new initiative "Local Government Capacity Support for WASH". The latter is the project that is following up Triple-S and bringing together CWSA,... Read more...
A framework for monitoring sustainable water services has been developed and successfully tested in three districts in Ghana. The framework supports the transition from a focus on counting water systems to monitoring services provided and sustained and is now being scaled up to 8 of the country's... Read more...
Triple-S Uganda and the Ministry of Water and Environment reviewed and updated the District Implementation Manual (DIM)—a sector document that sets standards and guidelines for water sanitation and hygiene activities at decentralised level. Read more...
How do you set up a reliable water supply system when an area is facing ten months of extreme drought every year? How do you make sure that the one thing that matters, your cattle, stay alive? "You start planning for the worst." Read more...
Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) has led a process of learning and innovation to improve rural water service delivery in Ghana and Uganda. Each experiment has documented, results and recommendations shared with stakeholders in the two countries. In addition, the progress on the innovation... Read more...
In Ghana and Uganda, Triple-S has run a range of experiments to improve water service delivery. Taken together, these experiments were expected to contribute to the sustainability and quality of rural water services and to build sector capacity for future innovation and informed policy making. Read more...
A Sustainability Forum will take place in Ghana this week, focusing on gains made on sustainable services and on WASH partnerships for the future. Since its inception in 2009, the Triple-S project has worked together with the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), partner districts Akatsi,... Read more...
This Triple-S experiment sought to improve the reliability of water services in Ghana through the application and testing of an SMS (short message service) module for reporting hand pump breakdowns, linking with Area Mechanics and spare parts outlets, and ordering and paying for spare parts. The... Read more...
DEN HAAG, 4 februari 2015 - WASH IT! kondigt trots aan dat zij geselecteerd is als een van de 25 strategische partners van het Nederlandse Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken voor 2016-2020. Read more...
2014 was the year in which we got more insight into how rural water supply systems are doing in Honduras. The situation isn't as bad as often thought. Most water systems are working and water is flowing. But a significant portion face problems with for example water quality. And many water... Read more...
WaterAid and the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation and Ministry of Urban Development are organizing a 3-day India WASH Summit from 16-18 February, 2015, at the India International Centre, New Delhi. The first event of its kind, it will bring together some 300 participants including... Read more...
IRC country director of Uganda, Jane Nabunnya Mulumba reflects back on 2014 and sets her goals for the coming year: building on the legacy of Triple-S and reaching the national targets for water and sanitation coverage Read more...
Save the date! IRC Event March 4th, 2015, 17.00-18.30, The Hague. This year, the Sustainable Development Goals will be agreed upon by the UN Member States. Come and discuss what is new, what is different and what does it mean for the different organisations working in the sector. Go to our Events... Read more...
This year, the UN will launch the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How will they differ from the existing Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and what will the implications be for the sector? One of the main differences between the MDGs and SDGs is the focus on universal access as compared... Read more...
The long-awaited date for the fourth AfricaSan has been confirmed: May 2015. This path-breaking conference will this year continue to raise the priority of sanitation amongst the new generation of political leaders. Read more...
IRC, in partnership with Royal Haskoning-DHV is supporting the implementation of the Extension and Improvement of Water Supply Services in Chuquiaguillo, La Paz, Bolivia. The contribution of IRC is in strengthening the institutional capacity of the utility, EPSAS (Public and Social Water and... Read more...
We have started the final year for reaching the Millennium Development Goals, including the one aiming to provide safe water for and access to sanitation for half the world population. The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme of BRAC is one of the largest sanitation implementation... Read more...