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In Ouagadougou, the WASHCost team found an example of how the water sector could be organized, by looking at existing initiatives using the life-cycle cost approach. Read more...
A short film showing how WASHCost Mozambique calculated the costs of building a traditional latrine. Read more...
IRC's Marieke Adank kicked off the seminar, bringing together 23 participants from 17 different organisations with a short video to get everyone up to speed on the concept of MUS, and with an outline on the backgorund and the objectives of the event: to share, to collaborate and to develop joint... Read more...
Presentation on pumps and businesses by Tom de Veer, Connect International. Read more...
The Sunyani District has embarked on a second round of data collection on functionality and service levels. Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) and the Triple-S project Ghana, has met with stakeholders in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector to discuss issues on sustaining water service delivery in the sector. It was under the theme: “Sustaining Water Service Delivery: Innovations... Read more...
BRAC's 2012 Annual Report includes highlights from the "largest NGO-led [WASH] project of its kind in the world". These include increased coverage, the introduction of innovative monitoring tools, action research on low-cost sanitation and the use of faecal waste as organic fertiliser. Read more...
Karim Barro est un technicien au programme d'approvisionnement en eau potable du Centre-Nord, un projet financé par l'ADF. Durant l'année 2010, il a participé activement au premier projet de suivi-évaluation du programme d'application de la réforme (PAR), dans 5 provinces du Burkina. Dans ce court... Read more...
« On ne payera plus leurs factures », ont répliqué des pères de familles résidant au quartier du 11-Décembre 1960, en colère contre l’épineuse problématique des coupures d’eau potable. Read more...
Des préparatifs sont en cours auprès des services de la Société nationale d’exploitation et de distribution de l’eau (SONEDE), des services d’ingénierie rurale du Commissariat régional du développement agricole (CRDA) et de la Société tunisienne de l’électricité et du gaz … Read more...
Partage d'expériences sur le monitoring des services publics d'eau potable, identification d'indicateurs, mise en place d'un dispositif de collecte et d'analyse de données, partage des rôles des différents acteurs... Les 11 et 12 juin 2013, réunis à Ouagadougou, sous l'initiative du Centre... Read more...
Le Secours Catholique et la Fondation Caritas France ont réalisé un site web inédit et performant www.wikiwater.fr sur les moyens d’accès à l’eau et à l’assainissement les mieux adaptés aux populations les plus démunies. Il a été mis en ligne grâce à l’appui de la Fondation Caritas France et de... Read more...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="155"] Photo : Wikiwater[/caption] Le Secours Catholique et la Fondation Caritas France ont réalisé un site web inédit et performant www.wikiwater.fr sur les moyens d’accès à l’eau et à l’assainissement les mieux adaptés aux populations les plus démunies. Il a... Read more...
On Monday 8, 2013 April the Ministry of Water and Energy of the Government of Ethiopia hosted the seminar "Ethiopia's National WASH Inventory (NWI): lessons learned and maximising value", in the Hilton Addis Ababa Hotel. Read more...
A new tool makes it possible to test where sector-wide water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) policies and practices are strong and where improvements can be made. It has been developed by the Triple-S programme of the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. Read more...
Rather than installing more pumps or building more latrines, NGO Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Canada aims to build a more effective sector. A new case study examines their strategy and the results. Read more...
Uganda has done well in terms of expanding coverage but, like many countries, it struggles to sustain water services. What do those involved say about the challenges and possible solutions? Read more...
Dr. Peter Morgan has been named the 2013 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for his lifelong dedication to improving sanitation and water technologies for the poor. H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden will present the prize to Dr. Morgan at a Royal Award Ceremony during the 2013 World Water Week in... Read more...
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) discussion forum on Dgroups has two monitoring-related subgroups: one on Country-led Monitoring and the other on Water Point Mapping. Read more...
IRC and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have been supporting El Salvador, Honduras and Paraguay to develop and implement rural water monitoring systems. Read more...