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Un taux de couverture élevé ne garantit pas un bon accès des usagers à l'eau potable d'eau. C'est le principal constat à retenir des fiches d'information sur les niveaux de services reçus par près de 55000 villageois localisés dans huit communes du Sahel burkinabè (Arbinda, Dori, Gorgadji, Mansila... Read more...
Asset management is "the combination of management, financial, economic, engineering and other practices applied to physical assets with the objective of providing the required level of service in the most cost-effective manner" (National Asset Management Steering Group, 2006). In practical terms... Read more...
La nouvelle norme expérimentale XP T 90-223 détermine une méthode générale de dosage de certains médicaments et métabolites contenus dans des échantillons d'eaux destinées à la consommation humaine, aux eaux souterraines et aux eaux de surface en utilisant une technique de chromatographie. Read more...
La nouvelle norme expérimentale XP T 90-223 détermine une méthode générale de dosage de certains médicaments et métabolites contenus dans des échantillons d'eaux destinées à la consommation humaine, aux eaux souterraines et aux eaux de surface en utilisant une technique de chromatographie. Une... Read more...
Life-cycle costs represent the aggregate costs of ensuring delivery of adequate, equitable and sustainable WASH services indefinitely to a population in a specified area. These costs include: Capital expenditure on hardware and software (CapEx) Operating and minor maintenance expenditure (OpEx)... Read more...
The third group of Indian officials led by Saraswati Prasad IAS, Joint Secretary, and Government of India is in IRC for a two-week training course and exposure visit on sustainable services that last. Read more...
From 9 to 11 April 2013, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre organised the Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more...
This page gives an overview of the papers and presentations that were provided on topic 1 of the 2013 symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more...
This page gives an overview of the papers and presentations that were provided on topic 2 of the 2013 symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more...
This page gives an overview of the papers and presentations that were provided on topic 3 of the 2013 symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more...
This page gives an overview of the papers and presentations that were provided on topic 4 of the 2013 symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more...
This page gives an overview of the papers and presentations that were provided on topic 5 of the 2013 symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more...
This page gives an overview of the papers and presentations that were provided on topic 6 of the 2013 symposium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more...
Capacity support refers to support activities towards water service authorities and includes, the provision of technical assistance, monitoring and training of service authority staff around the key functions they are responsible for. Read more...
This includes the structured support activities to service providers as well as to users or user groups. This may be provided in a variety of ways by either local governments directly, by regional utility agencies, specialized agencies or external contractors or a by combination of these modalities. Read more...
A 'learning sector’ is one that engages in continuous learning and reflection and is thus able to adapt to changing circumstances and demands. Building a learning sector with the capacity to continuously innovate, evolve and adapt based on evidence is a must for delivering sustainable services and... Read more...
Alternative service provider options refer to models such as self-supply and public-private partnerships, that are a departure from the conventional model of community-based management that has tended to dominate rural water supplies. Read more...
The professionalisation of community based-management means moving away from an approach based purely on volunteerism, towards a more professional, competent and effective management of rural water services working to agreed standards, and with greater transparency and accountability. Read more...
Le projet de constitution tunisienne en cours d’élaboration par l’assemblée nationale constituante, élue en octobre 2011, tel que diffusé dans sa version officielle du 22 avril 2013, semble confirmer la tendance visant à reconnaitre le droit à l’eau en tant que droit constitutionnel. En effet, l’... Read more...
Ce forum annuel, coordonné par EAA, a débuté en Décembre 2011 à Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso. La 3ème édition du Forum de Haut Niveau, organisée en collaboration avec le gouvernement de la Côte d’Ivoire, se tiendra du 21 au 23 Novembre 2013 à Abidjan. Read more...