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In June and July of 2012, Triple-S underwent a mid-term assessment (MTA). In the months following the MTA process and formal delivery of the report last November, the Triple-S team has been involved in an intensive process of recalibration and replanning. A first version of this recalibration is... Read more...
Stakeholders in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in the Volta Region have met in Ho to discuss the establishment of a platform to enhance sharing of ideas and knowledge in the region. It is to help discuss how best to synchronize projects and initiatives for efficient water and... Read more...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) has reiterated the need for facilities to be functional in order to ensure sustainability of service delivery. That is why efforts by the Triple-S project to monitor issues of functionality has been very laudable. This... Read more...
As part of the commemoration of World Water Day 2013, IRC/Triple-S Uganda paid special attention to functionality of rural water facilities. Together with the Ministry of Water and Environment Rural Water Department, IRC/Triple-S called for increased cooperation among stakeholders as a way of... Read more...
Note: dates have changed from 9-13 September to 25-29 November 2013 This five day course in Amsterdam, The Netherlands gives senior water sector professionals an understanding of the key elements in delivering sustainable rural water services at scale. It provides examples and models from various... Read more...
In January 2013, the Coca-Cola Company joined a diverse group of organisations who signed on to support sustainable WASH services under the WASH Sustainability Charter . Coca-Cola Company is the 100 th signatory for the Charter and is the first Fortune 500 Company to sign. Read more...
Asset management and financial planning for life-cycle costs are two of the most critical systemic failure points in water service delivery, according to Triple-S’ Qualitative Document Analysis (QDA). Triple-S’ QDA is a way to assess whether the rural water sector is moving from building systems... Read more...
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) is coordinating a three week e-discussion on water point mapping, entitled “From data to decision making”. The e-discussion will take place between 21 January and 8 February 2013. Read more...
The Government of Uganda is seeking to borrow US$135 million to finance a Water Management and Development Project. Read more...
Read recent tweets on the life-cycle costs and WASHCost Read more...
Sustaining sanitation is much more expensive than building latrines. The 20-year cost of sustaining a basic level sanitation service per person in WASHCost research areas is anywhere from 5-20 times the cost per person of building the latrine in the first place. Read more...
Amelie Dube, programme officer at IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, discusses the efforts of embedding the life-cycle cost approach at local level in relation to sanitation in Burkina Faso. Read more...
WASHCost Ghana supports the Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) development process and the Sector Strategic Development Plan (SSDP) to have the Life Cycle Costs Approach (LCCA) embedded in the WASH service delivery. Read more...
UNICEF is developing and testing the “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Bottleneck Analysis Tool (WASH-BAT)”. This tool integrates, among others “the approaches and concepts of other recent tools and initiatives in the WASH sector. Read more...
The GLAAS questionnaire on aid disbursements for WASH includes a question on maintaining and improving service levels. Read more...
In partnership with IRC and the Rainwater Harvesting Implementation Network, WASHCost studied the historical trends and drivers of adopting Rain Water Harvesting (RWH). Detailed comparisons are made between life-cycle costs of RWH systems and the life-cycle costs of other water supply systems. Read more...
This guide provides a brief summary of the points to consider in organising and implementing shorts courses. Read more...
Exercises and tools you can use in the training programme. Read more...
Interpersonal and technical facilitation skills Read more...
A list with information that participants will collect as prepation for the modules. Read more...