Learning alliances are one of the ways that IRC supports WASH stakeholders to innovate, coordinate and collaborate. At the UN Water conference on 8-10 January 2013, in Zaragoza, Spain IRC shared lessons from SWITCH. Read more...
A vision for water management and water related services in the city of Accra of the future, a comprehensive situational analysis, and strategic... Read more...
This Triple-S Working Paper presents the Triple-S Principles Framework and the key concepts behind it. It provides a description of how the Principle... Read more...
From its onset, the Triple-S project worked on the understanding that sustainability of rural water services cannot be achieved through a single entity but rather through strategic partnerships that work to address concerns of the entire sector. One of the methods through which the project would... Read more...
The Philippine government – together with the World Bank, the United Nations through the Millennium Development Goal Achievement Fund (MDG-F) and other development partners – have launched a ‘local water governance toolbox’. The toolbox is aimed at small-scale water service providers (SSWPs) with... Read more...
Guidelines for scenario building, with some examples of water and sanitation scenarios for the city of Accra developed in August 2007 by the SWITCH... Read more...
This paper summarises findings from a recent study of the status of rural water supply in some thirteen countries, which aimed to identify commonalities in both challenges and opportunities to rural water supply in countries as diverse as the USA, India, Honduras and Ghana. It spans a developmental... Read more...
The Middle East is likely to plunge into a serious humanitarian crisis due to depletion of water resources, unless remedial measures are introduced urgently, says a new report [1]. The Strategic Foresight Group prepared the report, "The Blue Peace", with support from the Swiss Agency for... Read more...
Booklet providing an explanation of the conceptual background to the EMPOWERS approach to water governance, outlining the changing role of the expert... Read more...
Guidelines, methods and tools for use in processes of planning and dialogue within and between local and intermediate levels. Read more...
EMPOWERS has signed four agreements in Jordan to improve water and sanitation services in the Balqa Governorate, including three with village organisations. Read more...
This review paper was prepared by IRC at the request of the Directorate of International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the... Read more...
To consolidate desk research and field studies and to provide guidance on community management of water supply and sanitation systems, IRC in... Read more...