Links to the websites of the members of the WASH Information Consortium. Read more...
“Why bother about WASH technologies? Current discourse is on sustainable service delivery monitoring and governance. Many WASH technologies, such as the India Mark II handpump and the VIP latrine, were successfully adopted and have improved the lives of millions. However, not all promising WASH... 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...
In November 2012 we conducted a series of interviews at national and woreda level on the links, or missing links, between the WASH sector and micro-finance institutes. There is collaboration between micro-finance institutes (MFIs) and the WASH sector, with MFIs supporting the sector to get money to... 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...
This Learning and Exchange Workshop will focus on the relative role of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), with a geographical focus on West Africa. The workshop will be held from 12 - 14 November 2013 in Cotonou, Benin. Read more...
An animation illustrating the relationship between life-cycle costs and the service delivered. Read more...
In the three Northwest provinces of Dien Bien, Lao Cai and Lai Chau in Vietnam, with some of the highest poverty and lowest access to services in the nation, the SSH4A project is working to increase capacity and provide tools and expertise. Read more...
Dr Kurian Baby, IRC India Country Director, discussed the issue of water security in India. Read more...
Vibhu Nair, Founder of CEC, made a presentation on change management based on the transformation of Tamil Nadu’s Water Supply and Drainage Board. Read more...
AIDMI’s Mihir Bhatt’s presentation touched upon the absence of disaster mitigation strategies that take into account water access and delivery. Read more...
Prof Ratna Reddy presented on a life-cycle costs approach (LCCA) as a means to achieving sustainable service delivery. Though various components of LCCA are not new, Prof Reddy reported that life-cycle costs are often not considered in budgeting for WASH. Read more...
Addis Ababa, 9-11 April 2013 - Monitoring is a critical building block for sustaining water and sanitation services. Which water and sanitation system are exactly out there? What is the status of these systems? Knowing is necessary for correcting, adapting, and planning for sustainable WASH service... Read more...
In an interview on World Water Day 2013 IRC's director Nico Terra talks about the post-2015 MDG agenda in which water has become a separate goal. Read more...
This year main events around World Water Day 2013 will take place in The Hague, The Netherlands. IRC will be actively involved in these celebrations. On 21 March WaterCouch.tv will be launched, and on World Water Day itself a high level meeting will be held where the WSSCC and IRC will co-convene a... Read more...
We’re only one week away from the big event: “Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery Symposium” in Addis Ababa Ethiopia! Come and be part of a global symposium on monitoring sustainable WASH service delivery. Attend presentations, debates, trainings, and technology demo-spaces. Read more...
The sanitation service delivery approach is a conceptual approach that focuses on sanitary practices by all during the entire life-cycle of the human excreta disposal. The services relate to the first promotion of Open Defecation Free (ODF) and toilets to the final end disposal or productive use of... Read more...
Developing the capacities of the staff (governmental and non-government) as well as the private sector is important part of governance. The full range of capacities needs to cover the full cycle of sanitation services. Read more...
Transparency (openness) and integrity (honesty) aim to counteract corruption. The Oxford Dictionary defines corrupt as having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain. Read more...
Haga clic aquí para navegar rápidamente a las entradas de biblioteca WASH para América Latina y el Caribe. Read more...