The Service Delivery Index in 5 slides, originally presented at the 2013 Triple-S Annual Review and Planning Meeting. Read more...
Learning Alliances: what, why, how, who?, Uganda from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre Read more...
Elder Joe is the proud secretary of a water committee managing a handpump on the outskirts of Odumase town in Ghana. But the committee would rather manage a different type of system. Read more...
The costs of getting spare parts for handpumps can sometimes be higher than the costs of the parts. But a new SMS-based system might help. Read more...
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Professor (Mrs) Esi Awuah has stated that lack of knowledge in the WASH sector, coupled with corruption and nepotism has been the cause of poor service delivery in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in Ghana. Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) in Ghana is developing a framework for assessing and monitoring water services. Read more...
Existing coordination platforms in Uganda are largely for sector coordination, performance review and accountability and do not focus explicitly on... Read more...
In March 2012, UNICEF and WHO announced that the Millennium Development Goal for water had been met. But that's just the start. Read more...
USAID and Rotary International's development and adoption of the powerful Sustainability Index Tool is great news. Read more...
The Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) announces the Mole XXIV Conference. The key objective of the conference is to take stock, share experiences and draw synergies to find sustainable solutions to the current sanitation crises. Read more...
This is great news and fantastic to see USAID adopting and promoting this approach which aims to really track and better understand the underlying causes of poor sustainability in the WASH sector. Read more...
I cannot resist visiting the odd water works or taking photographs of the local water and sanitation facilities during my holidays. Read more...
Triple-S Ghana shares results of the baseline assessment of the status of service levels, service providers and support functions, in Akatsi, Sunyani West and East Gonja districts in the Volta, Brong Ahafo and Northern regions respectively. Read more...
How can NGOs and governments work together more effectively to ensure water services that last? A Uganda dialogue identifies concrete steps to improve coordination and joint learning. Read more...
Inexpensive mobile networks, smart phones, and apps. They are already transforming lives and livelihoods across the developing world. Can they transform water services too? Read more...
Stockholm World Water Week Seminar to address how ICT can improve transparency and accountability. Nick Dickinson, author of Triple-S Working Paper ‘Using ICT for monitoring', to present. Read more...
A capacity building workshop on Service Delivery Approach (SDA) and Life Cycle Cost Approach (LCCA) for selected District Assembly staff has been held in Akatsi in the Volta Region. Read more...
A ‘User Satisfaction Survey’ of water users has been carried out in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region. The survey is to determine how satisfied water users are with services delivered by service providers in the district. Read more...
“There is the need for sector learning to address challenges facing the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in Ghana,” says Regional Director of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency. Read more...