Read "Driving change : strengthening local systems in the water and sanitation sectors" Read more...
Three factors – legitimacy of the collaborative, aligning activities within clear mandates, and demonstrating value – all work together to secure... Read more...
Lessons from the USAID Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership (SWS) in Ethiopia and Uganda (2016-2021) Read more...
This legacy page gives a brief overview of the project approach and flagship publications. Read more...
Insights, tips, and advice to improve public services like water and sanitation through multi-stakeholder collective action and action research. Read more...
Kabarole District and IRC Uganda wrap up a successful Sustainable WASH Systems (SWS) learning partnership , a collaborative project that has harnessed decentralised systems and structures to strengthen rural water supply and small-town sanitation services. Read more...
IRC's role as learning alliance facilitator, providing funding and expert advice, has proven to be effective in fostering solutions, development and collective action among district stakeholders in Uganda. Read more...
This article demonstrates the effectiveness of facilitation of a learning alliance by a non-governmental organization providing funding and expert... Read more...
The report identifies the strengths and weaknesses that emerged during the development of the district master plan and provides recommendations to... Read more...
Successful pathways secured uptake by government and had flexible programming. Read more...
Video sharing reflections from facilitators and participants of learning alliances in Ethiopia and Uganda
Read more...In this video from Sustainable WASH Systems partner IRC WASH, we learn about Learning Alliances and how they are building strong local systems in... Read more...
Recording of a webinar on lessons learned after nearly four years of intensive research on the use of collective action in WASH by the USAID-... Read more...
The two utility models present in Kabarole outperformed the community management model, with the existing national utility demonstrating greater... Read more...
This is a report of the research study commissioned by IRC Uganda to investigate whether the Pay-As-You-Fetch (PAYF) model incentivises preventive... Read more...
This research brief presents a definition of collective action approaches and a working typology of the range of related approaches. Read more...
This learning brief summarizes the application and use of social network analysis (SNA) in the Sustainable WASH Systems (SWS) Learning Partnership in... Read more...
Sharing, learning and collaborating at the University of Colorado annual WASH Symposium. Read more...
Results from stakeholders workshops in Ethiopia and Uganda indicate that a more intentional focus on factor interactions in WASH systems could lead... Read more...
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success," Henry Ford famously said. Read more...