While alignment on a common vision may be a defining aspect of WASH collaborative approaches, some alignment around specific activities is also... Read more...
In Ethiopia's South Ari Woreda, community members have piloted a new approach to improve access to safe water in their communities. Read more...
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...
All the learning alliances continue functioning at generally healthy — albeit varying — levels of interaction, particularly when considering the... 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...
Testing approaches to strengthen the sustainability and performance of WASH service delivery systems. Read more...
During a close out event for USAID's Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership three Ethiopian woredas promised to continue facilitating the learning alliance platforms. 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...
USAID Sustainable WASH Systems learning partnership project (SWS) conducted a document dissemination event in Afar region. 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...
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...
Systems approaches are ongoing processes which take time and require multiple levels of action, both at local as well as at regional and national... Read more...
Measuring change over time in the relationships and network structure of learning alliances in four separate Ethiopian locations in USAID's... Read more...
The South Ari Woreda learning alliance pushed for the establishment of the Gazer Town Water Supply Service Office as a utility to improve water services in the area. Read more...
Supporting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) planning in three pilot woredas in Ethiopia. Read more...
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success," Henry Ford famously said. Read more...