Para Todos, Por Siempre (Everyone, Forever) is an initiative to promote universal access to sustainable water and sanitation services in some 28 municipalities in Honduras. IRC is one of the partners in this initiative. Read more...
Après un processus de travail intensif, nous avons pu lancer, fin 2013, notre nouvelle identité institutionnelle qui traduit mieux notre rôle de think-and-do-tank, utilisant les connaissances comme catalyseur de changements au profit des populations. Read more...
Water provision is one of the most complex services to be provided and maintained in a refugee camp. Given the fact that water is essential for people's health, it is very important for donors and implementing partners to guarantee a proper level of water service to everyone everyday. Read more...
IRC will contribute to the Stockholm World Water Week which takes place from 31 August to 5 September 2014. We are launching the WASHCost book, co-convening a number of sessions and running a booth together with Water For People in the exhibition hall. Read more...
The rural water and sanitation sub sector of Ghana is on a positive trajectory towards establishing an inventory of rural and small-towns water systems across the country and a continuous service monitoring process that will enable the sector to measure and report on access, functionality and... Read more...
This paper describes IRC's experience and lessons learned in conducting Capacity Self-Assessment (CSA) workshops as part of the SHAW programme in... Read more...
Two approaches to Operation and Maintenance of rural water facilities - a comparative analysis Read more...
IRC is leading a unique public-private partnership to test a recently developed ProCleanse water filter for households. The filter which can process around five gallons of clean water an hour and lasts for 10 years without the use of chemicals or components replacement will be tested in Ghana. The... Read more...
Dans ce premier d'une série de trois articles, le Directeur général d'IRC Patrick Moriarty évoque le prochain grand défi : le rôle crucial du financement public et du leadership gouvernemental Read more...
In most countries in West Africa, involvement of local authorities has increased over the past years to ensure the provision of basic services, among them drinking water and sanitation. Municipalities are now in charge of planning, organizing, managing, regulating and monitoring. Especially around monitoring a lot of work still has to be done. What exactly is monitoring and evaluation? What are the benefits? Who is in charge of monitoring in municipalities? and what support do municipalities get in developing monitoring systems? This film tries to answer these questions by letting those involved in water and sanitation services in rural areas speak.
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Au Burkina Faso, comme dans la plupart des pays du continent africain, l’implication des autorités locales s’est grandement accrue ces dernières années pour assurer la fourniture des services de base dont l’eau potable et l’assainissement. La commune a désormais en charge la planification, l’organisation, la gestion, la régulation et le suivi-évaluation des services. Concernant le suivi-évaluation, force est de constater que le vaste chantier est encore en friche. En quoi consiste justement ce suivi-évaluation ? Quel intérêt présente-t-il dans la gouvernance des services ? Qui se charge de ce suivi-évaluation dans les communes ? De quels appuis bénéficient les communes pour développer ce suivi-évaluation ?
Le film tente de répondre à cette série de questions complexes en donnant la parole aux acteurs impliqués dans l’approvisionnement en services d’eau potable et d’assainissement en milieu rural : acteurs communaux, opérateurs privés, administration publique et ONG.
Le film, au-delà des témoignages, se veut un outil stimulant la réflexion sur les enjeux et les problématiques du suivi-évaluation communal qui seront examinés au cours des travaux du séminaire international sur le suivi-évaluation des services locaux d’eau potable et d’assainissement en Afrique de l’ouest, prévu à Ouagadougou, du 7 au 9 avril 2014.
Read more...Scaling up rural sanitation in India depends on strong commitment by all the States and Districts to empower communities to take a leadership role in... Read more...
This note draws on findings from Uganda and Zambia to provide guidance on dealing with the particular needs of the disabled in community-led total... Read more...
Vergnet Hydro, a specialized company looking for sustainable solutions for drinking water supply in developing countries, had to be represented at the WASH Sustainability Forum 2014 in Amsterdam. The theme was tools for evaluation and monitoring of development activities in water, sanitation and... Read more...
VERGNET HYDRO société spécialisée dans la recherche de solutions durables pour l'approvisionnement en eau potable des populations des pays en voie de développement se devait d'être présente à Amsterdam au Wash sustainability forum de 2014 (30 juin et 1er juillet). Read more...
Universal coverage of water, sanitation and hygiene looks set to be included in the Sustainable Development Goals. What finally ends up in these goals will determine the agenda for the WASH sector for decades to come. Read more...
Functionality of rural water systems remains a big challenge and an impediment to reliable rural water services in Northern Uganda. Read more...
In an effort to improve functionality of water systems the Lira District Hand Pump Mechanics Association has introduced a new approach to prompt water users to demand operation and maintenance services. Read more...