Former president of Kenya, HE Mwai Kibaki, officially launched the Millennium Water Alliance-Kenya strategic plan last week in Nairobi and called for efficient and effective water governance. IRC is a partner in the Millennium Water Alliance. Read more...
How can public finance be used effectively together with philanthropy/aid as well as private finance to support sustainable services at scale? Read more...
'Collective impact is the commitment of a group of actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a complex social problem'. Read more...
The second edition of Africa Works! showcased several successful examples of public private partnerships (PPPs) between Dutch and African organisations. In his opening speech the Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation, Mr. Christiaan Rebergen, said that PPPs are the way forward... Read more...
In 2013, IRC/ Triple-S Uganda conducted an assessment of the performance of the Service Delivery Model for point water sources. Findings show that there was generally a low service levels but ironically, users were satisfied. This working paper attempts to explain the reasons for that paradox. Read more...
C’est avec grand plaisir que nous annonçons la mise à disposition gratuite de l’eBook Priceless ! détaillant les coûts réels de l’eau et de l’assainissement. Vous pourrez télécharger cette publication WASHCost à partir de septembre 2014 sur le site IRCWASH. Read more...
Eliza Anyangwe du Guardian s’entretient avec le directeur général d’IRC Patrick Moriarty sur le financement par les bailleurs et la défaillance à grande échelle des projets d’eau à court terme – constatée partout dans le monde. Read more...
Within the context of the Ghana WASH Window (GWW), a delegation of 15 Ghanaian companies /NGOs/knowledge Institutions and 7 government officials were received by the Netherlands Water Partnership in the first week of October 2014 (29 sept. -3 Oct.). Read more...
A 2-week training programme to introduce Water Services that Last and Costing Sustainable Services curricula to BSc students and educational staff of the University Eduardo Mondlane - Rural Engineering School was held in March 2014. Read more...
Life-cycle cost approach has been adapted to cost the provision of water services to refugees in camps Read more...
The Guardian's Eliza Anyangwe speaks with IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty on donor funding and short-term water projects that break down on a massive scale around the world. Read more...
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...
IRC in Uganda is supporting the sector in important steps towards a service delivery approach and improved rural water services. The IRC-led Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) initiative has been working closely with actors throughout the sector to catalyse change. 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...
Two approaches to Operation and Maintenance of rural water facilities - a comparative analysis Read more...
We are delighted to announce that the WASHCost e-book, Priceless! Uncovering the real costs of water and sanitation, is available for free download on IRCWASH from September 2014. 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...
17 septembre 2014 : "Les limites de l'aide, l'avenir du commerce" ? Quel est le rôle des ONGs et du secteur privé sur les programmes d'aide et de commerce des gouvernements ? Read more...
IRC's tools for monitoring change at the 2014 WASH Sustainability Forum. Read more...