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Finding lasting solutions to Africa's water and sanitation challenges is a key aim of the Fifth Africa Water Week, which will take place from May 26-31 in Dakar, Senegal. IRC will participate in this major regional event and run sessions about the role of local government in sustainable service... Read more...
En prélude du 7ème Forum Mondial de l'Eau qui se tiendra à Daegu (Corée du Sud), Africa Water Forum 2014 réunira du 12 au 14 juin à Ouagadougou plus de 650 participants autour de la question : comment permettre un accès à l'eau et un service d'assainissement pour tous en Afrique ? Read more...
It took high income countries 100 years to universalise the access to water and required long-term and massive public financing. Read more...
Date limite de dépôt des candidatures : 31 juillet 2014 Le cabinet Eau Afrique au Bénin, a lancé la 2ème édition du Prix pour la préservation de l'eau, «OR BLEU», une compétition destinée à relever les meilleures initiatives de préservation des ressources en eau et à récompenser les acteurs,... Read more...
The performance of service providers can have impact on the quality of the service delivered to the water users, a recent IRC/Triple-S Uganda study concludes. Read more...
In-depth analysis of the performance of the whole Service Delivery Model for point water sources in Uganda. Read more...
What does it take - from governments and their partners in development - to create WASH sectors that work? Read the latest blog in the series of four and join the debate on services not gifts by leaving your comments on this page. Read more...
Uganda releases revised Manual to guide water and sanitation projects. Minister of State for Water, the Honourable Betty Bigombe, speaks on the value of a harmonised approach at the Manual's launch. Read more...
L’épouse du Chef de l’Etat du Burkina Faso, Madame Chantal COMPAORE, accueillera le 9 Mai 2014 le sommet des Premières Dames du continent pour la cause de l’Assainissement. Ce sommet sera la première rencontre de la Coalition des Premières Dames d’Afrique pour l’Assainissement (CPDA) Read more...
Thoughts on the integratation of 'aid or development effectiveness' principles into the theme of 'smart investments' for WASH. Read more...
The Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has called on stakeholders in the Rural Water Sub-sector to harmonize their operations and activities to avoid duplication of efforts. Read more...
Promising commitments, shallow discussions but a great depth of optimism for the sector during last week's Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting (HLM) in Washington DC. Read more...
Clearly, the High Level Meeting (HLM) is a massive global undertaking. As an IRC colleague phrased it, the HLM is the “cherry on the cake” that is preceded by a long preparatory process. Whether the HLM delivers the results that justify the gigantic efforts and costs associated with it is to my... Read more...
THE HAGUE, 07 April 2014 – The third Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting will be held at the World Bank in Washington DC on 11 April 2014. The international think-and-do tank IRC announced its commitment statements today. Read more...
In rural Ghana water coverage rates have been rapidly increasing across the country yet there is a real concern about the sustainability of water supply systems. Ensuring a systematic approach to asset management is therefore becoming more important. However, it is unclear which asset management... Read more...
This paper presents lessons learnt on improving learning in the WASH sector through resource centre networks in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Honduras, Nepal... Read more...
For deciding where to invest, how to sustain and improve water and sanitation services and for understanding which policies and strategies work, both... Read more...
Factsheet presenting the indicators and benchmarks as developed by CWSA, in collaboration with Triple-S and WASH stakeholders in Ghana. Read more...