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A WASH system is made up of different people and organisations, so it's important that they all work well together. Enter the role of the Hub, a person or organisation that connects, coordinates, and unites people around a common vision. Meet these systems agents driving the change required to ensure clean water and safe sanitation and hygiene for everyone and learn about the importance of a hub.
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A vision of 100% access to water and sanitation is a powerful idea that many political leaders have won elections with. A systems approach requires us to know the importance of political buy-in and strong leadership. Meet these systems agents driving the change required to ensure clean water and safe sanitation and hygiene for everyone and learn about the importance of political buy-in and leadership.
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Achieving the sustainable development goal for water and sanitation is hard to imagine. The first step is to work out the steps needed to get there. Meet these systems agents driving the change required to ensure clean water and safe sanitation and hygiene for everyone.
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'Political leadership is the 'sine qua non' to achieving success in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector.'..an absolute necessity. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources in Ghana, is an optimist. 'I am convinced that the targets are achievable. If we do the proper road mapping and engage all stakeholders who are involved in this delivery...to ensure that all people living, everywhere, in every nook and cranny are informed of the change we want.' Watch the video, and learn more about the steps Ghana is making towards delivering safe water and clean toilets for all.
This keynote speech was delivered at the All systems go! WASH systems symposium 12-14 March 2019.: https://www.ircwash.org/symposium
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The last of 4 videos on the lessons learnt during the SMARTerWASH project: 2013-2016.
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Third of 4 videos on the lessons learnt during the SMARTerWASH project: 2013-2016.
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Second of 4 videos on the lesson learnt during the SMARTerWASH project: 2013-2016.
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First of 4 videos on lessons learnt during the SMARTerWASH project: 2013-2016.
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It is all about monitoring. Everyone wants to know - but who needs to know? and what do we need to know? Video developed as part of the UNICEF-IRC partnership 'Knowledge Management and Sector Learning in West and Central African Countries'. Script by Ton Schouten.
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Video blog by Nicolas Dickinson, ICT and monitoring specialist, on the SMARTerWASH project in Ghana.
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Ghana is experiencing economic growth. Donors say that more domestic generated resources need to be raised and channeled to the water and sanitation sector. At the same time there is a decentralisation of responsibilities for water and sanitation to the municipal level. This video outlines the challenges with funding both at national and at decentralised level.
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Local governments have a crucial, and increasing role to play in the provision of rural and small town water services. Often, however, they struggle to take up these tasks. In this video, representatives of national government, district local government and WASH service providers from Ghana, Burkina Faso and Uganda share their viewpoints on the challenges, the way forward and the role of national governments and development partners in the support of local governments.
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Financing Post-Construction Support (direct support)", is a video documentary which explores various options and opportunities for post construction support for water and sanitation facilities in Ghana. It draws largely on efforts by two of IRC Ghana's programmes, the Triple-S and WASHCost projects in facilitating sector dialogue and innovations to addresses the situation.
This video was produced in collaboration with the Ghana Watsan Journalists Network.
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Sustaining water facilities in Ghana's rural areas is challenging. Villages are in charge of repairs, but often don't have the money for it.
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Vida Duti, leading the Triple-S project in Ghana, talks about the importance of monitoring water services to plan and direct investments. Triple-S Ghana has worked on functionality mapping using FLOW.
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Nana Safrotwe Kakradae IV, a king in Ghana, shows the area and explains how this public toilet project freed Edipa fom Open Defecation.
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Vida Duti, leading the Triple-S project in Ghana, reflects on the successes of the Ghana water sector and the trade-off between reaching the unreached and sustaining what is already there.
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"I will see CWSA more as a regulator than an implementer of projects", says Mr Clement Bugase, Chief Executive Officer of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency. Mr Clement Bugase in video talks about the changing role of his institution as they seek to enhance its ability as a regulator more than a facilitator for the delivery of physical facilities.
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How do you set a tariff for water in a small town in a developing country, so that people can afford to pay and there is enough money to sustain the service? Lamisi Dabire from Triple-S Ghana asks the Akatsi Water and Sanitation Board, in the Volga Region, Ghana.
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