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The Sanitation and Water for All Steering Committee gathered in Geneva on 17 and 18 June to take important decisions on the future direction of the partnership. A new partnership strategy was adopted which is geared towards guiding the actions of the partners in pursuit of a shared vision of... Read more...
The new agenda for the future of water and sanitation, defined by the Sustainable Development Goals, aims at universal access for all by 2030. Achieving this mission will require a radical shift in how the water and sanitation sector operates. The main Dutch water and sanitation stakeholders urge... Read more...
It costs at least US$ 10 per student to construct water and sanitation facilities in schools and another US$ 1.40 per student per year for all recurrent costs including continuous support to hygiene promotion. Read more...
IRC's Research into action partner REACH launches its communications. Read more...
Traditionally we've looked to the three Ts to finance water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, with the focus on transfers and tariffs. But this leaves a large financing gap. One which, if we don't solve, will make us miss the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of universal access. Read more...
Share your thoughts with six leading experts on urban sanitation finance for households, cities and the national level. Read more...
The second SuSanA thematic discussion “Urban Sanitation Finance – from Macro to Micro Level” will start on Tuesday 23 June on the SuSanA Discussion Forum. The discussion will look at financing sanitation in the urban area from different angels – What are current levels of public finance at national... Read more...
IRC Uganda is now a leading member of the Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Coalition in Uganda and is helping to develop MHM indicators. Read more...
Four leading international water, sanitation and hygiene organisations IRC, WaterAid, Aguaconsult, and Water For People join hands in the run-up to... Read more...
THE HAGUE - Four leading international water, sanitation and hygiene organisations IRC, Wateraid, Aguaconsult, and Water For People join hands in the run-up to the new Sustainable Development Goals. Today they presented a set of shared principles to achieve universal access to water and sanitation... Read more...
Four leading international WASH organisations IRC, WaterAid, Aguaconsult, and Water for People join hands in the run-up to the new Sustainable Development Goals. Read more...
Bangladesh and the Netherlands have worked together on flood managment, drainage, river basin management, coastal zone management and improving access to safe water and sanitation for millions of people. Future work will focus on support to the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 together with the World Bank.
Read more...Dutch Olympic sailor Carolijn Brouwer will launch a "Menstrual Hygiene Call to Action" at an event in Scheveningen, The Hague. Ms Brouwer is captain of team SCA, the only all-female boat participating in the Volvo Ocean Race. The boat's sponsor SCA is a global hygiene company that includes sanitary... Read more...
Dutch Olympic sailor Carolijn Brouwer will launch a "Menstrual Hygiene Call to Action" at an event in Scheveningen, The Hague on 19 June 2015. Read more...
Taboe op ongesteldheid zet meisjes en vrouwen wereldwijd op achterstand. Read more...
A paradigm shift is needed to reach the ambitious new Sustainable Development Goals that propose reaching universal water and sanitation coverage with sustainable services for all by 2030. This implies shifting focus by all actors in the water and sanitation sector from construction of water and... Read more...
In Bangladesh, the largest NGO in the world BRAC is working its way up to help the country to get proper sanitation. It has reached more than half of the population since the start nine years ago. It is one of the world's largest sanitation implementation programmes. IRC works with BRAC to make it... Read more...
This study investigates a pilot programme which facilitates public involvement in addressing source sustainability issues and CEC's follow-up actions... Read more...
Mr Ragunathan, the ex-President of Ramianahalli village, proudly explains how his community had come together when facing a water crisis in 2004. But in subsequent years of 'times of plenty', much of the good practices of the village water and sanitation committee were lost. This is due to the... Read more...
The Community Water Plus project investigates the support that is being provided to community-managed rural water supplies. This is being done for twenty case studies of programmes from across India. Read more...