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This twenty minute feature film looks into the sustainability issues of rural and peri-urban water, sanitation and hygiene services Read more...
Le projet WASHCost était un projet de recherche-action d'une durée de cinq ans (2008-2012) qui a eu pour objectif principal de quantifier les coûts à long terme des services d'approvisionnement en eau potable, d'hygiène et d'assainissement (AEPHA) en milieux rural et urbain au Burkina-Faso, au... Read more...
In Uganda 10 million people lack access to safe water. The Commissioner for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation says devolving water services closer to people and taking steps to improve functionality will achieve better services. Read more...
There are different options for water users in Ghana to pay for the service. The choice of one option over the other depends on, among other factors, the ability of the users to pay. However the option adopted by a community or a Water and Sanitation Management Team (WSMT) has a effect on the level... Read more...
The Minister for Water Resources Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda has stated that ‘There is the need for water sector agencies to take their Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) activities seriously to help minimize the rate of non-functionality in the sector.’ Read more...
Dora depends on one community handpump. How are her satisfaction levels being measured, and what can we learn from them? Read more...
A series of training workshops have been organized by CWSA/Triple-S Project in the Sunyani West district in September, 2013. The training workshops were aimed at introducing participants to the use of a Short Messaging Service (SMS) for reporting the functionality of water facilities, facility... Read more...
Les experts de l’assainissement au sein d'IRC ont compilé la première version d'un « pack » d'assainissement à faible coût adaptés aux modèles non desservies par des égouts, nommé SanPack pour faire court. Cette collection de documents électroniques est un ensemble de matériaux et d’outils que l'... Read more...
The Triple-S Project in Ghana is undertaking a study on the possibility of adopting SMS technology to reduce water facility downtime. Read more...
La communauté internationale a célébré le 19 novembre 2013 la Journée mondiale des toilettes sur le thème : « l’assainissement et les Objectifs du millénaire ». La Journée mondiale des toilettes constitue un espace de plaidoyer et de sensibilisation à l’endroit des décideurs et des partenaires... Read more...
Many rural water systems in Ghana fail prematurely. This is estimated to be around 30 percent at any given point in time. Sometimes, these failures are attributed to a lack of clearly defined roles and responsibilities for sector actors and institutions. It is often the case that, once water... Read more...
Introduction Sustainable water service delivery requires systematic long term investments in capital maintenance expenditure and direct support cost to maintain and improve service levels. However, a cursory look at District Water and Sanitation Plans (DWSP) and Medium Term Development Plans of... Read more...
La gestion des connaissances au Burkina Faso, interview Jocelyne Yennenga Kompaoré La gestion des connaissances est un impératif majeur pour toute organisation évoluant en relation avec de nombreux intervenants. Les divers acteurs ont en effet besoin de coopérer, d’apprendre ensemble, … Read more...
MUStRAIN case study on addressing livestock needs together with other water uses. Read more...
IRC has published a research document on the cost, performance and regulation of water services in small towns, in Burkina Faso. This research applies the Life-Cycle Cost Approach and the Service Delivery Approach to assess and compare the cost and the performance of water services provided by... Read more...
Internet and social media can be powerful tools to tell accurate, interesting WASH stories. Eight participants from the new Multimedia Journalism and Water course of RNTC (Radio Netherlands Training Centre) and IRC concluded that at the end of their three-week stay in Hilversum. They left for home... Read more...
Jean PatricK Pasquellier est le coordinateur du projet d'appui à l'assainissement familial à LVIA Burkina. Dans le cadre de son projet cofinancé par l'Union Européenne, le projet fait la promotion l'approche ECOSAN par la réalisation de latrines ECOSAN dans les deux régions du Plateau Central... Read more...
WASH sector actors should aim to reach 100% safe water coverage and it is against that target that performance should be measured. The further the sector falls below the 100% mark, the more work there is to be done. Such was the advice of the Ugandan Minister of Water and Environment Read more...
IRC publie les résultats d’une recherche sur le coût, la performance et la régulation des services d’eau dans 6 petites villes, au Burkina Faso. Cette recherche utilise l’Approche des Coûts à Long Terme et l’Approche Fourniture de Service pour évaluer et comparer le coût et la performance de... Read more...
