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Monitoring often ceases three to five years after a contract has been signed. Finding cost data older than three years is a problem even when projects are implemented by governments, donors or the private sector. Where it does exist, data is rarely sufficiently disaggregated to show the difference... Read more...
To achieve and sustain basic service levels, a relatively small amount of additional money channeled to cover recurrent expenditure in absolute terms could be enough. For boreholes and handpumps 3-6 per person per year and 3-15 per person per year for piped system. Read more...
Rural water services in WASHCost research countries are chronically underfunded, with insufficient resources to provide and sustain a basic level of service that meets national norms and standards. In communities researched by WASHCost, most people did not receive this basic minimum, although they... Read more...
Peter Ryan recently joined Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA) as Associate Programme Director. Based at the organisation's HQ, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, his particular area of responsibility is sustainability. Read more...
USAID WA-WASH, en collaboration avec Care International et Winrock International, organise du 03 au 07 décembre 2012 à Ouagadougou, un atelier de formation sur l' Analyse de la Vulnérabilité et des Capacités d'Adaptation aux changements climatiques. Read more...
November 19 is World Toilet Day. The monitoring of sanitation facilities globally remained a challenge to the country governments and International agencies. It is sometimes said that the cursory assessment reports (e.g. JMP-Joint Monitoring Programme) of the facts about the rural and urban... Read more...
WASHCost Mozambique is saying farewell to their partners in the country, but leaving behind a treasure chest of resources. In a document highlighting ten key findings from the project, Andre Uandela says: “The project has come to a close, but the ideas and approaches have been introduced into the... Read more...
“The real costs of sustainable services” campaign was launched in October 2012. The first theme focused on “costing sustainable sanitation services”. This December and January, water services will be in the spotlight. We will share with you key findings and messages from WASHCost’s research on... Read more...
Vera van der Grift interviewed Eric Stowe from Splash on how his organisation is using the life-cycle costs approach for cost modelling of their programmes in Asia. Eric explains how he and colleagues have slightly tweaked the language to make 'capital maintenance expenditures' understandable for... Read more...
500 WASH sector professionals have already signed on to take part in our first two editions of the “Costing Sustainable Services” online training course! Read more...
The National Directorate of Water (DNA) of the Government of Mozambique has contracted IRC to develop a sector anti-corruption strategy in order to strengthen transparency, accountability and integrity in the country. IRC is providing support to a team of Mozambique experts led by a team leader... Read more...
IRC is part of a consortium supporting the set-up of the FIPAG Academy for Professional Development in water and sanitation service delivery in Mozambique. The aim of the project is to strengthen the capacity of National Urban Water Asset Holding and Investment Fund of Mozambique (FIPAG) to... Read more...
A Babonga un village de la commune de Mansila au Nord du Burkina, un forage récemment réhabilité par l’ONG Eau-Vive est aujourd’hui hors d’usage. La raison : une réhabilitation inappropriée effectuée par un service non identifié. Read more...
A Babonga un village de la commune de Mansila au Nord du Burkina, un forage récemment réhabilité par l’ONG Eau-Vive est aujourd’hui hors d’usage. La raison : une réhabilitation inappropriée effectuée par un service non identifié. Les habitants de Babonga ne savent toujours pas ce qui leur arrive... Read more...
Practical tools for finance mechanisms feature in a new guide. Read more...
El municipio de Chinda ha logrado cobertura total en agua y saneamiento, con el apoyo de la ONG Water For People. El IRC sistematizó cómo se logró esto, y analiza si los servicios serán para siempre. Read more...
Conçus par la réforme pour assurer la maintenance et la réparation des ouvrages hydrauliques au niveau communal, les maintenanciers buttent contre un énorme problème : l’approvisionnement en pièces de rechange qui grippe tout le système. Amadou Tamboura est le maintenancier de la commune de... Read more...
Millennium Water Alliance (MWA) is a champion of the life-cycle costs approach. They, along with partners, are applying the approach in Ethiopia, Kenya, and parts of Latin America to improve monitoring and evaluation of their WASH programmes. IRC’s WASHCost discussed with Susan Dundon of MWA and... Read more...
Après la première édition tenue en décembre 2011 à Ouagadougou, l’Agence intergouvernementale panafricaine Eau et Assainissement pour l’Afrique (EAA) organise du 12 au 14 décembre prochain à Dakar, la 2e édition du Forum de haut niveau sur l’eau et l’assainissement. … Read more...
