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Communications for behaviour change: You can find Coca Cola in slums, but not toilets. Products charged with emotion and passion spread most quickly. Read more...
Governance for equity requires stronger multi-sectoral partnerships, more collaboration between the Government, civil society and media and a recognition that Government cannot work by itself. Read more...
Regional sanitation conferences have been a feature in the WASH sector for a decade since the first AfricaSan meeting in Johannesburg. At their inception they were a groundbreaking effort to get higher level elected government officials to prioritise sanitation and they have undoubtedly played a... Read more...
At the “knowledge cafe”, participants took stock of existing initiatives from CREPA, WaterAid, Arhgyam, IRC and SuSanA. Read more...
Around 30 percent of the national budget of Rwanda is made available to district authorities. Read more...
Du 13 au 15 décembre 2011, le Burkina vibrera au rythme du forum national de l'eau. Ce forum prépare la participation du Burkina au Forum mondial de l'eau à Marseille et fait suite au Forum de haut niveau qu'organise du 5 au 8 décembre le Centre Régionale pour l'eau Potable et l'Assainissement sur... Read more...
Le Centre Africain pour l’Eau Potable et l’Assainissement (CREPA) accompagné par le groupe des épouses des ambassadeurs, des Représentants des organisations internationales et interafricaines et consuls en poste à Ouagadougou organisent un dîner gala le 5 décembre 2011. Les fonds … Read more...
Sustainable Water Management ImprovesTomorrow's Cities Health (SWITCH) es un programa de investigación-acción, co-financiado por la Unión Europea, coordinado por UNESCO - IHE, en el cual participó IRC como una de 33 instituciones de 15 países de Europa, África, Asia y América Latina. Surgió como... Read more...
Change is not linear. Change is not easy. Changing the way research is carried out for more impact is certainly no exception. In session B8 of the Third International Forum for Water and Food, dedicated to innovation platforms, the tone was set: if we want to achieve impact, we have to change... Read more...
This open forum of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) covers a broad range of topics such as sanitation systems and technologies, health and hygiene, CLTS, school sanitation, sanitation systems for special conditions, and menstrual hygiene management, Read more...
Les candidatures sont maintenant ouvertes pour le Prix International du Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz pour l’Eau (PSIPW). Le prix vise à reconnaître les efforts des scientifiques, des inventeurs et des organismes de recherche dans des domaines liés à l’eau. Le … Read more...
Un nouveau rapport intitulé Off-track, off-target , publié aujourd'hui par l'organisation internationale WaterAid , montre que le nombre de personnes n'ayant pas accès aux services d'assainissement appropriés est plus important aujourd'hui qu'en 1990. à moins d'une action rapide, la plupart des... Read more...
His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, former President of Ghana (2001-2009) and former Chairperson of the African Union (2007–2008), will be the first high-level Chair of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership. Kufuor is a passionate global advocate for leadership, … Read more...
La commune de Zorgho en partenariat avec ses amis français de Bousbecque, Couëron, Verrière les Buissons, et Reins Métropole a organisé du 26 au 29 octobre 2011 un forum sur la coopération décentralisée avec comme objectif, assurer une bonne gouvernance de l’eau dans la commune. Ce forum a été... Read more...
La cérémonie d’inauguration du système d’adduction d’eau potable simplifiée réalisé par la société d’exploitation minière australienne Middle Island Resources sous le patronage du ministre des Mines, des carrières et de l’énergie, Lamoussa Salif Kaboré, et du parrainage du ministre de l’Agriculture... Read more...
In April we interviewed Solomon, Abu, Rabin, Melina and Valerie: five young and bright individuals working together with IRC in supporting 'sector learning' in the WASH sector in their respective countries (Uganda, Ghana, Nepal, Honduras and Burkina Faso). It turns out that ‘making sector learning... Read more...
Residents of Elwany Village in Uganda enjoy a bountiful supply of water. They fetch from a shallow well, located in an area endowed with high water yields. The distance from their homes to the well is convenient as most live within one kilometre of the well. On the Friday we visited this well, in... Read more...
A crucial building block in delivering sustainable services is a monitoring system able to track a level of rural water service over time, especially the performance of key technical, financial, and management functions so that problems can be anticipated and addressed. To help the sector IRC and... Read more...
Water NGOs are leading the way in promoting new monitoring tools. A Child’s Right has launched an online monitoring system called Proving It and FLOW, a mobile phone tool developed by Water For People, is being widely used in West … Read more...
Dans les pays du Sud, le lavage des mains au savon aux moments critiques (après les toilettes, après avoir nettoyé un enfant, avant de rentrer en classe, avant de toucher des aliments…) ne relève, en général, pas d’une culture locale répandue ainsi, … Read more...
