Sanitation lagged far behind during the last round of assessments of the global development targets. Ahead of World Toilet Day, Devex spoke to sector experts to get their insights on the major challenges threatening sanitation SDG success today. Read more...
After eight years of working in Ghana, IRC has achieved a paradigm shift in monitoring and delivery of WASH services. Read more...
The answer lies in four strategic changes in water sector governance. Read more...
Can service delivery approaches help deal with the interrelated threats of climate change, water security and disease outbreak? Read more...
This post comes from Angela's expedited entry into the WASH sector to research why sustained success has been limited and to uncover which approaches to change might lead to lasting service provision. Read more...
District partnerships are at the heart of the WASH Agenda for Change (WA4C). Read more...
Some highlights and challenges we faced in 2015: Burkina Faso Read more...
In 2008 IRC set itself the bold goal of catalysing a shift in sector thinking: from delivering hardware to delivering services that last. And we think that by 2015 we've largely achieved that goal. Read more...
Intern Jimmy Otim realised his passion for WASH in Uganda's Lira District. Read more...
WASH Agenda for Change (WA4C) Roadmap, Tools and Approaches Workshop, June Monday 27 – Tuesday 28, 2016, Kampala, Uganda Read more...
What do we need to understand to overcome the long-standing challenges in the sector? Read more...
What can the sector learn from circular economy visionary Thomas Rau? Read more...
Join us at the Kampala WASH Symposium: Bringing together the 21st SuSanA Meeting and the 2016 WASH Sustainability Forum on 20-23 June to discuss WASH Sustainability through Whole Systems Approaches. Read more...
2016 is a crucial year for IRC India. With its strong track record in India, IRC is well positioned to develop and establish a country programme there. Read more...
IRC has highlighted some useful lessons for the sector as the USAID West-Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme is drawing to a close. Read more...
At IRC we're pretty clear about our aims – about the world we want to see. Everyone, everywhere enjoying access to water, sanitation and hygiene services that last forever. But how to get there? And what's our role? Read more...
It is important for all actors to ensure that water supply systems are always functional in order to minimize the negative effects that result from lack of access to reliable, safe and clean water. Read more...
IRC believes that all of us in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector, need to stop thinking in terms of delivering hardware - and start thinking in terms of managing hardware to deliver services. How does this relate to promoting Household Water Treatment Systems? 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...
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...
