AfricaSan Award Triggers 2 million Dollar Investment and Counting
As a result of Africasan Award for Youth going to Maji na Ufanisi for its work with Kongowea Youth, Mombasa County Government has decided to invest $2 milllion within the next one year to extend the...
View ArticleHelp bring safe water to scale
Join us at the Stockholm World Water Week to discuss how to scale up sustainable access to safe water.IRC will co-convene a session at the Stockholm World Water Week on 27th of August 'A Sustainable...
View ArticleTAF adapted for mobile desludging
The first Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) workshop was conducted at Hunyani Hills Hotel, Harare from 7-8 July 2015. Representatives of user groups, local authorities and operators assessed...
View ArticleWebinar: water data for action
Tuesday August 11, at 10:00 am EDT. Moving beyond reporting and turning data into action. This webinar, organised by Aguaconsult, WASH Advocactes, Global Water Challenge and IRC, will provide concrete...
View ArticleIRC Ghana is recruiting Head of Programme
To help achieve its ambitions in Ghana, IRC is currently seeking candidates for the position of Head of Programme.IRC is an international think-and-do tank that works with governments, NGOs,...
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Financing sanitation in the urban area from different angles
The role of finance in achieving successful sanitation outcomes for urban areas. A thematic discussion "Urban Sanitation Finance – from Macro to Micro Level"...""Urban sanitation is not a local issue...
View ArticleService delivery approach and Household Water Treatment Systems; two...
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...
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Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for...
A summary of the side-event at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development July 15th 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The session highlighted how domestic resource mobilization is...
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Stockholm World Water Week focuses on development
The official opening of the World Water Week in Stockholm (24 August 2015) was marked by world leaders, water experts and development professionals who gathered to discuss, exchange views, experiences...
View ArticleIRC Uganda advocates for increased O&M funding
IRC Uganda is currently involved in key advocacy initiatives to increase operation and maintenance (O&M) funds and ultimately to change the budget allocations in the District Water and Sanitation...
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Paving the way to water and sanitation for all
Governments and donors have good news about their commitment to the SDGs.Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), a global partnership of over 90 governments, donors and organisations, reported some good...
View Article'Deepening' WaSH interventions in Ethiopia
The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation (TCCAF) provided funding under the Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) for Millennium Water Alliance Ethiopia Programme (MWA-EP) partners to 'deepen' their water,...
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IRC and AMCOW formalise partnership to strengthen WASH in Africa
Agreement signed at Stockholm World Water Week 2015.The African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) and IRC have agreed to formalise their collaboration to cooperate and strengthen sector learning,...
View ArticleChange behaviors for sustainable water and sanitation services
There is a need to change behaviors in order to reach universal access to water and sanitation services that last. This was the outcome of a session co-convened by Sanitation and Water for All...
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World Water Week: IRC looks back on this year’s conference
Positioning our work to champion sustainability and equity, and to catalyse change towards our vision of universal access by 2030. World Water Week is an opportunity for academics, governments, NGOs...
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Refugee situation in Europe: Working on long-term solutions sometimes doesn't...
Along with millions of others, at IRC we are following the refugee crisis unfolding at and beyond Europe's borders with heavy hearts. Our thoughts go out to all people who are involuntarily forced to...
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An agenda for change: achieving universal access to water, sanitation and...
A set of principles to guide our actions in the years to 2030 (end date for achieving universal access to WASH).Launched in May 2015 our (Aguaconsult, WaterAid, Water for People and IRC) Agenda for...
View ArticleIRC Burkina Faso office remains closed after military coup
OUAGADOUGOU – IRC's Burkina Faso office closed doors last week due to political unrest and will stay closed until the security situation improves.The IRC office was closed as most foreign offices in...
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Wetlands International commits to reduce water scarcity by restoring wetlands
With 20 percent of the world's GDP and 36 percent of the global population located in severely water stressed areas, the growing demand and competition for freshwater will be one of the biggest global...
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Recommendations for Netherlands new commitment on water and sanitation
Leverage is needed to create conditions for scale, say Dutch NGOs. 26 civil society organisations have joined hands and have sent 11 recommendations to Dutch Minister Ploumen of Foreign Trade and...
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