In a major stride to ensure universal access to water and sanitation, the governments of Malawi and South Sudan today announced the launch of Presidential Compacts on Water and Sanitation Read more...
The added value of the SWA Jakarta Sector Ministers' Meeting Read more...
Coming together to increase the political prioritisation of water, sanitation, and hygiene and ensure the integration of these services in national climate, health, and economic policies and strategies. Read more...
More emphasis is needed on building and strengthening the work of multi-stakeholder platforms in WASH at the national level. Read more...
A systems approach requires us to know the importance of political buy-in and strong leadership. Read more...
The question is not if, but how they should be involved. Read more...
What it will take to bring water and sanitation to everyone. Read more...
Among Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partners there is lowered confidence especially in managing untreated wastewater and faecal sludge. Non-... Read more...
The five key Building Blocks of a well-functioning WASH sector are: Sector Policy / Strategy; Institutional Arrangements; Planning Monitoring and... Read more...
At the 40th WEDC Conference last week, it was all about new takes on old ideas. Read more...
Significant progress reported on more than half of the commitments made by 43 developing countries and 12 donor partners. Read more...
Creating the capacity to adapt and innovate within national water, sanitation and hygiene sectors Read more...
A unique opportunity for countries to discuss their plans to meet the targets of the new SDGs Read more...
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 partnership, IRC, WSP, WaterAid and USAid at the September 2015 Stockholm World Water Week. Read more...
Governments and donors have good news about their commitment to the SDGs. Read more...
Significant progress is reported on more than half of the commitments made by countries and donors towrds removing barriers to progress, eliminating... Read more...
The Conference Financing for Development (13 – 16 July 2015) will make a strong call on the importance of increased domestic public finance towards funding the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Read more...
The Sanitation and Water for All Steering Committee gathered in Geneva on 17 and 18 June to take important decisions on the future direction of the partnership. A new partnership strategy was adopted which is geared towards guiding the actions of the partners in pursuit of a shared vision of... Read more...
Global sector monitoring instruments should align with global accountability frameworks, such as the one being built into Sanitation and Water for... Read more...
While reviewing experiences with the UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS), it is clear that there is a need to strengthen systematic, comprehensive, country-led processes which feed global monitoring. Read more...