Perveen Rahman, director of the Orangi Pilot Project Research and Training Institute (OPP-RTI), was shot dead in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday 13 March 2013. Read more...
“After three decades of empty promises we might finally be making some progress in water co-operation, but don’t hold your breath”. Read more...
Une Cible pour l'Eau, l'Assainissement et l'Hygiène Après 2015 ! Read more...
I have learned that a blog post can only be 1300 words, so here is part 2 of my report from the expert consultation meeting on Sustainability and Non-Retrogression convened by the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation. Read more...
The first up and running European Citizens Initiative (ECI) ‘Water is a Human Right’ made history as also being the first ECI in the history of the European Union to have collected over 1 million signatures. The water initiative aims to get the European Commission to propose legislation on the... Read more...
Short video, produced for World Water Day 2013, showing technologies used in the BRAC WASH II programme to provide safe, arsenic-free water. Read more...
Video highlighting the activities and achievements of the BRAC WASH programme in Bangladesh, which started in 2007. Read more...
A new free and open source knowledge portal has been launched this week by Akvo and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. It is designed to help water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) teams achieve sustainable financing throughout the entire life-cycle of WASH services. The WASH Finance... Read more...
The Hague, 20 March 2012. Water cooperation is one of the key factors to sustainable and equitable access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene for all. The United Nations proclaimed 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation. IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre supports this focus... Read more...
Le 22 mars prochain, le monde entier célébrera la journée mondiale de l'eau. En prélude à cette célébration, l'ONG française Eau-Vive organise, en collaboration avec avec le Ministère de l’Eau, des Aménagements Hydrauliques et de l’Assainissement et l’Université Ouaga2, le jeudi 21 mars à 8 heures... Read more...
Les principales manifestations organisées cette année autour de la Journée Mondiale de l’Eau 2013 auront lieu à La Haye, aux Pays-Bas. IRC prendra activement part à ces célébrations. Le 21 mars, WaterCouch.tv sera lancé. Read more...