Du 12 au 14 novembre 2013, s'est tenu à Cotonou au Bénin, un atelier régional d'apprentissage et d'échanges d'Afrique de l'ouest. Le thème portait sur : « De l'Assainissement Total Piloté par les Communautés (ATPC) à un service d'assainissement pérenne». Organisé par le Centre International de l'... Read more...
D’après une enquête menée en 2010 dans un échantillon de 1 072 écoles réparties dans 6 des 9 régions du Mali, une école sur 5 dans le pays ne dispose d’aucune latrine. 72% des latrines existantes ne sont pas séparées filles / garçons et 15% seulement sont fonctionnelles et respectent les normes... Read more...
Video illustrating the challenge facing technology to provide sustainable water services. Read more...
This short video, produced by the WASHTech project, illustrates the challenge of technology in WASH and how the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) provides a systematic and participatory way of assessing and adopting technology innovation at scale, for services that last. Read more...
There are many technologies that can be used to improve WASH services in developing countries. But what works where? How much will it cost, will the system last? And how are services going to be maintained? IRC proudly presents its four new tools to tackle these questions. Read more...
The Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) provides a comprehensive assessment of sustainability indicators and considers the perspectives of technology users, producers and those introducing a technology. Read more...
A workshop, 'New Approaches to Scaling Up WASH Technologies', was organised at this year's UNC's Water and Health conference to introduce novel approaches to scaling up WASH technologies. One of these approaches is the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF). Read more...
Two years after a district assessment of handpump functionality in Ghana, why have things got worse, rather than better? Read more...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have set up a joint trust fund to expand non-sewered sanitation and septage management solutions across Asia. The Gates Foundation will invest US$ 15 million into the new Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund, which... Read more...
The WAS-RoPSS project, or the 'rope pump project' is working towards the development of guidelines for the standardisation of rope pump manufacturing. Read more...
Elder Joe is the proud secretary of a water committee managing a handpump on the outskirts of Odumase town in Ghana. But the committee would rather manage a different type of system. Read more...
Les acteurs s’activent. Pour atteindre la vision «Madagascar un pays modèle sans défécation à l’air libre», un projet portant sur l’assainissement pour tous a été mis sur pied dans la région Analamanga. Read more...
Reducing downtime of hand pumps using sms technology, Ghana. Read more...
The BRAC WASH II research call for low-cost water technologies was won by PRACTICA Foundation, based in The Netherlands. Their project title is ASTRA, Aiding Sustainable Water Technology Realization in Arsenic and Salinity contaminated Areas of Bangladesh. Read more...
SWIBANGLA is the name of the winning project tendered by the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre for the BRAC WASH II programme. SWIBANGLA stands for managing saltwater intrusion impacts in Bangladesh and was kicked-off formally at the BRAC head office in Dhaka on Sunday 7 July, 2013. Read more...