More than 64 participants joined a webinar last month on Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Local Government organised by the Civil Society Water Sanitation & Hygiene Fund. Topic of discussion was the leading role for local government in water and sanitation provision. Harold Lockwood,... Read more...
"We went back to where it all started: the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy of the Government of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa," says IRC's Ton Schouten. This week the monitoring book ' From Infrastructure to Services' was launched in Ethiopia. In the coming 4 years, IRC will keep supporting the... Read more...
Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) has led a process of learning and innovation to improve rural water service delivery in Ghana and Uganda. Each experiment has documented, results and recommendations shared with stakeholders in the two countries. In addition, the progress on the innovation... Read more...
In this blog Patrick Moriarty reflects on Stockholm World Water Week 2014. There is good progress in language (and some tools) around the role of government in delivering services, he argues. But it's still an uphill struggle on who pays for what. Read more...
Scaling up rural sanitation in India depends on strong commitment by all the States and Districts to empower communities to take a leadership role in... Read more...
The fifth edition of the Africa Water Week, which took place from the 26-30 May 2014 in Dakar, Senegal, was a great success. One of the sessions that stood out was the discussion on the role of local government in sustainable service delivery, organised by IRC and partners. Read more...
The success of the scheme begins with water users reporting faults by sending a text message to their area mechanic. Read more...
Au Burkina Faso depuis 2006, la gestion des services publics d'eau potable en milieux rural et semi-urbain a été transférée aux municipalités. Dans cette vidéo, les acteurs locaux s'expriment sur la gestion les services publics d'eau potable en milieu rural. Read more...
Water for People has helped Sagar and Patharpratima boost coverage and improve sustainability. Read more...
Responsabilisées pour apporter une assistance technique aux communes dans l’approvisionnement en eau, les directions régionales peinent à jouer leur rôle d’où la nécessité de les former. Read more...
A special issue of ' Water Alternatives' journal looks at trends in water services in rural areas. Read more...
Initié par Triple-S et l’ensemble du secteur, un cadre communal de monitoring des services publics d’eau potable, a été développé au cours du premier semestre 2013. En début juillet, il a été présenté dans les communes d’Arbinda et de Gorgadji où il sera expérimenté jusqu’en septembre 2014. Read more...
Convaincu par le projet Triple-S, la direction régionale de l’eau, des aménagements hydrauliques et de l’assainissement (DREAHA) s’est engagée auprès d’IRC et des communes d’Arbinda et de Gorgadji pour la mise en place d’un cadre communal de monitoring des services publics d’eau potable. Read more...
In Uganda, the Mobile for Water project gives communities an SMS hotline to a handpump mechanic. Read more...
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) working group on management support for rural water supplies convened in The Hague, The Netherlands on 2 to 3 October 2012, for their first thematic meeting on piped schemes. Objectives for the two days included compiling an initial set of conclusions and... Read more...