This tool provides guidance on a systematic approach to experimenting with innovative solutions to water problems. Read more...
Passing on the baton. IRC takes the legacy of Ton Schouten forward. Read more...
Triple-S has successfully promoted sustainability and the Service Delivery Approach (SDA) at the international level and in target countries. The... Read more...
Triple-S's end of project evaluation shows that the project, and the approaches it has developed, have made an important contribution to a paradigm shift in rural water: globally, and in Ghana, Uganda and other countries where it worked. At the same time, more work and time are needed to... Read more...
Driving, catalysing, supporting, acting as a backbone to foster sector change is what IRC is all about. Read more...
IRC is using Qualitative Document Analysis (QDA) as a tool to measure change in the WASH sector. 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 Ghana and Uganda, Triple-S has run a range of experiments to improve water service delivery. Taken together, these experiments were expected to contribute to the sustainability and quality of rural water services and to build sector capacity for future innovation and informed policy making. Read more...
The capacity to continuously learn and adapt is critical for dealing with complex challenges and future uncertainties. In this first blog in a series about 'a learning and adaptive sector', we discuss why learning is central to achieving water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services for life. Read more...
An account of the Triple-S experience with the the use of Cognitive Edge's SenseMaker® approach to monitor changes in policy, practice and discourse... Read more...
A new and bold way of thinking is needed to change the way in which water, sanitation and hygiene services are provided. Read more...
This working paper sets out the theory of change that guides IRC's Triple-S project. At the heart of this approach is a vision of how the rural water... Read more...
This Triple-S Working Paper presents the Triple-S Principles Framework and the key concepts behind it. It provides a description of how the Principle... Read more...
Top item on an overloaded agenda at the moment is the upcoming mid-term assessment of our Triple-S (link) project. As we prepare a terms of reference for the exercise we’ve been engaging with a number of external thinkers to help us create something that can meet the dual objectives of judging... Read more...
While the problem of poor sustainability - and the threat it poses to achieving the MDGs - may be well recognised, concrete steps for addressing it are considerably less clear. Triple-S, an IRC initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently completed a 13-country study to... Read more...