This publication is a guide for government and city planners to identify financing mechanisms as they develop their own wastewater and sanitation... Read more...
Watershed partners beat the drum for public finance, civil society and good water governance. Read more...
The Sanitation Marketing Multi Stakeholder Platform (MSP) works to support improved sanitation, a key objective of the One WASH National Program and... Read more...
Top-down efforts are ineffective for connecting low-income urban populations to centralised water, sanitation or electricity services. Bottom up,... Read more...
An interview with sanitation entrepreneur Mayank Midha. Read more...
The first Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) workshop was conducted at Hunyani Hills Hotel, Harare from 7-8 July 2015 and the second TAF workshop was held 15-16 Sept 2016. Representatives of user groups, local authorities and operators assessed feasibility indicators developed specifically... Read more...
In 2011 the Ministry of Water and Environment in Uganda adopted a strategy of establishing district based Hand Pump Mechanics Associations (HPMAs) to strengthen Operation and Maintenance of rural water systems and increase functionality of rural water sources. IRC Uganda has been working closely... Read more...
IRC's event on November 12th explored how public finance can be used effectively together with aid and private finance to support sustainable services at scale. Read more...
The second edition of Africa Works! showcased several successful examples of public private partnerships (PPPs) between Dutch and African organisations. In his opening speech the Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation, Mr. Christiaan Rebergen, said that PPPs are the way forward... Read more...
Dans ce dernier d’une série de trois articles, le Directeur Général d’IRC Patrick Moriarty explique pourquoi le « leadership gouvernemental » est crucial pour lutter contre les inégalités et la pauvreté pour instaurer des services durables d’eau, d’assainissement et d’hygiène. – Il explique aussi... Read more...
« Parmi les objectifs de développement durable pour 2030, la fourniture universelle de services d'Approvisionnement en Eau Potable, d’Hygiène et d’Assainissement (AEPHA) est tout à fait réalisable. Nous sommes prêts. Qu’est-ce qui nous freine ? Deux termes très puissants : l’engagement des... Read more...
In the third of three blog posts, CEO of IRC Patrick Moriarty explains why “government leadership” is critical to tackle inequality, poverty and to create sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services – and why we need to stop believing in fairy tales be they about self-supporting communities... Read more...
"The 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of true WASH service delivery is entirely within our reach," argues CEO of IRC Patrick Moriarty in this second of three blog posts. "We're ready. What's to stop us? Two big scary words: Government and Money." Read more...
Looking at what can be done to bring professionalism into community-based water supply. Read more...
Alternative service provider options refer to models such as self-supply and public-private partnerships, that are a departure from the conventional model of community-based management that has tended to dominate rural water supplies. Read more...
One of the pillars of the new Dutch development policy is to promote private sector involvement as a motor for economic growth. Read more...