What we learnt from using the Faecal Waste Flow Calculator in India. Read more...
The Sanitation Challenge for Ghana (SC4Gh) team has announced a new website to promote the urban sanitation innovation Prize. Read more...
Report of a WASH Dialogue on faecal sludge and septage management Read more...
Creating a media buzz for an urban sanitation competition in Ghana. Read more...
Partners in the ONEWASH Plus Programme - all working to find new ways to deliver integrated WASH infrastructure and services in small towns - came together to share progress and learn lessons. Read more...
Three Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have won a prize for their best sanitation strategies in the Sanitation Challenge for Ghana. Read more...
Joined forces at the Kampala WASH Symposium identify what stands in the way of sustainability. Read more...
First in the series of Sanitation Challenge zonal workshops for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies was a huge success. Read more...
Appraising shit flows along the entire sanitation service chain and identifying the weakest links of the chain is not as easy as one might think. The development of a simple-to-use faecal sludge management assessment tool has brought that to light. Read more...
2015 and the Millennium Development Goals are almost behind us. The new global goals for sustainable development are expected to inspire and create a new determination for all of us. What has IRC learned during 2015 and how are we moving ahead in 2016? Read more...
Will Africa's fastest growing economy and continental success story Ghana succeed in providing everyone with a toilet? A major clean city contest, the Sanitation Challenge, will be launched today on World Toilet Day and should change Ghana's sanitation nightmare over the coming years. Read more...
Here’s a real life riddle: there is a huge problem that has not been solved yet. Many options tried so far only dealt partially with the problem and ironically, you are the one asked to solve the whole problem. You know that everything is important; you know you have to include all parts of the... Read more...
Experts discuss integrated approaches at IRC event in The Hague. Read more...
The new Sustainable Development Goals will not be reached if we do not tackle urban sanitation. This has a serious impact on the health and dignity for all those living in cities, not just the poor. Read more...
The role of finance in achieving successful sanitation outcomes for urban areas. A thematic discussion "Urban Sanitation Finance – from Macro to Micro Level"... 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...
How can a community-based approach help ensure sustainable urban sanitation services? Read more...
IRC is co-organising a workshop together with GIZ and EAWAG/Sandec on "Planning Tools for City-wide Faecal Septage Management using Whole System Approaches". Read more...
THE HAGUE - Today is World Toilet Day. On this day, the United Nations along with governments and organisations worldwide ask attention for sanitation and for the 2.5 billion people that still lack access. And on this day, the international think-and-do tank IRC presents its ideas how to '... Read more...
Today is World Toilet Day. On this day, the United Nations along with governments and organisations worldwide ask attention for sanitation and for the 2.5 billion people that lack access to safe and hygienic toilets and latrines. On this day, IRC presents the working paper "Towards Systemic Change... Read more...