The King's speech marks the opening of the Dutch parliamentary year. This year he drew attention to the important position of the Netherlands in the international water sector. The budgets that were presented alongside the speech also reflect this, notably with a 6% increase for the budget for WASH... Read more...
We have to spend more and faster than we are doing now if we want everyone to have water and sanitation by 2030. Read more...
The success story of a Dutch financing mechanism for the public sector. Read more...
IRC was asked by DGIS to support the Netherlands Enterprise Agency with the introduction of sustainability instruments as part of the second round of the Sustainable Water Fund. Another example of how DGIS is taking sustainability of investments in the WASH sector seriously. Read more...
Several Dutch water sector organisations have written to Minister Ploumen (Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation) about the Dutch targets for water supply. Read more...
The good and the bad of the Dutch government aid and trade approach to development in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector. Read more...
Amsterdam will soon host the 5th WASH Sustainability Forum, where over 160 water, sanitation and hygiene professionals will discuss how to tackle sustainability challenges. Read more...
Holland scores 1-0 and supports Sanitation and Water for All during match Ghana-Netherlands Read more...
Den Haag, 28 mei 2014 – Op zaterdag 31 mei brengt John A. Kufuor, voormalig president van Ghana, een bezoek aan Nederland om aanwezig te zijn bij de oefeninterland Nederland-Ghana in De Kuip te Rotterdam. Read more...
Met nog twee weken te gaan tot de verkiezingen voor het Europees Parlement, staat de EU volop in de publieke belangstelling. Maar een van de grootste vormen van betrokkenheid van burgers bij Europees beleid lijkt in het verkiezingsspektakel verloren te gaan. Read more...
Next week, the Dutch parliament will discuss the multi-annual collaboration plans for its bilateral development cooperation with some 15 partner countries. This could be a pretty dull and technical affair, were it not for the fact that these plans give an interesting insight into what the end of... Read more...
Volgende week zal de Tweede Kamer de meerjarige samenwerkingsplannen bespreken voor bilaterale ontwikkelingssamenwerking met zo’n 15 partner landen. Het zou een behoorlijk saaie en technische aangelegenheid kunnen worden, ware het niet dat deze plannen een interessante blik werpen op het tijdperk... Read more...
This meeting at the Netherlands Embassy in Addis was a very special one, for a number of reasons. Read more...
Over the past year, there has been quite a bit of buzz in the WASH sector on the sustainability clause that DGIS seeks to include in its contacts with implementers. The pros and cons of this have been widely debated . A key component of the clauses is to have sustainability checks as a way to... Read more...
Driven amongst others by the mobile phone applications, more and more statistics are becoming available on the state of water services. These go well beyond the coverage data we were used to in the JMP reports (and which this year gave us some reason to be mildly optimistic). The new stats provide... Read more...
Huge access gains but a limited impact on health and sustainability are the mixed results of Dutch aid in a two-decade aid programme. Read more...
Ministerial delegations from 40 countries have announced serious commitments to tackle the global water and sanitation crisis. 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...
