“Monitoring can be used, not just to provide data on access, but also as an effective way of identifying those who do not have access, as well raising awareness of the issues that lead to exclusion from water and sanitation services”, says Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque in her opening statement on 9... Read more...
Keynote paper for Topic 5 of "Monitoring Sustainable Service Delivery Symposium", 9 to 11 April 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Read more...
This keynote paper will highlight four main trends in monitoring for sanitation and hygiene. Read more...
The BRAC WASH programme has helped establish 80,000 Village WASH Committees, whose members are so engaged they're even going into politics. Read more...
Our colleagues have been busy blogging about sanitation and hygiene services that last. Read about IRC's work with BRAC to monitor progress of the largest sanitation programme in the world: the BRAC WASH II programme in Bangladesh. The component on menstrual hygiene management is delivering strong... Read more...
Reflections by Dr Christine Sijbesma and Mahjabeen Ahmed on the QIS monitoring system. Read more...
Everywhere in the world, even the poorest families try to beautify their houses. Then why are low-cost latrines often so ugly, ask IRC's Christine Sijbesma and Erick Baetings. Read more...
An innovative methodology is the Methodology for Participatory Assessment or MPA. The MPA was originally developed by IRC and WSP to quantify qualitative performance evaluations of community-managed water services and sanitation services. The methodology uses scenario scales on which representative... Read more...
Monitoring is the collection, organisation and use of information about the current situation in comparison with the planned or expected situation. The information can be used for checking and control, for problem solving and planning and as management tool by community members, staff and programme... Read more...
Innovative monitoring tools are being used to provide sustainable sanitation and hygiene services to almost 55 million people in Bangladesh. Read more...