Perveen Rahman, director of the Orangi Pilot Project Research and Training Institute (OPP-RTI), was shot dead in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday 13 March 2013. Read more...
“After three decades of empty promises we might finally be making some progress in water co-operation, but don’t hold your breath”. Read more...
Une Cible pour l'Eau, l'Assainissement et l'Hygiène Après 2015 ! Read more...
The first up and running European Citizens Initiative (ECI) ‘Water is a Human Right’ made history as also being the first ECI in the history of the European Union to have collected over 1 million signatures. The water initiative aims to get the European Commission to propose legislation on the... Read more...
Short video, produced for World Water Day 2013, showing technologies used in the BRAC WASH II programme to provide safe, arsenic-free water. Read more...
Video highlighting the activities and achievements of the BRAC WASH programme in Bangladesh, which started in 2007. Read more...
A new free and open source knowledge portal has been launched this week by Akvo and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. It is designed to help water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) teams achieve sustainable financing throughout the entire life-cycle of WASH services. The WASH Finance... Read more...
The Hague, 20 March 2012. Water cooperation is one of the key factors to sustainable and equitable access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene for all. The United Nations proclaimed 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation. IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre supports this focus... Read more...
Le 22 mars prochain, le monde entier célébrera la journée mondiale de l'eau. En prélude à cette célébration, l'ONG française Eau-Vive organise, en collaboration avec avec le Ministère de l’Eau, des Aménagements Hydrauliques et de l’Assainissement et l’Université Ouaga2, le jeudi 21 mars à 8 heures... Read more...
Les principales manifestations organisées cette année autour de la Journée Mondiale de l’Eau 2013 auront lieu à La Haye, aux Pays-Bas. IRC prendra activement part à ces célébrations. Le 21 mars, WaterCouch.tv sera lancé. Read more...
This year main events around World Water Day 2013 will take place in The Hague, The Netherlands. IRC will be actively involved in these celebrations. On 21 March WaterCouch.tv will be launched, and on World Water Day itself a high level meeting will be held where the WSSCC and IRC will co-convene a... Read more...
Ce guide technique présente en détail la fabrication d’une pompe manuelle immergée avec des tuyaux PVC pression, des pneus usés et du bois. Read more...
Le 21 février 2013, le gouvernement finlandais, UNICEF, ONU Femmes, WaterAid et le Rapporteur spécial des Nations Unies sur le droit fondamental à l'eau potable et à l'assainissement appellent la communauté internationale à baser ses priorités de développement pour l'après-2015 sur l'égalité, les... Read more...
Entretien avec le professeur Abdelhak Kherbeche, directeur du Laboratoire de catalyse, matériaux et environnement à l’Ecole Supérieure de Technologie. Read more...
13 March 2013, New Delhi. The severe drought which currently affects around 10 states in India, reminds us that sustainability is a serious challenge for the drinking water sector. 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...
This session is lead by Catarina de Albuquerque, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, and will take place on Tuesday 9 April 2013 from 18:00 – 19:00 hrs. Read more...
We’re only one week away from the big event: “Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery Symposium” in Addis Ababa Ethiopia! Come and be part of a global symposium on monitoring sustainable WASH service delivery. Attend presentations, debates, trainings, and technology demo-spaces. Read more...
Las organizaciones de ayuda al desarrollo se ven cada vez más presionadas en buscar “evidencias” por los financieros y organizaciones donantes cuyo objetivo principal es darle el valor al dinero que aportan. Read more...
Dr. Kwabena Nyarko-WASHCost Ghana Country Director and Mrs Vida Duti - IRC Ghana Country Director talk about the need to plan for Capital Maintenance Expenditure as s prerequisite for sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) service delivery. Read more...