Within the focus area (speerpunt) “water” of Dutch development cooperation policy, there are two key strands: improving integrated water resources management (IWRM) and the provision of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. At policy level, relevant linkages between these two areas are... Read more...
Organised by the NGO Platform of the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP), this public seminar will inform Dutch Members of Parliament (MPs) about water and development cooperation policy. The MPs in question are members of the Committee on "Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation" The seminar... Read more...
Come to IRC's side events and presentations at the 2017 Water and Health Conference! The Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy is organised annually by The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). It considers drinking water supply, sanitation,... Read more...
This webinar is part of a series organised by the Sustainable Services Theme of the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN ). There are presentations from IRC and UNICEF on the challenges to measuring the sustainability of rural water supply services. How can the sector agree on a core set of indicators... Read more...
From exit strategies to transformation strategies in WASH. Read more...
A guest blogger's report of discussions at a Max Foundation-IRC event. Read more...
This event aims to inspire and inform participants from the WASH sector on different pathways towards sustainability and domestic resource mobilisation when aid ends. Speakers from different types of organisations will reflect on their approaches towards exiting, and lessons learnt. Also, the event... Read more...
This is the 3rd of four webinars organised by End Water Poverty during the March 2017 Water Action Month. Speakers include representatives from: Water for People, Water Integrity Network (WIN), The Springfield Centre, IRC, Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) and Improve International. For the full... Read more...
Is Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) an effective and long-term solution in the sanitation value chain? That was the question that Indian sanitation experts reflected on in Jaipur, the state capital of Rajasthan, at a multi-stakeholder dialogue on 'FSSM Matters: Looking Forward' on 10... Read more...
Bringing professionals together to network and discuss hot topics in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector Read more...
Tools are not enough, engage with government for real change Read more...
IRC and Plan would like to invite you to "What's New Pussycat? How Tom Jones inspired better learning and collaboration in WASH", a roundtable discussion on learning in the WASH sector. As a sector, we are trapped in our old ways of distilling and sharing knowledge – essentially a sector-wide... Read more...
Join the discussion with government experts and practitioners on 16 November in The Hague. Read more...
The Netherlands has been at the forefront of ensuring sustainability of WASH services. The IOB policy review in 2012 made it clear that a significant percentage of water and sanitation facilities that were developed with Dutch support, provided poor quality services and had limited sustainability... Read more...
Come and meet IRC staff from The Netherlands and our Burkina Faso and Uganda country offices. The following delegation will attend: Patrick Moriarty - IRC's CEO Juste Nansi - IRC Burkina Faso Country Director Jane Nabunnya Mulumba - IRC Uganda Country Director Lydia Mirembe - IRC Uganda... Read more...
The long road to data savviness. Read more...
What do we need to understand to overcome the long-standing challenges in the sector? Read more...
IRC Event, 6th July, 17.00-18.30, in The Hague, The Netherlands. Read more...
Minister Ploumen emphasizes the role of civil society organisations as watchdog over public services in her note ' dialogue and dissent '. They need to critically follow the performance of government in service delivery, demand accountability and engage in dialogues with government to improve... Read more...
What can the sector learn from circular economy visionary Thomas Rau? Read more...
