VIA Water and IRC are pleased to welcome you to an inspirational session with Thomas Rau, a renowned speaker, innovator, visionary and thinker on the topics of the end of property and the circular economy. He is ranked among the Top 5 Dutch key players in sustainability and was elected as Dutch... Read more...
The Global Water Integrity Outlook was launched in The Netherlands on 15 April 2016. Read more...
Are government-led and private sector approaches mutually exclusive? Read more...
From projects to services For decades, WASH programs have followed a "business as usual" approach of implementing projects that have largely remained focused on the project and under emphasized the broader context. In the rural sub-sector external funding often finances a WASH project that is... Read more...
The Water Integrity Network and IRC, in cooperation with the Dutch Water Authorities (DWA), the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) and the Global Compact Network Netherlands (GC NL), are pleased to welcome you to the Dutch launch of the Water Integrity Global Outlook 2016 (WIGO). The Water... Read more...
This is first in a series of IRC Events for 2016. The theme for the event is ‘Reaching universal coverage: an Agenda for Change’. The Sustainable Development Goals require the sector to work towards universal coverage of water and sanitation services. This raises the question on whether the sum of... Read more...
Innovative approaches to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in emergency situations Emergency and conflict situations around the world are increasing rapidly. In 2014 the number of forcibly displaced people reached 59.9 million, three times that of 2010 and the highest since 1945. There are... Read more...
Experts discuss integrated approaches at IRC event in The Hague. Read more...
IRC's Chief Executive Patrick Moriarty reflects on the highlights from the annual water conference in Stockholm. Read more...
Why do we need a specific focus on sanitation in urban areas? In its assessment of the achievement of the water and sanitation Millennium Development Goals, the Joint Monitoring Programme notes that the world has fallen short of its sanitation targets. Still some 2.4 billion people lack access to... Read more...
Whilst the new ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are being finalised, an equally important discussion is going on: how do we finance their achievement? Addis Ababa is hosting a UN Financing for Development conference from 13 to 16 July 2015 on this topic. In preparation for the... Read more...
Nothing less than universal and equitable access to water and sanitation for all by 2030 is what the world wants. Some 50 Dutch water and development specialists came to The Hague on March 4th, 2015, to discuss what it will take to make this goal a reality. Read more...
This year, the UN will launch the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How will they differ from the existing Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and what will the implications be for the sector? One of the main differences between the MDGs and SDGs is the focus on universal access as compared... Read more...
Governments, civil society and the private sector need to work together to make water and sanitation services available to everyone. IRC's event provided an opportunity to discuss how taxes can complement trade and tariffs and to learn from an innovative health insurance model in Africa. Read more...
Public finance - money derived from taxation- is critical for achieving water, sanitation and hygiene for everyone forever. But how do we get governments to prioritise it? What should (and shouldn't) it be used for? How can public finance be used effectively together with philanthropy/aid and... Read more...
Public finance- money derived from taxation- is critical for achieving water, sanitation and hygiene for everyone forever. But how do we get governments to prioritise it? What should it be used for? And how can we get it flowing to local levels? WSUP, IRC and Trémolet Consulting will be exploring... Read more...
At the 2014 The Water and Health Conference, IRC will share experience from our work on water service monitoring, on aid effectiveness and make a case for mobilising public finance for water sanitation and hygiene. Read more...
Ghana's new service monitoring framework provides important insights on underlying causes of water system failure. At WEDC, the framework and findings regarding handpump failure were discussed. Read more...
Is aid and trade the answer to "Dead Aid"? Is it just tied aid in disguise? Does it make sense in the water sanitation and hygiene sector? IRC invited a group of stakeholders from the Dutch WASH sector to The Hague on 17 September 2014 to discuss all this and more. Join the discussion! Read more...
In Stockholm, CWSA and IRC presented Ghana's new monitoring framework for rural and small town water services, which enables monitoring of services provided and sustained at scale. Read more...
