In Asutifi North District in Ghana, the local government works with IRC, Safe Water Network and World Vision (Conrad N. Hilton Foundation partners) to make it the first Ghanaian district where everyone has access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services by 2030. Read more...
Water is fundamental to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. With these words, the annual World Water Week 2017 was opened yesterday at the city conference hall in Stockholm. Read more...
"Progress is not fast enough especially for sanitation", says IRC's Catarina Fonseca in a podcast interview. Read more...
Local authorities are committed to developing strategic WASH plans for the 2030 horizon. Read more...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs contributes 4.8 million euros to fund IRC's programmatic aims. Read more...
New report by WHO and UNICEF sets the baseline for ambitious global goals. Read more...
IRC leads the cross-country learning and knowledge component. Read more...
WHO/UNICEF will publish the new indicators for Sustainable Development Goal 6 on July 13th, 2017. Read more...
The first minister to hold a comprehensive policy brief for sanitation and water resources in Ghana has promised sector wide consultation on how to achieve country targets. Read more...
The District Based Full Coverage start-up initiative was launched with Asutifi North District as the selected district. Read more...
Monitoring of WASH systems needs to be much more sophisticated to reach universal access for everyone. Read more...
IRC and the Safe Water Network are piloting a sustainable service delivery approach at district level. Read more...
What are the challenges and why do we need public finance to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. Read more...
We rely on complex systems, but we are "systems blind". Read more...
20 February 2017 you can listen to the very first episode of IRC's podcast WASH Talk. Read more...
Sanitation lagged far behind during the last round of assessments of the global development targets. Ahead of World Toilet Day, Devex spoke to sector experts to get their insights on the major challenges threatening sanitation SDG success today. Read more...
Stockholm's story exemplifies the typical issues surrounding water and underscores the argument that water is key to development, most especially to the SDGs. Read more...
During the launch of Watershed – empowering citizens in Ghana partners and interested parties confirmed their commitment to ensure sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services for all. Read more...
Clear calls for increased investment in water and sanitation during the Africa Water Week. Read more...
Africa's governments should "put resolute actions in favour of water and should confront the immediate challenges of scarcity of safe and clean water." a plea by Hon. Kibaki at the opening of the 6th Africa Water Week (AWW) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Read more...