IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
Bridging the knowledge gap and joint learning with partners for improved, low-cost water supply, sanitation and hygiene in developing countries.
Conflict mediation in the water and sanitation sector: And how to reach solutions
This TOP explores current thinking about conflict management in the water and sanitation sector and is meant for individuals who want to understand more about the way to analyse, understand and help to manage conflicts.
Read more or download TOP22_Conflict_08.pdf (790 kB)
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Guinea worm: 'close to eradication', says Carter Center
The US-based Carter Center says that health workers are on the verge of eradicating Guinea worm, a parasitical disease that has affected millions of people in Africa and Asia. Cases have been cut by 99.7% and there are hopes that the disease will be completely wiped out by 2010.
Vacancy: Project financial controller for the Sustainable Services at Scale (SSS) project
For one of its new projects IRC is seeking a financial controller. The Sustainable Services at Scale project has started in December 2008 and has an overall budget in the region of US$22 million. It has a duration of six years with the inclusion of an eighteen month inception phase part of which will be the identification of the initial two countries for project execution. The project will be implemented by an international team of 6-8 professionals based in the Netherlands as part of IRC together with local teams of 10-12 professionals based in partner organisations in the countries.
Apply before Monday 12 January 2009
Community-managed toilets: Tiruchirappalli sets a good example
The city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India, is setting a good example with its community-managed toilets (CMTs). The city authorities, communities and NGOs have joined forces to install nearly 340 CMTs, most of which also have bathing and washing facilities.
Preventing corruption in water: strengthening transparency, integrity and accountability
The Hague, The Netherlands, 09 Mar 09 - 11 Mar 09
Participants attending the course will be able to plan anti-corruption initiatives in the water sector on the basis of the latest available research and evidence. They will be equipped with tools to understand the complexity of corruption in the sector, and tools and approaches to take positive, prevention-focused actions to improve systems of integrity and accountability.
Ghana: IRC, WEDC and TREND help train CWSA staff on knowledge management
Knowledge management and sharing experience of IRC and WEDC since 2003 are being used in Ghana, where TREND is tapping this experience in a workshop on knowledge management of selected staff from all districts of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency. WEDC and IRC staff helped facilitate this workshop, which attracted 50 participants in early December 2008.
Community Health Clubs in Uganda
Experience has shown that Community Health Clubs are effective modes for changing knowledge, attitude and practices on environmental health issues. Sanitation and hygiene behaviour can be starting points of for all members of community health clubs, where mutual support will help to achieve outputs. This information case gives steps in establishing such Clubs as well as practical hints.
Slippage of WASH Services: Causes, Costs and How to Counter
Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad, India, First week of March 2009
The main objectives of the workshop are to quantify the scale and extent of the challenge of “slippage of WASH services” and to increase the understanding of the main causes. Secondly the workshop is about disseminating the results of the research and workshop, and scaling-up of good practices related to the WASH slippage challenge.
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- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
- QIS workshop in Nepalgunj, Nepal
- South Asia WASH news
- Good example of storytelling on IRC website
- Issue 13
- India Sanitation Portal
- Ecosan: light-weight concrete composite pans
- Water supply: impact on gender and income in Gujarat, India
About IRC
Since its foundation in 1968, the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they will use and maintain.
