Published on: 07/10/2024
The 2024 virtual and in-person UNC Water and Health Conference takes place from 14-18 October 2024. IRC and partners will be presenting and participating in various side events and plenaries.
Here is an overview of the sessions IRC is involved in (more may be added):
Monday 14 October 2024
- 8.30 – 10.00 am (US Eastern Standard Time) SIDE EVENT in Redbud: Creating Healthy Business Environments for Sanitation Markets: What’s lagging and how can stakeholders intervene? – USAID, Tetra Tech, FSG, Amref, Population Services International (PSI), IRC, Water For People, Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF)
Tuesday 15 October 2024
- 8.30 – 10.00 am SIDE EVENT in Redbud: Accelerating the attainment of sustainable WASH services through Effective Coordination at all Levels – National Development Planning Commission and in collaboration with IRC Ghana and the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources
- 10:30 AM – 12:00 pm – PLENARY SESSION in Grumman Auditorium: Turning Guidance into Policy and Policy into Implementation - Presenters: Bruce Gordon, Jane Nabunnya. Panelists: Mary Eyram Ashinyo, Sam Drabble, Ann Thomas, Felix Twinomucunguzi Moderators: Clarissa Brocklehurst
Wednesday 16 October 2024
- 8.30 – 10.00 am SIDE EVENT in Redbud: Strengthening water, sanitation and hygiene systems – towards a core set of indicators and common framework – WHO, UNICEF, the World Bank, IRC, FCDO, University of Leeds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Aguaconsult
- 8.30 – 10.00 am SIDE EVENT in Dogwood: Professionalizing the Management of Rural Water Systems for Sustainable Water Service Delivery in Uganda – Ministry of Water and Environment Uganda, Water For People, IRC, WaterAid Uganda, UNICEF, Whave Solutions, The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Osprey Foundation, Waterloo Foundation, Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources of Ghana, Ministry of Water and Irrigation Ethiopia, Ministry of Infrastructure Rwanda
- 8.30 – 10.00 am SIDE EVENT in Azalea: Implementing smart subsidies for water supply and sanitation service delivery – evidence, tips, and pitfalls – USAID WASHPaLS #2; USAID URBAN WASH; USAID Transform WASH; and Ghana Water Limited
- 1:30 – 3:00 pm – SPOTLIGHT SERIES, Grumman Auditorium, Spotlight on Uganda - Delivering Area-wide inclusive sanitation in Uganda: Policy Achievements, Limitations and the Future – Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda, Water For People, IRC
Thursday 17 October 2024
- 1:30 - 3:00 PM SIDE EVENT in Grumman - Friday Conference Center: SPOTLIGHT ON GHANA. Leveraging client service approaches to drive leadership action in the Region-wide implementation of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Masterplans in Ghana: Experiences from the Ahafo Region - Government of Ghana, Netcentric, IRC
Friday 18 October 2024
- 10.00 - 10:55 - SIDE EVENT in Azalea: Area-wide sanitation: harmonizing and operationalizing approaches to reach universal safely managed sanitation in rural areas – USAID WASHPaLS #2, UNICEF, WaterAid, PSI, Sanitation Learning Hub, Water For People, SNV, and IRC
- 11:00 – 11:55 am – SIDE EVENT in Azalea: Transitioning from basic to safely managed water and sanitation services: systemic drivers and implications – IRC, University of Leeds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Agenda for Change and Self-Help Africa
