Former IRC focus country | 2007-2023
IRC Honduras at a glance The IRC team in Honduras was led by Stef Smits
“We want to guarantee the sustainability of systems. So we are implementing a training and technical assistance plan for all water boards to improve their administrative, operations and maintenance and life cycle costing skills.”
Sarahí Morales
Coordinator of the Intermunicipal Technical Unit of MAMCEPAZ
“I think that implementing the joint model with the Municipal Commission for Water and Sanitation and the Local Supervision and Control Unit can be a good strategy, especially since most of the municipalities belong to an association and in other sectors there have been better results with inter-municipal commissions.”
Eli Anibal Morales, Director of MAMCEPAZ (an association of municipalities of Center of La Paz in Honduras)
“We need to change the point of view of national and municipal authorities that costs are the main factor when prioritising where to invest. The main factor should be meeting the SDGs and ensuring that everyone has access to water and sanitation services, and stopping the exclusion of those who have been excluded for many years.”
Pedro Ortiz
Co-ordinator of the executive secretary of CONASA
Mid 2023, IRC concluded its activities in Honduras, shifting focus from direct involvement to supporting broader initiatives through our One For All alliance partner, Water For People. One For All will continue to work towards the Destination 2030 outcome targets for the country.
2023 marked a successful year for IRC in Honduras. The Vice Minister for Finance attended our All Systems Connect International Symposium and the government finalised its national finance strategy, ensuring sustained impact in WASH.
Over the past years, IRC's focus has been on those building blocks underpinning the Honduran water and sanitation sector that still required strengthening, including researching 'the last mile' WASH services delivery to remote rural communities and pockets of poor citizens.
IRC worked via the Para Todos Por Siempre (everyone forever) collective – bringing together municipalities (with a total population of 285,000), NGOs, national level WASH entities and donors. A collective that advocates for key sector reforms with Government and that provides support in shaping that reform. At a local level, the collective provides municipalities and their associations, and the NGOs that support them, with tools and solutions to drive access to universal WASH services.IRC provided technical support to Para Todos Por Siempre network members to improve their functionality in governance, planning and monitoring.
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