Former IRC Associate
The Akatsi North District has taken steps to repair 20 broken down hand pumps in the district to improve water facility functionality and service delivery. Read more...
Identifiée par l’ensemble du secteur comme une mesure prioritaire de l’année 2013, la constitution d’un cadre de monitoring des services publics d’eau potable en milieu rural commence à voir le jour. Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) and the Triple-S project Ghana, has met with stakeholders in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector to discuss issues on sustaining water service delivery in the sector. It was under the theme: “Sustaining Water Service Delivery: Innovations... Read more...
Uganda has done well in terms of expanding coverage but, like many countries, it struggles to sustain water services. What do those involved say about the challenges and possible solutions? Read more...
The Triple-S initiative is about taking the best international thinking available, combining it with extensive Ugandan knowledge and expertise, and adapting it to the situation on the ground. There is a lot that the Ugandan water sector is doing well, and Triple-S is taking these positive examples... Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) is leading Triple-S in Ghana in partnership with IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre . Read more...
Un fonds de ressources sur l'amélioration de l'approvisionnement en eau en milieu rural Read more...
Regular collection, collation and analysis of reliable data is a crucial building block in delivering sustainable services. Monitoring systems should track not only access, but the quality of a service over time, as well as performance of operators in key technical, financial, and management... Read more...
Harmonisation and coordination entails all actors –national and local government, donors, lending banks, NGOs and other water sector stakeholders – recognizing and adhering to common principles and approaches when supporting rural water services. It includes the principles of 'aid effectiveness',... Read more...
The Northern Regional office of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) is taking steps to update data on functionality and sustainability of water facilities in the region. Read more...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Mr Clement Bugase in this video interview talks about the changing role of his institution as they seek to enhance its ability as a regulator more than a facilitator for the delivery of physical water and sanitation... Read more...
A synthesis report produced by the Triple-S Project in Ghana on rural water service levels has affirmed international estimates of non functionality levels of about 30% of point sources. Read more...
During 5 to 23 November 2012, the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) will host a three-week e-discussion on the realities of accelerating self supply. Read more...
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) working group on management support for rural water supplies convened in The Hague, The Netherlands on 2 to 3 October 2012, for their first thematic meeting on piped schemes. Objectives for the two days included compiling an initial set of conclusions and... Read more...
A new briefing note about Hand Pump Mechanics Associations Read more...
IRC will host an information session during the 2012 Water and Health Conference about bringing WASHME to a larger audience. Read more...
Understanding the full life-cycle costs of (rural) WASH services is a big step towards increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of investments in the Ugandan WASH sector, which have become scarcer over the past year. Read more...
Triple-S Ghana joined the Ugandan and International Work streams for a research seminar held in Kampala from September 24 to 26, 2012. Read more...
How do you set a tariff for water in a small town, so that people can afford to pay and there is enough money to sustain the service?" Read more...
‘It’s about sustainable water services, not just about pumps and pipes’. That was one of the main messages (and title) of a presentation on monitoring water services in Ghana, presented by Marieke Adank from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre in the ‘Judge us by our outcomes’ session... Read more...
