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COO Joost Kooijmans explains the finer points of Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) to Aquafed’s President Mamadou Dia and Execu

Bringing the private sector to the table

Published on: 16/10/2019

The question is not if, but how they should be involved. Read more...

Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Ghana's Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources and Vida Duti, IRC Ghana Country Director

Call the minister

Published on: 18/06/2019

Why networking and collective action are essential to systems change. Read more...

Catarina de Albuquerque speaking at the Peace Palace, The Hague, 13 March 2019.

Passion, political leadership and knowledge

Published on: 17/04/2019

What it will take to bring water and sanitation to everyone. Read more...

Patrick Moriarty and Aboubakar Hema, mayor of Banfora (photo by Cabinet du Maire de Banfora)

Banfora shows committed political leadership

Published on: 15/10/2018

IRC-supported commune in Burkina Faso promises water and sanitation for everyone by 2030. Read more...

Private finance is necessary to achieve the WASH SDGs: but it will only follow Government’s lead

Published on: 20/04/2017

The Sanitation and Water for All High Level Meeting will focus squarely on finance. Read more...

2026: A year of transformation

Published on: 12/01/2026

IRC's Patrick Moriarty looking forward to 2026 with optimism Read more...

Remembering Catarina de Albuquerque

Published on: 17/11/2025

Catarina de Albuquerque was a force of nature who transformed how our sector thinks about human rights and dignity Read more...

Surviving the Trumpquake

Published on: 19/03/2025

Like an earthquake, the initial trauma and damage caused by the dismantling of USAID was prefigured by tremors and is now followed by aftershocks Read more...

A significant milestone on a long, shared journey

Published on: 21/06/2022

The added value of the SWA Jakarta Sector Ministers' Meeting Read more...

The world is off track to achieve SDG 6, so what can countries do about it?

Published on: 18/07/2018

Provide leadership and accountability! Read more...

Evidence-based policy in practice

Published on: 11/03/2016

Creating the capacity to adapt and innovate within national water, sanitation and hygiene sectors Read more...

Paying the piper: 3 things donors can do to drive real change

Published on: 16/10/2015

We all know that "he who pays the piper calls the tune" - but what if the tune is the wrong one for the times? Can pipers push for new tunes? IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty thinks so. Read more...

But what is it that you actually do?

Published on: 17/09/2015

At IRC we're pretty clear about our aims – about the world we want to see. Everyone, everywhere enjoying access to water, sanitation and hygiene services that last forever. But how to get there? And what's our role? Read more...

An unholy alliance of right and left

Published on: 08/09/2014

In this blog Patrick Moriarty reflects on Stockholm World Water Week 2014. There is good progress in language (and some tools) around the role of government in delivering services, he argues. But it's still an uphill struggle on who pays for what. Read more...

No more fairy tales

Published on: 16/07/2014

In the third of three blog posts, CEO of IRC Patrick Moriarty explains why “government leadership” is critical to tackle inequality, poverty and to create sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services – and why we need to stop believing in fairy tales be they about self-supporting communities... Read more...