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.
Vacancy: Project coordinator of the Sustainable Services at Scale (Triple-S) project
IRC is currently seeking candidates for the position of Project Coordinator of the Sustainable Services at Scale (Triple-S) project. The project will identify, develop and test decentralised models for the delivery of sustainable rural water services in developing countries.
Apply before Sunday 28 February 2010
In Focus: Hygiene promotion in South Asia; progress, challenges and emerging issues
Author: A.J. Peal (United Kingdom). This background paper focuses on hygiene promotion, the subject of the South Asia Hygiene Practitioners’ Workshop held in Rajendrapur, Bangladesh in February 2010. The paper gives an overview of hygiene and behaviour change approaches and experiences in the sector and describes the hygiene and behaviour change approaches used in South Asia.
Strengthening Capacities for Planning of Sanitation and Wastewater Use: Experiences from two cities in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
This document provides an overview of the experiences of the Wastewater Agriculture and Sanitation for Poverty Alleviation (WASPA) project in Asia, carried out in the towns of Rajshahi in Bangladesh and Kurunegala in Sri Lanka. It shows that integrated, joint planning is important for addressing complex problems that span sectoral, administrative and social divides and that, ultimately, the high transaction costs are justified.
Read more or download OP44_WASPA_2010.pdf (969 kB)
“Live” coverage from South Asia Hygiene practitioners’ workshop
S.Vishwanath (aka Zenrainman) is providing “live” coverage from the South Asia Hygiene practitioners’ workshop in Bangladesh through a blog, on twitter and on You Tube.
Setting up emergency water and sanitation services
Documents, links and fact-sheets on emergency water, sanitation and hygiene issues. These materials are useful for emergency relief workers operating in disaster areas (earthquakes, tsunami etc).
International Symposium on Rural Water Services – Kampala 13-15 April 2010
The symposium aims to:
a) provide a platform for learning about and sharing possible ways of improving initiatives on sustainable rural water services at scale
b) debate and analyse these emerging initiatives, and
c) identify common principles to facilitate improved policy and practise in water service delivery.
Hygiene papers
Full papers (to be) presented at the South Asia Hygiene practitioners’ workshop, 1 – 4 February 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The workshop is organised by BRAC, WaterAid, WSSCC, and IRC and is part of five learning and sharing workshops on sanitation and hygiene organised in 2009 and 2010.
Pumps, Pipes and Promises
The IRC Symposium 2010 (15-18 Nov) will focus on three themes in the provision and use of decentralised WASH services, and the linkages between them:
- How much does it cost to provide WASH services?
- How to finance WASH Services?
- How to ensure accountability in provision of WASH services?
Sanitation promotion: World’s Longest Toilet Queue
The World’s Longest Toilet Queue is a mass mobilisation event and Guinness World Record attempt bringing together thousands of campaigners on World Water Day. The campaigners are demanding that governments act to solve the global sanitation and water crisis, one month before the first High-Level Meeting on Sanitation and Water.
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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.
