Help desks

Selection of help desks or enquiry services.

Ask IRC

14 Dec 09

Question and answer service of IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. Utilising the diverse resources and expertise of IRC and partners, information specialists will respond to questions on sanitation, hygiene and drinking water.

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DEW Point helpdesk

14 Dec 09

Helpdesk of DEW Point which provides technical support to DFID and its development partners. The helpdesk can be approached by registered users. You can register free of charge. The support can include: literature reviews, short technical enquiries, development of terms of reference, concept development.

Http://www.dewpoint.org.uk

India Water Portal – Ask a Question

A question-and-answer service on water and sanitation related issues, started in August 2007 by Arghyam in collaboration with WES-Net India.

InfoSpring

16 Sep 10

Info Spring is an open Q&A web platform that enables users to post questions and answers, tag topics, rate content, and collaborate to solve problems. It was aunched in January 2010 by the Washington, DC-based Development Practitioner’s Forum, The initial focus of the site is on sustainable agriculture, food security, climate change and natural resource management.

Relevant WASH-related tags on InfoSpring are water and waste-treatment.

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Practical Action - Technical Enquiry Service

14 Dec 09

This service supplies, free of charge, technical and developmental information to their target group which includes grassroots development workers, community-based organisations, NGOs and other agencies using appropriate technologies to implement sustainable development.

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