Projects
IRC's past and current projects on the linkages between WASH and IWRM.
EMPOWERS (completed 2007)
The Euro-Med Participatory Water Resources Scenarios (EMPOWERS), was a multi-country (Egypt, Jordan, West Bank/Gaza) research and development project led by Care International UK. The project (2003-2007) aimed to improve the access of poor users to water through improved water resource management.
LoGo Water (completed 2007)
LoGo Water aimed at supporting local governments in the Southern Africa region to acitively engage in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Nine institutions and organisations from Southern Africa and the European Union which are specialising in different areas of water management and local government were implementing the project between January 2005 and December 2007. The project was funded by the European Commission Research Directorate General under the FP6 programme.
NEGOWAT (completed 2006)
NEGOWAT was a multi-partner research project (2003-2006) focused on developing methodologies to support negotiation of peri-urban water conflicts. These web pages include project information for research in India, and only summary information from Bolivia and Brasil. Further information from Latin America is available at www.negowat.org
EU-CAP (completed 2004)
European Union CAPacity building Project
Building Capacity for a Strategic Approach to Water Resources Development and Management European Union CAPacity building project
EU-CAP is a project led by HR Wallingford in the UK to raise awareness of, and develop training materials for, the European Commission's capacity-building project: "Guidelines for Water Resource Development - Towards Sustainable Water Resources Management: A Strategic Approach."
WHiRL (completed 2004)
Water, Households and Rural Livelihoods (WHiRL) is a project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DfID) that looks at promoting access of the poor to sustainable water supplies for domestic and productive uses in areas of water scarcity in South Africa and India.
