Innovative communications
Learning from innovation in communication has been key to IRC’s track record since the mid 1970s. We were actively involved with other NGOs in the first electronic conferences for practitioners in the water supply and sanitation sector in 1999 - 2000, as part of the OneWorld Water Think Tank series. We also learned from the first three-week Internet-based course in the water sector that IRC and The European Network University developed, tested and ran from 1999 - 2002, Dynamics in the water sector, on private sector involvement. The latest developments using innovative information and communication technology are the use of Skype for joint article writing, and adding audio MP3 files to our web site with interviews of participants in our 2006 symposium.
Blogs as a dynamic development tool
06 Mar 08
Two users left positive comments on our sites on the WASH News Blogs that IRC and partners started in December 2007.
Experimenting with audio interviews on the IRC web site
12 Oct 06
As an experiment in the information and communication innovation project, IRC's Sascha de Graaf had brief interviews with some symposium participants on capacity strengthening. These audio files, including text summaries and a picture of the interviewee, are now available on our web site. To keep the interviews short and focused all interviewees were asked the same three questions. This also helps the listeners to compare the different lessons the interviewees come up with. Please note that 3-4 minutes MP3 files are 1.1 MB, 7 minutes 1.8 MB.
