IRC events
Sustainability symposia 2010
Within the framework of the IRC-managed WASHCost and Triple-S projects, two symposia have been organised this year to discuss, advocate and strengthen the shift towards sustainable WASH service delivery. The Thematic Group on Scaling up Rural Water Services together with the Ministry of Water and Environment of the Government of Uganda will be holding an International Symposium on Rural Water Services (Kampala,13-15 April, 2010) to address the issues of providing sustainable rural water services at scale. The IRCs bi-annual symposium, will focus on “Pumps, Pipes and Promises: Costs, Finances and Accountability for Sustainable WASH services” (The Hague, 15-18 November, 2010).
Important IRC/DGIS policy meetings on donor harmonisation
IRC is hosting, in coordination with the Dutch Directorate General for International Cooperation (DGIS), two important policy development meetings in The Hague on 14 and 15 January 2010, bringing together major donors and a few countries around donor and national planning harmonisation and financing.
IRC 40
IRC celebrated its 40th birthday at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam on 21 November 2008 with many distinguished guests, partners, employees and former employees.
Sanitation for the Urban Poor
The IRC symposium ‘Sanitation for the Urban Poor: Partnerships and Governance’ (19 – 21 November 2008, Delft, the Netherlands) brought together a wide range of experts and practitioners to provide a platform to share good practices and explore new ways forward. Ensuring sustainable sanitation services to the urban poor poses many challenges for which answers have not yet been found.
IRC and IYS2008
IRC and partners' action to speed up the current rate of progress on the MDG target for sanitation from now and during the International Year of Sanitation 2008. At the current rate the sanitation target will not be met until 2076.
Emergency Forum
3-4 May 2007, Delft, The Netherlands
Theme: Cholera Prevention and Control
Sponsors: Oxfam, IFRC, ICRC, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, IRC (International Rescue Committee), UNICEF, ACF, MSF
Round Table on Impact
May 13th and 14th 2008, Delft, The Netherlands
The purpose of the Round Table is to map the existing knowledge, practices, experiences and challenges related to evaluating the impact of development interventions in the context of governance of WASH services.
Symposium 2006
Capacity development at the intermediate level is crucial to achieving the MDGs. Local service providers and users cannot efficiently build and ensure a sustained performance of water supply and sanitation systems in the developing world without a suitable enabling environment, good governance, adequate support and competent staff. These issues were addressed during the symposium held in 26-28 September 2006, in Delft, the Netherlands.
LA Symposium
In June 2005, IRC and UNESCO-IHE hosted an international symposium on learning alliances. This folder contains the background paper, the proceedings and the symposium report of the event.
E-conference nr. 2 on KM 2005
This E-discussion on Knowledge Management for the WATSAN sector, ‘The reality on the ground’, will run on: 18-28 March, 2005, 20-30 May 2005, 2-12 September 2005 and 4-20 November 2005. This conference is a follow-up on the one held in 2004.
