IRC and International Year of Sanitation
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.
Important Sanitation Events
Selection of conferences and events in 2008 with a strong focus on sanitation.
IRC and partners' work and the launch of the International Year of Sanitation
The International Year of Sanitation was kicked off in New York on 21 November 2007. Highlights from IRC and partners' work on sanitation and hygiene for the IYS.
Media coverage on closure of Dutch IYS
Various Dutch media covered the Closing of the International Year of Sanitation (IYS) in the Netherlands organized by NWP, IRC and Simavi on Friday 21 November 2008.
Highlights from this year of sanitation and hygiene work
As well as hosting a symposium on sanitation for the urban poor in November 2008 IRC and partners have been stepping up information and advocacy activities and field work on sanitation and hygiene in this International Year of Sanitation.
International Year of Sanitation 2008
The official IYS web site, maintained by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA).
IYS 2008 web sites
New International Year of Sanitation 2008 web sites of WEDC, WSSCC and WHO
Sustainable Sanitation Alliance: task force supports 2008 International Year of Sanitation
A core group of about 30 organisations active in the field of sustainable sanitation have formed a task force to support the 2008 International Year of Sanitation (IYS). The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA, http://www.susana.org) has drawn up a joint road map of activities planned for the IYS 2008.
IRC contributions to the International Year of Sanitation
By the end of the first quarter of 2008, IRC had already contributed in several ways to the International Year of Sanitation.
