News on Triple-S
Articles and news items giving updates on Triple-S.
IRC laying the foundations for Burkina Faso as a focus country in 2011
10 Dec 10
This past October 2010, Christelle Pezon and Amélie Dubé, along with local IRC partners, Eau Vive and 2iE, hosted a brainstorming workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to introduce the implementation of Triple-S in early 2011.
Triple-S and partners think outside the box to change WASH sector approach
08 Dec 10
The underlying message of thinking outside the proverbial box, and pushing for a new and improved approach to WASH sector management and service delivery was prevalent throughout Ton Schouten’s visit to the UK this past November 2010.
Sustainable Rural Water Service Initiative launched in Ghana
14 May 10
Under the auspices of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency Ghana, the Netherlands-based IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre officially launched its Sustainable Service at Scale initiative in Ghana on 17 May 2010 at La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra.
PRESS Release: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre to pilot new model to improve rural water services
14 Apr 09
The Hague – 14 April 2009. The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre has launched a six-year initiative to improve sustainability of rural water supply for some of the world’s poorest people, by reshaping the way that these services are provided.
Tackling sustainable water services at scale
15 Jan 09
Supporting people in poor rural communities to achieve sustainable water services is one of the most important, difficult and neglected challenges of development. Of more than 1 billion people estimated to live without access to improved water services, 900 million live in rural areas. After three decades of concerted effort, many of the poorest people in the world still live with unreliable and unsafe water, putting health at risk and diverting their efforts to improve family income into finding enough water to meet daily necessities.
IRC is starting a new, six-year Sustainable Services at Scale project
20 Nov 08
IRC is starting a new, six-year Sustainable Services at Scale (Triple S) project, which will identify, develop and test decentralised models for the delivery of sustainable rural water services in two developing countries.
