IRC at the World Water Forum 2012
IRC activities at the World Water Forum 6 taking place in Marseille from 12 to 17 March 2012.
Which WASH finance solutions for serving the poor work?
Financing water and sanitation improvements for the very poor remains a major challenge over large areas of the globe. In a dynamic session at the World Water Forum in Marseille participants were asked to choose the best solution from 6 proposed by IRC and WSUP in their paper 6 Key Solutions for pro-poor WASH financing. Follow us on Twitter @FonsecaCatarina and you will soon see what the result of the voting session is!
New initiative supports national sanitation planning
Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) will soon launch a new initiative to help off-track countries meet their WASH goals. The National Planning for Results Initiative (NPRI) aims to pool donor support to develop in-country planning capacity. SWA announced the initiative during their session on National Sanitation Planning at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseilles.
Interview on monitoring water services with Clement Tumfuga Bugase (CWSA) Ghana
In future, CWSA would like any project we undertake in the water sector to have sustainability engrained, streamlined right from day one….
Monitoring of water services delivery is a key factor for sustainability and water for all. This was the key theme of the monitoring and evaluation session at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille in March 2012. It was observed that most approaches to monitoring focus on coverage measured in terms of numbers of systems built and people served. They seldom take into account the functionality of systems and their sustainability. The commitment coming out of the session was that by 2020, more than half of the countries in each continent have organised, inclusive and reliable reporting mechanisms for water supply services in rural and urban areas. In this inverview Mr Clement Bugase, Chief Executive of Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) Ghana, shares views on the steps that Ghana is taking in this direction.
IRC and Akvo sign Memorandum of Understanding
“We will complement each other and create a win-win situation through this collaboration”, said IRC Director Nico Terra when signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Akvo Foundation on 13 March at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseilles.
The 6th World Water Forum: A time for solutions
‘There is a lot of progress but 8 million are yet to be served…..’
The opening ceremony of the 6th World Water Forum was a stark reminder of how much harder the world has to work before meeting the MDG targets on water and sanitation. While it was acknowledged that the target of halving the number of people without access to safe drinking water had been met way ahead of 2015, another 800 million people are yet to join that league. Meanwhile, sanitation remains the “poor cousin” as Loic Fauchon, President of the World Water Council and Michel Jarraud Chair of UN Water aptly noted – 2.5 billion people still lack access to sanitation facilities.
Sustainable water & sanitation services that last - IRC at WWF6
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre will be an active participant in the World Water Forum 6 from 12 to 17 March 2012 in Marseilles, France. We will be strongly involved in WWF6 sessions on Finance, Monitoring and Communications.
6 Key Solutions for pro-poor WASH financing
In the lead-up to the World Water Forum 2012, sector specialists throughout the world have been asked to report specific solutions for addressing this challenge. Based on these concrete examples, IRC and WSUP propose six key solutions for pro-poor WASH finance. We urge financing institutions, governments and service providers worldwide to put these key solutions into practice.
Session date: Tuesday 13th March, 14:30—16:30 hrs, WWF 2012, Marseille, France.
Community Managed Project (CMP) approach debated at the World Water Forum
A debate on the Community Managed Project (CMP) approach at the World Water Forum ended with the audience voting in favour of CMP as a solution to rural WASH.
From short-lived infrastructure projects to sustainable services that last: IRC wants YOUR story on rural water services
The Triple-S programme for water services that last, implemented by IRC, uses among others the SenseMaker® method to capture the views of different water users on rural water management. We are interested in collecting stories from a broad number of stakeholders, including representatives of governments and donor agencies, international finance institutions, foundations, NGOS, private sector and research organisations. Audrey van Soest from IRC / Triple-S will be pleased to collect YOUR story and introduce you to SenseMaker® at the WWF6.
Commitment to self supply made at the 6th World Water Forum
At the 6th World Water Forum held in Marseille, France, in March 2012, the Ethiopian government made a commitment to implement self supply as an approach to rural water supply.
