WASHCost and the life-cycle costs approach
Using the life-cycle costs approach to collect household sanitation and hygiene data in Rwanda
03 Dec 12
This article provides insight into how the Swedish Environmental Institute (SEI) used the life-cycle costs approach while collecting household sanitation and hygiene data to support their study on productive and conventional on-site sanitation in Rwanda. Vera van der Grift (IRC) interviewed Nelson Ekane (SEI) to learn about their use of life-cycle costing and their future plans for the approach.
Using life-cycle costs for budgeting – in Mozambique it’s in their DNA!
03 Dec 12
WASHCost Mozambique is saying farewell to their partners in the country, but leaving behind a treasure chest of resources. In a document highlighting ten key findings from the project, Andre Uandela says: “The project has come to a close, but the ideas and approaches have been introduced into the sector and are being further embedded by training professionals working in the sector. The aim is sustainable services in every district in the country. Please use this data as a motivator and a baseline for the future and continue to collect and analyse data that will help the WASH sector to transform the lives of people.”
WASHCost calculator: costing the life-cycle of water and sanitation services
29 Nov 12
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is developing an innovative app with a new grant from the Bill
Campaign on the real cost of sustainable services will focus now on water
29 Nov 12
“The real costs of sustainable services” campaign was launched in October 2012. The first theme focused on “costing sustainable sanitation services”. This December and January, water services will be in the spotlight. We will share with you key findings and messages from WASHCost’s research on water services in Burkina Faso, Ghana, India, and Mozambique.
Life-cycle costs and the “oh sh*t moments” (OSM): Eric Stowe from Splash on the use of the life-cycle costs approach in China and Cambodia
06 Dec 12
Vera van der Grift interviewed Eric Stowe from Splash on how his organisation is using the life-cycle costs approach for cost modelling of their programmes in Asia. Eric explains how he and colleagues have slightly tweaked the language to make 'capital maintenance expenditures' understandable for everyone.
WASHCost in the Sanitation Hackathon
29 Nov 12
On December 1-2 2012, civic technologists will convene with subject matter experts at various sites around the world to participate in the Sanitation Hackathon. Participants will address problems facing the sanitation sector. WASHCost is challenging participants in the London site location of the event to develop a quick and easy way for practitioners to check probability of sustainable sanitation by comparing life-cycle costs with desired service levels.
Registration now open for third and fourth editions of “Costing Sustainable Services” online course
29 Nov 12
500 WASH sector professionals have already signed on to take part in our first two editions of the “Costing Sustainable Services” online training course!
Register today to book your space for the December edition. There are not many spaces left for the December course, but another course will start in February 2013.
Mecanismos e Instrumentos de Planificação e Orçamentação no Sector de Águas em Moçambique
29 Nov 12
O objectivo desta Nota Informativa é apresentar os mecanismos e os principais instrumentos usados para a tomada de decisões no sector de água rural em Moçambique e identificar os pontos de entrada para o uso da Abordagem do Custo do Ciclo de Vida (LCCA) dos serviços de abastecimento de água e saneamento dentro do quadro institucional existente. A partir desta perspectiva, este documento analisa os instrumentos e mecanismos de planificação e orçamentação existentes no país a todos os níveis e mostra como estes estão interligados. Este documento é um sumário de um mais completo publicado e apresentado num simpósio internacional sobre abastecimento de água realizado em 2010 em Haia, na Holanda ( IRC Symposium 2010 "Pipes, pumps and promises").
WASHCost Ghana End-of-Project Meeting in Accra
29 Nov 12
The WASHCost Project Ghana is holding its End-of-Project meeting in Accra, Ghana. The meeting is under the theme: Costing Sustainable Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Services, and scheduled for the 29th and 30th November, 2012. This event is the penultimate prior to the end of the four-year project.
The two-day event will be used to showcase the main activities and achievements of WASHCost Project in Ghana over the four-year period (2008 – 2012). It will also help in the facilitation of the embedding and up-take of the WASHCost legacy costing concept - the life-cycle costs approach (LCCA)- by way of mainstreaming the process and its uptake at all levels will be deliberated.
The second day of the event will be used to organise an Life Cycle Cost Approach (LCCA) training for participants.
Taking life-cycle costs approach to field-level - Millennium Water Alliance applies concepts through partners in Africa and Latin America
04 Dec 12
Millennium Water Alliance (MWA) is a champion of the life-cycle costs approach. They, along with partners, are applying the approach in Ethiopia, Kenya, and parts of Latin America to improve monitoring and evaluation of their WASH programmes. IRC’s WASHCost discussed with Susan Dundon of MWA and learned how the organisation is gathering evidence to show how the life-cycle costs approach works or doesn’t work in reality.
