Ghana
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.
‘What you don’t cost, you can’t do’ – Ghana WASH coordinator assesses the impact of WASHCost
20 Nov 12
Charlotte Engmann is the water and sanitation systems coordinator for the CWSA, with years of experience of facilitating water and sanitation programmes in rural areas and small towns in Ghana. Victor Otum, communications officer for IRC, asked her what difference it made when CWSA joined WASHCost in looking at the life-cycle costs of water, sanitation and hygiene programmes.
Synthesis report on service levels affirms international estimates on functionality
09 Nov 12
A synthesis report produced by the Triple-S Project in Ghana on rural water service levels has affirmed international estimates of non functionality levels of about 30% of point sources.
Financing direct support in Ghana – a video account
09 Nov 12
Financing direct support for water facilities in Ghana is a critical element in the equation for the delivery of sustainable water services. This is video documentary which explores various options and opportunities for post construction support for water and sanitation facilities in Ghana. It draws largely on efforts by two of IRC Ghana’s programmes, the Triple-S and WASHCost projects in facilitating sector dialogue and innovations to addresses the situation.
Ghana WASH sector considering innovative mechanisms to finance Capital Maintenance Expenditure (CapManEx)
01 Nov 12
IRC Ghana, in conjunction with major stakeholders in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in Ghana, is considering various innovative ways of financing for Capital Maintenance Expenditure (CapManEx) for WASH facilities.
To this end, IRC Ghana, through its WASHCost and Triple S Projects, and in partnership with the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) and other stakeholders, has formed a committee to work on the initiative.
“We desire a less than five percent non-functionality” - Naa Baga II
01 Nov 12
“We want non-functionality of Water systems to drastically reduce from the current level of about 30% to as low as 5% by the next decade”. This according to Naa Baga II, Chairman of the Direct Support Cost Committee, will only happen, if challenges with Direct Support Cost are addressed thoroughly.
Promoting learning and adaptive management – the Triple-S approach
09 Nov 12
The Sustainable Services at Scale (Triple-S) Project has for the past three years used the sector learning approach to influence policy and practice in the rural water sector. This is because learning and adaptive management are central to delivering sustainable services.
Akatsi Water Board seeks sustainable pricing of water
09 Nov 12
How do you set a tariff for water in a small town, so that people can afford to pay and there is enough money to sustain the service?
Towards Sustainable rural water services - how Triple-S Ghana is piloting the Service Delivery Approach in the East Gonja District
10 Oct 12
The Triple-S Ghana Project in June 2011 started piloting the Service Delivery Approach to delivering water services in three districts ,namely - East Gonja (Northern Region),Akatsi (Volta Region) and Sunyani West Districts (Brong Ahafo Region).Each of the districts is involved in a set of activities aimed at strengthening the capacity and oversight of service authorities, monitoring functionality and the levels of water services
Jeremiah Atengdem is the Regional Learning Facilitator of the Triple-S Project in the Northern Region of Ghana. In this audio clip he explains how the project is piloting the Service Delivery Approach in the East Gonja District.
MOLE Conference participants call for establishment of WASH fund for Capital Maintenance
05 Sep 12
Participants at the MOLE XXIII Conference have called for the establishment of a national water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) fund to finance capital maintenance of facilities to ensure sustainability. This is because communities are not able to finance capital maintenance activities on their own leading to non-functionality of facilities.
