Stockholm Water Week

Stockholm World Water Week takes place from 26 - 31 August 2012 and the theme is Water and Food Security. IRC will be present in Stockholm and will organise and take part in various sessions and activities.

Scaling pathways for Multiple-Use Services, for food security and health

04 Sep 12

“If Multiple-Use Services (MUS) is such a good idea, why is it difficult scale-up?“ This question was raised during the MUS seminar at the Stockholm World Water Week. According to Barbara van Koppen (IWMI), finding an answer to these questions requires an analysis of limitations in the public sector in supporting MUS. For example, the public sector has its narrowly defined institutional mandate, with corresponding financing earmarks, limiting the possibility to expand WASH services to a more MUS oriented approach. The same applies to the irrigation sector.

Inaugural meeting of the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN)’s “Management and Support group”

31 Aug 12

At the Kick-off meeting of the RWSN, IRC’s Stef Smits and Marieke Adank and Aguaconsult CEO Harold Lockwood presented recent findings relating to monitoring, sustainability and post-construction support of rural WASH services.

From open data to services: Achieving water and sanitation services that last

30 Aug 12

A presentation by Nick Dickinson on open data at the World Water Week 2012 in Stockholm.

It’s about sustainable water services, not just about pumps and pipes: Assessing and monitoring water services in Ghana

29 Aug 12

‘It’s about sustainable water services, not just about pumps and pipes’. That was one of the main messages (and title) of the presentation on monitoring water services in Ghana, presented by Marieke Adank from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre in the ‘Judge us by our outcomes’ session during the World Water week in Stockholm 2012.

Opening of Stockholm World Water Week 2012: call for sustainable solutions to ensure food for all

28 Aug 12

“In less than 40 years’ time, the world's population will have increased by a third to 9 billion people. Each and every one of these individuals will want access to basic goods and services starting with food, clean water and sanitation, shelter and education as well as health care.”

Linking domestic water and food security at Stockholm World Water Week 2012

16 Aug 12

At the Stockholm World Water Week 2012, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), together with partners from the Multiple-Use Services (MUS) Group, will be promoting the use of domestic water supplies to improve food security. Water use at the homestead-level, for small-scale production from livestock, and vegetable gardens make the difference for millions of poor families.

IRC's presence at the Stockholm World Water Week

16 Aug 12

IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre will participate in various sessions at the Stockholm World Water Week, 2012. You can find us at the IRC booth number: B01:45. Here, you can always meet us, find out more about IRC and set up a meeting with one of our representatives.

Kick-off of the RWSN working group on “Management and support of rural water supplies”

14 Aug 12

It is our pleasure to announce the kick-off of the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) Working Group on “Management and support of rural water supplies”. This Working Group focusses on management models for rural water supply and on support to service providers to ensure sustainable service provision under different service delivery models.