News from Burkina Faso
News items from Burkina Faso on the WASH sector.
Monitoring WASH services key issue at the WASHCost end-of-project workshop; how to go on from here?
26 Feb 13
From 14 to 16 January 2013 a three day workshop was held in Ouagadougou with different WASH sector stakeholders to discuss the new methods and approaches of monitoring water supply and sanitation services and to identify ways to scale up the service delivery approach at the national level for better access to water and sanitation services.
Burkina Faso creates new ministry for water and sanitation
26 Feb 13
Sector stakeholders were delighted when the new government of Burkina Faso announced the creation of the Ministère de l’Eau, des Aménagements Hydrauliques et de l’Assainissement (Ministry of Water, Hydraulic Planning and Sanitation) in January 2013. Mrs. Mamounata Belem/Ouédraogo, who heads the new ministry, has a challenging job ahead.
Data information sheets by WASHCost Burkina Faso are available in French
11 Oct 12
In 2009, WASHCost collected socioeconomic, financial and technical data to assess the cost and the quality of WASH services in nine villages: Aorema, Bouéré, Dossi, Komsilga, Margo, Yagma, Ouahigouya secteur 1, Houndé secteur 2 and in Ouaga secteur 30.
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre opens its second office in Africa
17 Sep 12
Ouagadougou / The Hague, 17 September 2012: After twenty years of working in Burkina Faso through various local and international partner agencies – among which Eau-Vive, WaterAid, Water and Sanitation for Africa WSA/EEA – the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is officially opening its national representation in Ouagadougou today. The Burkina Faso office is the second national representation of IRC in Africa, following the opening of a country office in Ghana earlier this year. The opening of national offices is part of the IRC’s on-going decentralisation process.
Revisiting Dominant Notions: A Review of Costs, Performance and Institutions of Small Reservoirs in Sub-Saharan Africa
21 Aug 12
Thousands of small reservoirs dot the rural landscape of sub-Saharan Africa. They have long attracted development and academic interest on the grounds that they make vulnerable and generally little-developed regions ‘drought-proof’ and allow for smallscale community-based irrigation.
Read more or download Revisiting Dominant Notions_A review of Costs_Small Recevoirs RR 145 (Web version).pdf (1.4 MB)
Fourth discussion on water: promoting household sanitation in rural areas; a concern shared by journalists
17 Jul 12
On Friday 29 June 2012, WASH sector professionals and journalists gathered at Sidwaya (Hebdo newspaper from Ouagadougou) for the Fourth Round of discussions on water –Palabres d’eau. With Abu-bakr Adiz,Director General of Editions Sidwaya, serving as the activity’s Chairperson, attendees discussed the role journalists can play in promoting domestic sanitation in rural areas.
Working Paper 4 - De l’accès aux systèmes de distribution d’eau potable
29 May 12
Working Paper 4 proposes an alternative methodology and different tools for learning about how populations access water services. The methodology looks at the national level and is based on the application of monitoring indicators in accordance with regulation standards that are enforced in Burkina Faso.
Factsheet on Burkina Faso
16 May 12
This factsheet gives a short overview of IRC activities and expertise in projects taking place in Burkina Faso. Also included are some facts on the water, sanitation and hygiene situation in the country.
BURKINA_FASO_fast_facts_IRC.pdf (1.7 MB)
Burkina Faso the next focus country for creating water services that last
23 Mar 12
On 7 March 2012, IRC and Florida International University (FIU), finalised the agreement to expand IRC’s work on sustainable service delivery into Burkina Faso under the USAID programme: West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Initiative (WA-WASH).
Applying the life-cycle costs approach: Latrine costs in Burkina Faso
07 Feb 12
The costs presented in this document are the minimum costs of access to sanitation. They are inevitably less than the life-cycle costs of a sustainable sanitation service. Moreover, the unit cost calculated on the basis of household expenditures can by no means be considered as an estimate of the ideal standard cost of a latrine.
