News from Burkina Faso
News items from Burkina Faso on the WASH sector.
Africa wide WASH technology review published
18 Dec 11
WASHTech has published a literature review focusing on 14 technologies used in Africa in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector.
First successful thematic debate ‘Les palabres de l’eau’
14 Oct 11
The thematic discussions ‘Palabres de l’eau’ (water talks) are interactive discussions between information professionals working in the water and sanitation sector. The inaugural event took place in Ouagadougou on 4 October 2011 around the theme ‘communes facing the challenges of water and sanitation service management in Burkina Faso’.
Towards sector learning and knowledge management in the Burkina Faso WASH sector - study report
14 Oct 11
IRC and the National network of resource centres from Burkina Faso (RCR-BF is its French acronym) have jointly carried out an investigation around current information and knowledge practices in the WASH sector in Burkina Faso This study is part of a longer-term investigation process that IRC and the resource centre network are undertaking to identify possible ways towards continuous sector learning. The present report gathers a wide set of conclusions about current practices and it further identifies some initiatives that could help improve WASH sector learning in Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso WASH sector actors agree to collaborate with the WASHTech team
27 Jul 11
In order to introduce the WASHTech project to the actors in the WASH sector, the project country team organized a workshop on July 14th 2011 at CREPA HQ.
The Resource Centre Network Burkina Faso: sector learning between history and future
27 Jul 11
On Friday 22 July 2011, the secretariat of the resource centre network (RCN) from Burkina Faso organised a very special workshop for its members. 25 participants engaged in a very interactive programme looking back at seven years of history and perhaps several years of promises ahead?
Workshop on sustainable rural and peri-urban water services management at scale in Burkina Faso
12 Nov 10
This two-day event, held in Ouagadougou the 26th and 27th of October 2010, aimed to assess and share views on different scaling-up models to provide sustainable rural water services in the context of the Water Reform undertaken in 2000 by the national government.
Resource centre networks on the move in Francophone West Africa
19 May 09
Resource centre networks in Benin and Burkina Faso are in the process of developing their first information products and services.
Resource Centre Development process within CREPA Network: experiences in six countries
08 Apr 09
The Regional Centre for Water supply and Sanitation (CREPA) took the decision to start the RCD process in the WASH sector in West and Central Africa. The process started in 2002 with six countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo) and is expected to spread to the whole CREPA network (17 French speaking countries in West and Central Africa).
