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Training and Advisory
02 Apr 07
The IRC training and advisory web pages have been updated with recent examples. Some interesting advisory assignments for among others BRAC and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and workshops on Knowledge Management and web sites conducted by IRC staff have been published. Take a look.
Transparent as water
09 May 05
IRC is starting a programme that will support improved transparency and governance and reduces corruption. Some people, even those who strongly support efforts to improve the situation, are afraid of this topic. However, it is useful to search for solutions and actions that can make the water sector transparent and honest at every level. You can share your views and experiences in an e-conference on this subject from 9-27 May 2005.
Upcoming Training Course on Sustainable Cost Recovery at TREND (Ghana) and CREPA(Burkina Faso)
Kumasi (Ghana), 01 Nov 04 - 12 Nov 04
TREND (Training, Research and Networking for Development) and CREPA (Centre Régional pour l'eau Potable et l'Assainissement) in collaboration with IRC and Streams of Knowledge announce the upcoming training course:
'Sustainable Cost Recovery: Analysis and Planning in the context of the community AEP, rural and peri-urban' (also available in French)
We want to publish your story!
Your contributions are valuable to us! Inform and enrich work in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector with lessons learnt from your community’s experience in WASH services and integrated water resource management (IWRM). Get your story published in the Source Bulletin and the Voice of Communities blog, which reaches over 40,000 readers and stakeholders in the water sector, including government, NGOs, academics, donors and communities.
Web site for the thematic group Productive Uses of Water (PRODWAT)
28 Jul 05
The coordinating partners of the PRODWATgroup (IRC, the Natural Resources Institute, the Overseas Development Institute, Plan International, and Cinara) have developed a web site for this thematic group. On the site you can find background information on the thematic group, details of their activities and publications. The publications include case studies on small-scale productive uses of water from around the world, all the papers from the international symposium in 2003, documents from an e-conference in 2004, and advocacy materials. Take a look and give your feedback.
Weblogs on water and sanitation issues
Selection of blogs on water and sanitation issues. A blog or weblog is an interactive web site for which an individual or a group generates text and/or audio-visual materials on a daily or otherwise regular basis.
Why Wastewater Agriculture and Sanitation for Poverty Alleviation?
25 Jan 05
Many continents suffer from large volumes of untreated wastewater. Yet, poor (urban) farmers can use this wastewater as a very welcome source of water and nutrients for agriculture and make a living out of it. The joint WASPA programme will focus on decentralised wastewater management approaches for peri-urban neighbourhoods in secondary cities and towns.
WIN-SA launches new web site
25 Jul 05
The Water Information Network in South Africa (WIN-SA) launched its new web portal at a National Lessons Learning Conference on Friday, 22 July 2005. Aimed at organisations (both government and non-government) in the South African water services sector, the WIN-SA initiative aims to manage and disseminate sector knowledge to all stakeholders. WIN-SA further aims to improve access to and use of shared information and knowledge. This web portal is one of the vehicles with which WIN-SA will meet these objectives.
WIN is a partner in the RCD 18 Countries Programme. The WIN portal is another site in the IRC portal structure using the same content management system.
World Water Day 2005: start of UN Water Decade
24 Mar 05
Tuesday 22 March 2005, World Water Day, will be the official start of the UN Water Decade. Around the world many events will be held to celebrate this day. On the World Water Day web site, maintained by IRC, more than 60 events have already been posted. Take a look and add yours as well.
World Water Day 2005: Water for Life
21 Mar 05
Prepare for action for World Water Day, 22 March 2005, on the theme of Water for Life. You can read more and add your event on the World Water Day site that IRC maintains.
