Synopsis
IRC is an international think-and-do tank that works with governments, NGOs, entrepreneurs and people around the world to find long-term solutions to the global crisis in water, sanitation and hygiene services. At the heart of its mission is the aim to move from short-term interventions to sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services. With over 45 years of experience, IRC runs projects in more than 25 countries and large-scale programmes in seven focus countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is supported by a team of over 80 staff across the world.
Episodes
-
Addressing the finance gap
09/07/2019 Duration: 02minListen to this podcast (5 min) with Catarina Fonseca, a finance expert at IRC, on how to address the finance gap in the WASH sector. How much do you have and how much do you in terms of finance for sustainable WASH services? This podcast has been produced as part of the WASH Systems Academy mini podcast series. The WASH Systems Academy is a dynamic online platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach. The Academy will help you understand the WASH systems strengthening approach: -What is it? -How and why was it developed? -How to start applying it If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. The WASH Systems Academy will be available from September 2019. For more information see www.ircwash.org/wash-systems-academy
-
Why is finance the unavoidable Building block?
09/07/2019 Duration: 05minListen to this podcast (5 min) with Catarina Fonseca, a finance expert at IRC, on the essential role of finance for sustainable WASH services. This podcast has been produced as part of the WASH Systems Academy mini podcast series. The WASH Systems Academy is a dynamic online platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach. The Academy will help you understand the WASH systems strengthening approach: -What is it? -How and why was it developed? -How to start applying it If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. The WASH Systems Academy will be available from September 2019. For more information see www.ircwash.org/wash-systems-academy
-
Why is learning and adaption essential for a strong WASH system?
28/06/2019 Duration: 03minWith Bertha Darteh, part of the building block course
-
How to combine the needs of the present and the future?
28/06/2019 Duration: 07minWith Arjen Naafs on WRM for the building block course
-
Asset management and infrastructure development
28/06/2019 Duration: 06minWith Jim Gibson for the Building Block course
-
Planning for systems strengthening
28/06/2019 Duration: 06minWith Juste Nansi for the building block course
-
-
Essential role of clearly defined service delivery models
25/06/2019 Duration: 04minListen to this podcast with Harold Lockwood, the director of Aguaconsult, with over twenty-six years of experience focusing primarily on the rural sub-sector on institutional reform and sector policy development. In this podcast, Harold discusses the need for structural arrangements (or Service Delivery Models) that define the roles and responsibilities of different actors for sustainable WASH services.
-
WASH planning is nothing new
07/05/2019 Duration: 03min‘How is the roadmap different from a normal planning approach?’ Bruce Uwonkunda of Water for People in Rwanda shares his experiences in this podcast (2.5 min). This podcast has been developed as part of the WASH Systems Academy mini podcast series. The WASH Systems Academy is a dynamic online platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach. The Academy will help you understand the WASH systems strengthening approach: -What is it? -How and why was it developed? -How to start applying it If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. The WASH Systems Academy will be available from September 2019. For more information see https://www.ircwash.org/wash-systems-academy
-
WASH System strengthening in Rwanda
07/05/2019 Duration: 02minHow can you use the roadmap to build the strong WASH systems needed to achieve universal WASH access? Bruce Uwonkunda of Water for People in Rwanda shares his experiences in this podcast (5 min). This podcast has been developed as part of the WASH Systems Academy mini podcast series. The WASH Systems Academy is a dynamic online platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach. The Academy will help you understand the WASH systems strengthening approach: -What is it? -How and why was it developed? -How to start applying it If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. The WASH Systems Academy will be available from September 2019. For more information see https://www.ircwash.org/wash-systems-academy
-
Equality and diversity in WASH service delivery
07/05/2019 Duration: 02min'WASH services are a tool to escape poverty. WASH services are not just an economic good but its a public good.'; says Alana Potter, the director of research and advocacy of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa. In this podcast, Alana Potter shares her views on the role of equity in WASH service delivery and WASH systems strengthening.
-
Realising equal access to WASH services
07/05/2019 Duration: 04min'How can we strengthen the WASH system to realise equal access to WASH services?’ Alana Potter, the director of research and advocacy of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa, shares her views in this podcast. This podcast has been developed as part of the WASH Systems Academy mini podcast series. The WASH Systems Academy is a dynamic online platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach. The Academy will help you understand the WASH systems strengthening approach: -What is it? -How and why was it developed? -How to start applying it If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. The WASH Systems Academy will be available from September 2019. For more information see https://www.ircwash.org/wash-systems-academy
-
Equality and diversity in WASH service delivery: The case of South Africa
07/05/2019 Duration: 02minWhat is the role of equality and diversity in WASH service delivery? In this podcast, Alana Potter shares the example of inequality in her home country of South Africa. Alana is the director of research and advocacy of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa. This podcast has been developed as part of the WASH Systems Academy mini podcast series. The WASH Systems Academy is a dynamic online platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach. The Academy will help you understand the WASH systems strengthening approach: -What is it? -How and why was it developed? -How to start applying it If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. The WASH Systems Academy will be available from September 2019. For more information see https://www.ircwash.org/wash-systems-academy
-
Simple ways to incorporate WASH system strengthening
06/05/2019 Duration: 03minListen to this podcast (4 min) with Maggie Person of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on some simple ways to start strengthening a WASH system. Maggie shares her experience with working with system strengthening in Burkina Faso, Uganda and Ethiopia. This podcast has been developed as part of the WASH Systems Academy mini podcast series. The WASH Systems Academy is a dynamic online platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach. The Academy will help you understand the WASH systems strengthening approach: -What is it? -How and why was it developed? -How to start applying it If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. The WASH Systems Academy will be available from September 2019. For more information see https://www.ircwash.org/wash-systems-academy
-
Quick wins versus WASH system strengthening
06/05/2019 Duration: 04minHow can you use health care centres as an entry point to system strengthening? Victoria Trinies for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains in this podcast (4 min) with the example of Uganda. This podcast has been developed as part of the WASH Systems Academy mini podcast series. The WASH Systems Academy is a dynamic online platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach. The Academy will help you understand the WASH systems strengthening approach: -What is it? -How and why was it developed? -How to start applying it If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. The WASH Systems Academy will be available from September 2019. For more information see https://www.ircwash.org/wash-systems-academy
-
Health care centres as an entry point to WASH system strengthening
06/05/2019 Duration: 03minHow can you use health care centers as an entry point to WASH system strengthening? Maggie Pearson for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains in this podcast (4 min) with the example of Uganda. This podcast has been produced as part of the WASH Systems Academy mini podcast series. The WASH Systems Academy is a dynamic online platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach. The Academy will help you understand the WASH systems strengthening approach: -What is it? -How and why was it developed? -How to start applying it If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. The WASH Systems Academy will be available from September 2019. For more information see https://www.ircwash.org/wash-systems-academy
-
WASH Systems strengthening in Rwanda
25/04/2019 Duration: 05minHow can you use the roadmap to build the strong WASH systems needed to achieve universal WASH access? Bruce Uwonkunda of Water for People in Rwanda shares his experiences in this podcast. This podcast is part of the WASH Systems Academy mini podcast series. The WASH Systems Academy is a dynamic online platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach. The Academy will help you understand the WASH systems strengthening approach: • What is it? • How and why was it developed? • How to start applying it If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. The WASH Systems Academy will be available from September 2019. The WASH Systems Academy is an initiative of IRC. For more information see: www.ircwash.org/wash-systems-academy
-
Hygiene promotion & WASH systems strengthening
23/04/2019 Duration: 04minListen to this podcast (4 min) in which Ingeborg Krukkert of IRC explains what hygiene promotion is and why it’s crucial to WASH systems strengthening. How is hygiene promotion linked to WASH system strengthening? This podcast is part of the WASH Systems Academy mini podcast series. The WASH Systems Academy is a dynamic online platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach. The Academy will help you understand the WASH systems strengthening approach: • What is it? • How and why was it developed? • How to start applying it If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. The WASH Systems Academy will be available from September 2019. The WASH Systems Academy is an initiative of IRC. For more information see: www.ircwash.org/wash-systems-academy
-
EP 1.2 - Who is systems strengthening for?
23/04/2019 Duration: 04minListen to this podcast with Angela Huston (IRC) where she discusses whether the WASH systems strengthening approach is relevant in all contexts. Why can it be useful for WASH system professionals? This podcast is part of the WASH Systems Academy mini podcast series. The WASH Systems Academy is a dynamic online platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach. The Academy will help you understand the WASH systems strengthening approach: • What is it? • How and why was it developed? • How to start applying it If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. The WASH Systems Academy will be available from September 2019. The WASH Systems Academy is an initiative of IRC. For more information see: www.ircwash.org/wash-systems-academy
-
Main challenges in strengthening sanitation service delivery
02/04/2019 Duration: 03minIn this podcast (3 min), Erick Baetings, sanitation expert at IRC, talks about the main challenges in strengthening sanitation service delivery he has experienced over the last 20 to 40 years. This podcast is part of the WASH Systems Academy mini podcast series. The WASH Systems Academy is a dynamic online platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals in applying a WASH systems strengthening approach. The Academy will help you understand the WASH systems strengthening approach: • What is it? • How and why was it developed? • How to start applying it If you are at the start of your career or are a senior WASH expert that wants to understand what a systems strengthening approach entails and how you can integrate it in your work, this free online course is for you. The WASH Systems Academy will be available from September 2019. The WASH Systems Academy is an initiative of IRC. For more information see: www.ircwash.org/wash-systems-academy