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IRC's podcast series WASH Talk shares ideas on changes the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector has to make in order to contribute to achieving universal access by 2030. To do so speakers from all over the world are given a voice in this podcast series. Find out more on www.ircwash.org/washtalk. In this episode WASH Talk host, Andy Narracott speaks with Chris Baker from Wetlands International and Francois Brikke from Global Water Partnership on how integrated water resources management (IWRM) is affecting WASH services. They talk about climate change; the importance of bringing IWRM and WASH together; the limitations of MDGs and the opportunities of SDGs. Finally, they discuss how the United Nations Environment Programme and DHI’s (UNEP-DHI) Centre for Water and Environment is collecting data and monitoring progress of SDG6 target 6.5 by using the indicators of 6.1 and 6.2.

IRC's podcast series WASH Talk shares ideas on changes the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector has to make in order to contribute to achieving universal access by 2030. To do so speakers from all over the world are given a voice in this podcast series. Find out more on https://www.ircwash.org/washtalk. In the eighth episode host Andy Narracott talks with Gabrielle Halcrow of SNV Australia about the importance of including women and girls in WASH. Not just as participants but also as decision makers at district and national level. Practical steps are discussed to get relevant inclusion using data, which can be used to influence decision makers on why it is important to involve women. This is a first step in getting monitoring systems built in, budgeted and actually implemented by governments. Read more on the podcast in the Show Notes: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/show_notes_delivering_gender_positive_wash_in_the_sdg_era_1.pdf

IRC's podcast series WASH Talk shares ideas on changes the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector has to make in order to contribute to achieving universal access by 2030. To do so speakers from all over the world are given a voice in this podcast series. Find out more on www.ircwash.org/washtalk. In this seventh episode host Andy Narracott band co-host Patrick Moriarty (IRC's CEO) talk with Sophie Tremolet from the World Bank about the need for blenden finance. This is essential to make progress to reach universal access and leave no one behind (Sustainable Development Goal 6). Read more on this topic and the speakers: https://www.ircwash.org/news/wash-talk-podcast-blended-finance. Read the Show Notes here - https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/show_notesep07.pdf

Faecal sludge is not waste, says Ton de Wilde, it is a resource that can produce fertiliser, biogas and electricity. By adding other sources such as animal and agricultural waste plus enzymes you can actually produce energy much more efficiently than with either wind turbines or solar cells. Based on innovative research that his team carried out Bangladesh, Ton sees great potential in converting faecal sludge into commercially viable end-products while at the same improving health and reducing greenhouse gasses. To know more listen to the podcast. Mr Antonie (Ton) de Wilde is an Investment Committee Member of the Mekong Brahmaputra Clean Development Fund LP. He is also the Director and Shareholder with Cozumel Energy Uganda and a Managing Partner of PT Trumi Lestari Indonesia (Truli). PT Truli brings together international and Indonesian experience in project development of waste to energy projects with a focus on palm oil waste and municipal solid waste. In addition to that, Ton is a Member of IRC’s supervi

IRC's podcast series WASH Talk shares ideas on changes the WASH sector has to make in order to contribute to achieving universal access by 2030. To do so speakers from all over the world are given a voice in this podcast series. Find out more on https://www.ircwash.org/washtalk. This first episode of IRC's podcast series WASH Talk will focus on a systems approach in the WASH sector. What is systems building in the WASH sector and why is it so important? Host Jeroen Westerbeek and co-host Catarina Fonseca (IRC's Head International and Innovation Programme) talk about this with Patrick Moriarty (IRC's CEO) and Stef Smits (Coordinator of IRC's Country Programme in Honduras and of IRC's other work in Latin America).Read more on this topic and the speakers: https://www.ircwash.org/news/very-first-episode-ircs-podcast-wash-talk.

IRC's podcast series WASH Talk shares ideas on changes the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector has to make in order to contribute to achieving universal access by 2030. To do so speakers from all over the world are given a voice in this podcast series. Find out more on http://www.ircwash.org/washtalk. In this second episode host Jeroen Westerbeek and co-host Catarina Fonseca (IRC's Head International and Innovation Programme) talk with Bill Kingdom (World Bank) and Fred Muhumuza (Development Economist and Political Analyst) about the challenges around financing water and sanitation services and the importance of public finance in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Read more on this topic and the speakers: https://www.ircwash.org/news/second-irc-wash-talk-podcast-out.

IRC's podcast series WASH Talk shares ideas on changes the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector has to make in order to contribute to achieving universal access by 2030. To do so speakers from all over the world are given a voice in this podcast series. Find out more on https://www.ircwash.org/washtalk. In this third episode host Jeroen Westerbeek and co-host Catarina Fonseca (IRC's Head International and Innovation Programme) talk with Tom Slaymaker (UNICEF) about the need to collect more complex monitoring data on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services to establish the actual situation on the ground. This is essential to make progress to reach universal access and leave no one behind (Sustainable Development Goal 6). Read more on this topic and the speakers: https://www.ircwash.org/news/third-irc-wash-talk-podcast-out.

IRC's podcast series WASH Talk shares ideas on changes the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector has to make in order to contribute to achieving universal access by 2030. To do so speakers from all over the world are given a voice in this podcast series. Find out more on https://www.ircwash.org/washtalk. In this fourth episode host Jeroen Westerbeek and co-host Catarina Fonseca (IRC's Head International and Innovation Programme) talk with Kim Lemme and Brenda Achiro Muthemba from Water For People about asset management. People usually associate asset management with money, but in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector it means maintenance to optimise performance of systems in the most cost-effective way. Read more on this topic and the speakers: https://www.ircwash.org/news/wash-talk-podcast-asset-management.

IRC's podcast series WASH Talk shares ideas on changes the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector has to make in order to contribute to achieving universal access by 2030. To do so speakers from all over the world are given a voice in this podcast series. Find out more on https://www.ircwash.org/washtalk. In this fifth episode host Jeroen Westerbeek and co-host Catarina Fonseca (IRC’s Head International and Innovation Programme) talk with Virginia Roaf (consultant in human rights field), Radha Paudel (president of Action Works Nepal) and Neville Okwaro (involved in Ministry of Health Knowledge Management WASH Hub in Kenya) on menstrual health. A topic that is still suffering from many taboos and is seriously neglected in government policies. Read more on this topic and the speakers: https://www.ircwash.org/news/wash-talk-podcast-menstrual-health.