Category Archives: Technology Introduction Process Guide

Introducing and scaling up sustainable water and sanitation technologies

On December 11th IRC organised a webinar called ‘Introducing and scaling up sustainable water and sanitation technologies’. It focused on the current status of two tools developed by the WASHTech project, and introduced webinar participants to the new website providing … Continue reading

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December 11, 2013 Webinar – Introducing and scaling up sustainable water and sanitation technologies

The WASHTech Consortium is organising a webinar to introduce the WASHTech’s tools and launch the online resource base Wednesday 11 December, 12.30-13.30 pm CET Register here Background This webinar introduces two new tools that will help to select water, sanitation and … Continue reading

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WASHTech Burkina Faso : The final sprint has begun!

A few months remain before the end of the WASHTech project in Burkina Faso. The project team composed of the Burkina Faso Offices of Intergovernmental Panafrican agency Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA) of Water-Aid and IRC, steps on the … Continue reading

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WASHTech Burkina Faso: Le sprint final est amorcé!

Plus que quelques mois et le projet WASHTech prendra fin au Burkina. Dans cette perspective, l’équipe du projet au Burkina Faso composé des Bureaux Burkina Faso de l’agence panafricaine intergouvernementale Eau et Assainissement pour l’Afrique (EAA), de Water-Aid et de … Continue reading

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TAF addresses the challenge of technology in WASH (video)

The WASHTech video is here! It illustrates the challenge of technology in WASH and how the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) provides a systematic and participatory way of assessing and adopting technology innovation at scale, for services that last. The video … Continue reading

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WashTech side event at UNC Water & Health conference 2013

Over 750 million and 1 billion people lack access to improved water sources and adequate sanitation, respectively. There have been numerous efforts to reduce this number by scaling up WaSH technologies; however, these scale-up approaches have not always been successful. … Continue reading

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1st WASHTech webinar attracts 25 participants and lots of questions

How were community members engaged in the piloting of the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) for the rope pump in Ghana? This was one of the questions asked during the Webinar “Investing in effective technologies with the Technology Applicability Framework”, which … Continue reading

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NETWAS Uganda to sensitize stakeholders on need to have sector specific Guidelines for Technology Introduction

In Uganda the water and sanitation sector is not short of new and emerging technologies, however, there is no clear process of technology Introduction, adoption and upscale. Noticeable is Minimal contribution to the Millennium Development Goals. A key constraint to … Continue reading

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2ème atelier du TIF au Burkina

Le calendrier des points focaux du projet WASHTec Burkina est bien suivi. Ils se sont rencontrés comme prévu pendant trois jours notamment le 24, 25 et 26 avril 2013, dans les locaux de la représentation nationale de EAA. L’objectif était … Continue reading

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WASHTech at the IRC symposium in Addis Ababa

With two presentations and a pre-launch side event, WASHTech was well represented at the IRC Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery symposium. The symposium and side events took place from 9-12 April 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Introducing the TAF André … Continue reading

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