Category Archives: IRC

Tools for sustainable service delivery

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Carmen da Silva Wells

What sort of tools do you need to support more sustainable service delivery? Sustainable Services at Scale, the Triple-S project- has developed a tools survey to inventorise the kinds of tools that could help improve water service delivery. The survey complements … Continue reading →

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Webinar: From Technologies to Lasting Services – Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Sustainability

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Carmen da Silva Wells

On January 21st, Engineering for Change will host a webinar about the tools developed by the WASHTech consortium. Time: 11:00 a.m. New York, EST (convert to your time) Presenters: André Olschewski, Water, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning Specialist, Skat Foundation; Benedict Tuffuor, … Continue reading →

Posted in IRC, Presentations, SKAT Foundation, TREND | Tagged webinar | 2 Comments

Introducing and scaling up sustainable water and sanitation technologies

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Carmen da Silva Wells

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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1st WASHTech webinar attracts 25 participants and lots of questions

Posted on July 2, 2013 by dietvorst

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 →

Posted in Consortium events, Costs, Ghana, IRC, Maintenance, rope pumps, SKAT Foundation, Technology Applicability Framework, Technology Introduction Process Guide, TREND | Tagged webinars | 1 Comment

WASHTech at the IRC symposium in Addis Ababa

Posted on April 26, 2013 by dietvorst

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 →

Posted in Burkina Faso, Consortium events, Ghana, IRC, SKAT Foundation, Technology Applicability Framework, Technology Introduction Process Guide, TREND, Uganda, urine diverting dry toilets, WSA | 2 Comments

Sustainable services: WASHTech pre-launch at IRC symposium

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Carmen da Silva Wells

WASHTech will be organising two activities during the Symposium on Monitoring Sustainable WASH service delivery in Addis Ababa (April 2013). The Symposium is organised by IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and hosted by the Ministry of Water and Energy, and the Ministry of … Continue reading →

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Pre-launch: context-specific validation and introduction of WASH technologies for sustainable services

Posted on February 20, 2013 by dietvorst

Sustainable WASH services can only be achieved if the technology used to provide services is sound enough for the specific context. Too often, however, water and sanitation services stop because the WASH technology no longer functions or is too complicated … Continue reading →

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Progress on TAF development and stakeholder engagement

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Carmen da Silva Wells

The WASHTech project is making progress in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Uganda. Country research teams are testing the draft Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) and various tools in selected villages for selected technologies in all three countries. This year, three rounds … Continue reading →

Posted in Burkina Faso, Ghana, IRC, Project Outputs, Uganda | Tagged briefing note | 2 Comments

Assessing the Urine Dry Diversion toilet

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Jonga Micheal

“The Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) is a very good tool, when applied it will enable us to answer lots of questions and avoid duplication of technologies to better understand the context before introducing any technology” Buguma Patrick Team leader Technical support … Continue reading →