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E-Source
09 Dec 2016
Celebrating IRC CommunicationS
Being creative in getting our messages across  
We are all communicators. We talk, twitter, email, phone, sms, what’s app etc. with family, friends, colleagues, customers, strangers and many others. Most of us are able to put our message across in some way or another, successfully and sometimes unsuccessfully.

Communication in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector is something else. We have to communicate, advocate, educate, convince, promote, challenge, change and celebrate so many different messages. We address government leaders, ministers, politicians, journalists, technicians, users and stakeholders to name a few. We have to take into account different cultures, taboos, systems and old habits. And we have competition. Therefore we need to be very creative in getting our messages across at IRC.

This issue of E-Source showcases some of our achievements from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Uganda and The Netherlands together with the stories of how they came about. Enjoy these communications!

Tettje van Daalen, Editorial officer

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E-Source Editor, Cor Dietvorst, dietvorst@ircwash.org, @dietvorst

LATEST NEWS

Key messages from the 7th RWSN Forum, Abidjan

The Forum explored the practicalities of reaching the SDGs and the Human Right to Water in rural areas and small towns.
 
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Costs of water and sanitation services in small towns in Ethiopia

Read the new learning note on assessing Value for Money of WASH services in small towns. 
 
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Everyone wants to know

Video 'Making monitoring count' discusses the challenges around monitoring: everyone wants to know - but who needs to know? and what do we need to know? 

 
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Empowering citizens: challenges and successes starting Watershed

A reflection on the inception phase of Watershed - empowering citizens, a strategic partnership designed to strengthen civil society globally.

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The race has not ended

Passing on the baton. IRC takes the legacy of Ton Schouten forward.

 
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LATEST BLOGS

Advocacy at the highest level

IRC Burkina Faso saw the election campaign as the ideal opportunity to bring water and sanitation to the forefront. 
 
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The wrong shoes affect your field experience

Lydia Mirembe of IRC Uganda talks about one of her favourite products: a documentary titled: Water flow in a rural setting.
 
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The power of photo stories in Ethiopia

Photographs showcasing that Self-supply can change people's lives.
 
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Communicating the challenge

Creating a media buzz for an urban sanitation competition in Ghana
 
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Top blog: the importance of communication “amplifiers”

How a story about an Indian sanitation entrepreneur became a hit.
 
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IRC Events – a lively discussion platform

Bringing professionals together to network and discuss hot topics in the WASH sector.
 
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EVENTS

4th International Faecal Sludge Management Conference

FSM4 takes place from 19-23 Feb 2017 in Chennai, India. The focus will be on innovative and practical solutions that can be scaled up
 
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RESOURCES
Fonseca, C. & Defere, E., 2016. Assessing Value for Money of WASH services in small towns : establishing a framework for analysis of ONEWASH Plus Programme interventions, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: IRC Ethiopia and UNICEF. 8 p.

This learning note includes estimates for capital expenditure and direct and indirect costs,
IRC WASH toolkit: Advocacy

Advocating for effective and lasting sector change. Tools, concepts and case studies.


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CALENDAR
January 2017

Tenth Annual Global Water Alliance Conference: Role of locals in implementing post 2015 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sustainable Development Goals, Kolkata, India, 4-6 Jan 2017
February 2017

6th Annual Effluent and Water Management Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 7-8 Feb 2017

23rd SuSanA meeting, Chennai India, 17-18 Feb 2017

FSM4: 4th International Faecal Sludge Management Conference, Chennai, India, 19-23 Feb 2017

WasteSafe 2017 : 5th International Conference on Solid Waste Management in South Asian Countries, Khulna, Bangladesh, 25-27 Feb 2017 (will also cover FSM)
March 2017

4th Arab Water Week, Kempinski Hotel Ishtar, Dead Sea, Jordan, 19 - 23 Mar 2017

World Water Day, 22 Mar 2017

AfriAlliance Conference, Ekurhuleni, South Africa, 22-24 Mar 2017

14th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, Florianópolis, Brazil, 29 May – 2 June 2017
April 2017

3rd International Conference & Exhibition on Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation (SWSSC 2017), Cairo, Egypt, 23-25 Apr 2017
May 2017

Menstrual Hygiene Day, 28 May 2017
June 2017

Water and Society 2017, Seville, Spain, 5 - 7 Jun 2017
July 2017

40th WEDC International Conference: Local Action with International Cooperation to Improve and Sustain Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Services, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK, 24-28 Jul 2017
August 2017

World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden, 27 Aug - 1 Sep 2017
October 2017

Global Handwashing Day, 15 Oct 2017

Amsterdam International Water Week, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 30 Oct - 3 Nov 2017
November 2017

World Toilet Day, 19 Nov 2017
February 2018

19th Congress of the African Water Association, Bamako, Mail, Feb 2018


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