To ensure water and sanitation services that last, monitoring must focus on the level of services provided; be part of a national system that clarifies the institutional roles around monitoring; and support planning and remedial actions

We provide tried-and-tested frameworks, indicators and tools to help you monitor and evaluate your activities, learn from the results, and adapt to improve

We help you to apply knowledge to the situations you face. We partner with top universities and other learning institutions to apply academic knowledge to grassroots action research.  

Effective and focused tools and approaches allow WASH practitioners to quickly apply both new and proven techniques and methodologies to their roles, in NGOs, government, CSOs or the private sector

The challenge of achieving universal access to water and sanitaiton services will not be met unless investments in people are made as well. IRC provides tailor made training to groups or individuals

ICT is a powerful way to assit service provision accross all aspects of the WASH sector. IRC has experience in planning and designing ICT strategies that work in varied contexts and to varied scales.

Organisations and individuals access WASH data accross multiple platforms and for different purposes. Managing this ''knowledge''  is key to understanding how the sector operates and to improving impact

No one situation is the same. IRC provides tailor made support to your organisation when facing complex challenges that require both in depth consideration and a fresh perspective

Together with our partners and clients, we build on what is there, change what needs improvement, and building from scratch that what is absent