Presentations and reports
Relevant WASHCost related presentations and reports that were made during important events and meetings are made available here.
WASHCosting for services that last (21 March 2012, Washington D.C.)
22 Mar 12
On 21 March 2012, Catarina Fonseca participated in the World Water Day learning session: "Get schooled on WASH". Catarina presented the life-cycle cost approach and how it can be used for providing WASH services that last.
WASHCost papers from RWSN Forum now available (December 2011, Kampala, Uganda)
27 Feb 12
Resources
The 6th RWSN Forum in Kampala, Uganda convened more than 450 participants from around the globe. Attendees took in rich discussions regarding issues that impact today’s rural water supply. WASHCost contributed to international WASH discussions by presenting several publications.
The Power of maps: Using spatial analysis to investigate variations in life-cycle costs and WASH service levels (12-September 2011, The Hague, The Netherlands)
12 Sep 11
James Batchelor of the WASHCost team uses spatial analysis completed over the past year on 20 villages in Andhra Paradesh to demonstrate the effectiveness of mapping as a way of analysing and understanding factors that influence life-cycle costs and WASH service levels.
Refocusing the monitoring approach at the First Consultation on developing post-2015 monitoring indicators (3-5 May 2011, Berlin, Germany)
01 Jul 11
Ton Schouten, Director of IRC’s Triple-S initiative presented the keynote paper at the First Consultation on Developing post-2015 Indicators for Monitoring Drinking-Water and Sanitation in Berlin, held during 3-5 May and organised by WHO and UNICEF. As the first ever consultation regarding post-2015 monitoring of water and sanitation, the event was well-linked to IRC’s committed focus on advocating for “sustainable services at scale”. Amongst a group of 60 high level professionals in the sector were representatives from UN organisations, the Banks, and international networks and knowledge centres. IRC’s attendance and central participation at the event indicated our strong role as a thought leader on service levels and pro-poor and country led approaches.
WASHCost reveals the high cost of low quality services (December 2010, The Hague, The Netherlands)
07 Dec 10
Author: Peter McIntyre
The full report from the symposium detailing the financial implications of providing low quality services, key messages and response from the delegates.
High cost of low quality services.pdf (449.7 kB)
Keynote presentations from IRC Symposium 2010 (November 2010, The Hague, The Netherlands)
30 Nov 10
View the full text and powerpoint presentations shared during the symposium's plenary sessions.
'What's in a service?' at Sustainable Rural Water symposium (April 2010, Ghana)
27 Oct 10
Dr. Patrick Moriarty, WASHCost Ghana governance specialist, presents 'What's in a service?' at the International Symposium on Sustainable Rural Water Services, Uganda April 2010.
WASHCost at Stockholm World Water Week 2010 (5-11 September 2010, Stockholm, Sweden)
21 Sep 10
WASHCost presentation at the 2010 Stockholm Water Week during the workshop 'Tools & Methods to Transform Sector Practice' organised by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Expert meeting on WASH data (19-20 January 2009, The Hague, The Netherlands)
29 Jun 09
Experts from organisations such as OECD, UN Water, EU Joint Research Institute and GLAAS/JMP came together to explore the processes of developing a global decision support tool.
Insights and recommendations are available in the report from the meeting 'Data with a Purpose'.
Data With A Purpose.pdf (2.5 MB)
