Sector learning
Flux d’info AEPHA
Make data and information flow The last two weeks of April 2013 I went working closely with IRC colleagues on the ground. Also I worked with ‘les rapporteur groupes thématique’ from the water ministries. The overarching theme was ‘flux d’info AEPHA’. I went to Burkina Faso, Francophone West Africa. Deliberately the visit encompassed two weeks, […]
Brain-WASH
The WASH sector is in consensus labelled as a complex system. Interventions need to cope with wicked problems and solutions strive for adaptive management as exit strategy. The bulk of the WASH projects deliver on the short-term. In three year Hygiene projects populations / schools / communities are supposed to learn where Westerns take 15 […]
Making information flow
WA-WASH We are one year into a four year program now and I co-head the KM team to ‘Make information flow’. The last couple of weeks we have been grappling to ‘Make information’. The assumption information is ‘only’ required to ‘flow’ turned out to be false! First information has to be made and the KM […]
Change makers: Young Professional on the move
Our talk about ‘sector learning’ sometimes obscures the fact that it is people, individually or collectively, who learn and catalyse change. So, it’s been inspiring to check in with four young professionals from Bangladesh, Ghana, Guatemala, and Uganda who are visiting IRC for their final de-briefing workshop. Besides sharing the formal outputs of their work […]
Capturing sector learning through convincing stories
During our workshop last week we explored how Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Resource Centre Networks support learning in their WASH sectors and what change has resulted from their work so far. One of the ways we did this was by collecting, sharing and reflecting on change stories. During the 1st day of the workshop each country coordinator told a story […]
The free actor, the chameleon & the baby
Over the past days we discussed the conditions that have to be in place for a Resource Centre Network (RCN) to act as a vehicle for WASH sector learning. One of the conditions is to have a strong facilitator or coordinator in place. RCN facilitators in the ideal world have the right background, with the […]
Planning for change: getting sector learning on a sector agenda
This week has brough a lot of reflecting and sharing about the waysWASH Resource Centre Networks facilitate sector learning. Today, we spoke to Ton Schouten about the approach undertaken by the Triple-S project. Triple-S has developed a Service Delivery Approach for achieving sustainable water service delivery. It is working with a wide range of stakeholders […]
RCNs and sector learning: with differences in the detail, but all with increased recognition
How different or similar are the activities and outcomes of the Resource Centres Networks (RCNs) that IRC is collaborating with on strengthening sector learning? What the resource centres from Ghana, Nepal, Uganda and Burkina Faso have in common is that All resource centres are carrying out activities to document lessons learned in the WASH sector, […]
Mobilising knowledge in the WASH sector
The term ‘sector learning’ has been coined and promoted by IRC as a key element in improving the ability of WASH sector actors to provide sustainable services to all. It is an elusive concept with multiple meanings and layers or perhaps no meaning at all (some say that sector learning does not really exist. A sector […]
Resource Centre(s) Network promote Sector Learning in WASH
Resource Centre(s) Network promote Sector Learning in WASH The PSO funded Resource Centres Network for Sector Learning (a.k.a. #RCN4SL) in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene context is holding its final reflection, documenting lessons and formulating recommendations workshop at the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) in The Hague. I will blog in multiple ways about […]
