This paper is largely based on research and work conducted in Bangladesh by the Development Organisation for the Urban Poor; in India by the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability and IRC WASH and in Kenya by the Water Integrity Network/Kenya Water and...

Barriers faced by persons living with disabilities in accessing water, sanitation and hygiene services in Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Assembly, Ghana. Improved water resource management and access to water and sanitation for all is essential in eradicating poverty,...

The long awaited ‘Bangladesh Water Rule 2018’ got approved. Bangladesh Water Rules 2018 was prepared and finalised following the Bangladesh Water Act, 2013. The Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO) of the Ministry of Water Resources has taken the lead...

The Watershed programme has provided the much-required entry point for the CSOs at large, and for women, specifically, into the basics of the planning for and management of water and sanitation. It has facilitated women’s participation in community proceedings as...

Two large scale programmes have been working in Kajiado County to improve the civic space since 2016. Namely: Watershed, which focuses on water, sanitation, hygiene and Integrated Water Resource Management (WASH/IWRM), with a budget for Kenya of about € 450.000...

The Citizen Scoring is now in 4th year consecutively in2020. It has been introduced at Bhola in 2017 and practised yearly since then. The Water Management Citizen Committee-WMCC at Bhola uses the Citizen Scoring to give feedback on the quality of services on WASH...

After identification of Corona-virus Bangladesh is now facing a lot of challenges. In this prevailing situation, DORP is very close to field colleagues and CSOs at the local and national level. Since the beginning of Covid-19 crisis, we have responded in various...

The present paper has analysed the Central Finance Commission and State Finance Commission Grants and budgetary provisioning through Centrally Sponsored Schemes like National Health Mission, Integrated Child Development Services and Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan for WASH...

The discussion paper has used both primary and secondary sources of data. The important sources of budget data in the district are the Annual Financial Statements and the Quarterly Progress Reports of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), National...

This discussion paper has tried to look into the implementation and key recommendations of the Central Finance Commission (CFC) and State Finance Commissions (SFC) focusing on Bihar and Odisha. Section I covers the introduction, objectives, scope and methodology...

This consolidated policy brief puts together the findings of two projects – Watershed – Capacity Building Support for Civil Society Organisations to Leverage Water and Sanitation Programmes in Bihar and Odisha supported by IRC, and Tracking and Analysing...

This report describes about an online workshop conducted by Simavi for Watershed Bangladesh on “Leave No One Behind” in 2020. (more…)