Become a Systems Champion for universal Water Sanitation and Hygiene
Achieving universal water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services is only possible with strong national WASH systems that are led by governments. The partnership for WASH systems in Africa has been created to support African governments in 19 priority countries and their partners to strengthen these systems.
It is under this partnership that the UNICEF Agora platform and the WASH Systems Academy of IRC are providing online courses in systems strengthening and finance for WASH designed for government staff and partners.
This animation (1.5 minutes) highlights the key issues related to WASH services and how systems strengthening can address these complex issues.
What we have on offer
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 is about ‘ensuring the availability and sustainable management of WASH services for all. Realizing SDG 6 and thus improving standards of life for all is one of the main objectives of systems strengthening. These three online courses are here to help you drive positive change as a systems leader:
- Introducing water, sanitation, and hygiene systems strengthening.
- Introducing finance for sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene systems.
- Advanced course: Approaches to finance for sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene systems.
For more details see the table below.
| Course | Details |
|---|---|
Introducing water, sanitation, and hygiene systems strengthening |
Description: This course is designed to equip all UNICEF personnel and partners with a better understanding of what WASH systems strengthening entails and your role in it. Format: Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Self-paced and self-guided [partly available offline] Provider: WASH Systems Academy and UNICEF’s Agora platform Duration: 5 sessions/8 hours Language: English/French Created by a partnership of UNICEF, IRC, Water For People and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) |
Introducing finance for sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene systems |
Description: This eight-hour introductory course provides the insights to accelerate finance for more resilient water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems that can deliver sustainable services to all. Format: Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Self-paced and self-guided [partly available offline] Provider: WASH Systems Academy and UNICEF’s Agora platform Duration: 5 sessions/8 hours Language: English/French Created by a partnership of UNICEF, IRC and Water For People. |
Advanced courseApproaches to finance for sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene systems |
Description: This course provides approaches to strengthening finance for more resilient WASH systems that can deliver sustainable services to all. From maximizing the use of existing funding, to raising more funding through tariffs or taxes to innovative means as climate finance or blended finance. Format: Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Self-paced and self-guided [partly available offline] Provider: WASH Systems Academy and UNICEF’s Agora platform Duration: 8 sessions/16 hours Language: English/French Created by a partnership of UNICEF, IRC and Water For People. |
Check out the flyer to learn more about the partnership for WASH systems in Africa.