Table of Contents

The challenge to do things differently

IRC in 1997

Making Optimal Use of Knowledge and Information

Sharing Knowledge and Experience

• Training
• Publications
• Advisory services

Facillitating Processes of Change

• Promoting an Enabling Environment
• Environmental health in Guinea Bissau
• Urbanization, basic services and the health of people
• A holistic approach to water treatment in Colombia

Monitoring & Evaluation and Gender Issues: cross-cutting themes

Supporting Innovation through Research and Development

• Closing the sanitation gap
• Hygiene education
• Low-income urban areas
• Effectiveness and use of existing systems

Strengthening Partnerships

• Developing Operational Partnerships
• Partners in the South
• International Partners
• Partners Close to Home

General Information

• Finance
• Staff
• IRC Governing Board

Photographs
IRC Staff: Eveline Bolt, Nigel Browne, Peter Bury, Phil Evans, Marc Lammerink, David Saunders, Jo Smet, Christine van Wijk-Sijbesma
Others: CINARA, Scheveningse Courant, SEU Foundation