Inclusive Rural Sanitation Initiative (IRSI): Enabling Rural Resilience and Stability through Sustainable Water Resource Management

About this project

The Inclusive Rural Sanitation Initiative (IRSI) seeks to resolve the challenge of access to and sustainability of sanitation services in rural areas through smart, decentralized, small-scale treatment solutions. Although considered optimal for rural contexts, such solutions have faced institutional, financial, and operational challenges in many contexts, including Egypt. IRSI follows an inclusive approach to address these challenges. It mobilizes local communities and stakeholders to participatory design, plan, finance, implement, manage, and operate tailor-made sanitation solutions. IRSI approach is community-led and grounded in the empowerment theory that attributes change to strengthening individuals and institutional capacities and fostering partnerships. Through these efforts, IRSI aims to improve basic services for rural communities which can be a major factor for out-migration, as well as contribute to broader climate change mitigation goals.

Published by

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands · Government

Countries

Egypt

Sectors

Basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Funded by

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Implemented by

Benaa Foundation For Sustainable Development

Accountable

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Passes funds through

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Published by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-7-PPR-240000836.

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