Cor has 39 years of professional experience in WASH information management and information services. Since 2019 he is IRC's Information Manager, specialising in MS Teams. He is editor of IRC's newsletter Amplify and was co-founder and co-editor of the IRC / USAID Sanitation Updates blog, which ran from 2008-2021. From 2016-2020 he was IRC's co-representative in the Board of the online Q&A forum KnowledgePoint.
In 2020, he organised the first ever WASH sector webinar on decolonisation. Next to decolonising WASH knowledge, he has a special interest in transparency and the right to information and ethical funding. Cor has been on short missions for IRC to India, Nepal and Uganda.
In his spare time he enjoys dancing with grandmothers and taking Toby out for walks.
Webinar addresses the funding challenges of India's flagship rural water and sanitation initiatives. Read more...
Which professional approaches are required to provide rural WASH services in India? Which capacities are needed and how can a systems approach be implemented? Read more...
IRC's role as learning alliance facilitator, providing funding and expert advice, has proven to be effective in fostering solutions, development and collective action among district stakeholders in Uganda. Read more...
Running every Tuesday in English, French and/or Spanish. Read more...
Why Water for Good applies a systems approach in the context of complex emergencies. Read more...
This webinar will explore drivers behind the emergence of rural utility models, institutional arrangements and ways to strengthen accountability under such models. Read more...
Together with the World Bank, IRC is co-lead of RWSN's Sustainable Services theme. Read more...
Stockholm World Water Week discusses World Bank publications on universal metrics. Read more...
ICT helps ensure that rural water supply and sanitation systems keep working. Read more...
New book reveals how India made community water management work even without charismatic leaders. Read more...
IRC and the Safe Water Network are piloting a sustainable service delivery approach at district level. Read more...
IRC Board member Henk den Boer reflects on his visit to Burkina Faso. Read more...
The long road to data savviness. Read more...
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) must take local context and existing reporting systems into account. Read more...
The essentials of creating actionable monitoring systems for lasting results. Read more...
A new joint initiative in Ghana aims to ensure that monitoring information is effectively used to keep water and sanitation services working. Read more...
Component costs and drivers are assessed in a new research paper. Read more...
Based on national standards, the 7 boreholes and 3 standpipes in the village of Komsilga, Burkina Faso, are sufficient to supply water to 3,600 people. Since only 1,500 people live in the village, you might think that they had water in abundance. Read more...
Supporting Rural Water Supply takes a critical look and asks why are 30 to 40% of rural water systems failing in developing countries? And how can we support the adoption of a service delivery approach – one that moves beyond implementing infrastructure projects to delivering a reliable and... Read more...
Water Services that Last website launched Read more...