Arjen is lead for Water Resources and Climate Change and is keen on hydrogeology, passionate about mapping, and eager to share WASH knowledge and facilitate learning. Arjen's background within IRC was as lead researcher for WASHCost Mozambique.
Arjen has twenty years sector experience – including five years as technical adviser South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan) and 13 years private sector experience in Mozambique and Uganda. He has hands-on experience in extensive water resource studies, detailed social surveys, quality assurance and thorough WASH data analysis and visualisation.
His academic background is an MSc in Hydrogeology and he is fluent in English, Dutch, Portuguese, German and has a reasonable command of Spanish. He is Dutch by nationality and currently lives near London with his family.
An analysis of 11 global and regional trends in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. Read more...
Papers presented and discussed at the IDPAD Seminar Managing water scarcity : experiences and prospects, held in Amersfoort, The Netherlands in... Read more...
The decentralization of responsibilities from the state to private enterprises and NGOs has become the focus of recent political debate. Read more...
The scarcity of freshwater is now an important issue in many parts of the world. Read more...
This background discussion paper has been developed within Saferworld's two-year research project on 'Prevention of violent conflict and the... Read more...