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.
WASH infrastructure and services need to be sustainable, safe, and resilient to climate-related risks. Read more...
On World Water Day UNICEF & Youth4WaterPlus are organising a webinar featuring IRC's Arjen Naafs as one of the panellists. Read more...
Join IRC Uganda and partners on Zoom for Dialogue Session No. IV - Innovative financing mechanisms on Thursday 16 March. Read more...
Release of 4 study reports on Hand hygiene and Discussion on strengthening the enabling environment for Hand hygiene, Read more...
Youth from Odisha, India are invited to submit their ideas to an expert jury panel by 15 July 2022. The Innovation Challenge Awards will be presented on 1 November 2022. Read more...
Organised by the SuSanA India Chapter, Water For People India and IRC, this webinar examined financing sources, gaps and best practices for sustainable WASH services in India. Read more...
At this quarterly members meeting participants will learn about the Coalition's Water and Climate Finance Toolkit for National Public Development Banks (PDBs). Read more...
A panel discussion organised by Youth4Water in collaboration with IRC on solutions to the challenges faced by communities in India/Odisha. Read more...
Uniting systems thinking with technical expertise and public policy to accelerate the vision of universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene Read more...
Experts from India and Bangladesh discussed the best way to deal with faecal sludge management (FSM) in rural areas. Read more...
IRC is a partner of India's 2022 National WASH Conclave. IRC's Country Coordinator for the India country programme Ruchika Shiva moderated a technical session on hygiene. Read more...
Putting women's empowerment front and centre. A webinar in the SDG 6 in South Asia learning series co-convened by UNICEF, SWA, WaterAid, FANSA, IRC, CPRIndia and Athena. Read more...
WASH professionals joined a discussion on how to strengthen local data ecosystems in sanitation. 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...
An annual festival promoting children's rights in the Indian state of Odisha through short films. Read more...
Members of Agenda for Change and the Millennium Water Alliance (MWA) in South and South-East Asia were invited for the first of a series of regional discussion events on WASH systems strengthening approaches. Read more...
This session will focus on updates on COVID-19 related challenges and response work from different organizations and SuSanA partners, e.g. from IRC and WaterAid. Read more...
Findings from USAID's Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership (SWS). Read more...
Speakers from government and NGOs will discuss the importance of integrating a water resource management framework in drinking water programmes. Read more...
Celebrating World Hand Hygiene Day in India by calling organisations and networks to promote COVID-19 appropriate behaviour to stop the pandemic. Read more...