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After 41 years of sharing his professional experience in WASH information management and information services at IRC, Cor has retired. Since 2019 he was IRC's Information Manager, specialising in MS Teams. He was 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.
Bangladesh and the Netherlands have worked together on flood managment, drainage, river basin management, coastal zone management and improving access to safe water and sanitation for millions of people. Future work will focus on support to the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 together with the World Bank.
Read more...Dutch Olympic sailor Carolijn Brouwer will launch a "Menstrual Hygiene Call to Action" at an event in Scheveningen, The Hague on 19 June 2015. Read more...
We have to spend more and faster than we are doing now if we want everyone to have water and sanitation by 2030. Read more...
Want to make sure that girls don't miss classes during menstruation? Teach them to make and wash their own reusable sanitary pads. Read more...
Vous voulez en savoir plus sur le suivi de l'assainissement, notre plaidoyer auprès des décideurs et les opportunités d'apprentissage en Afrique? Read more...
Where will the money come to finance water and sanitation for all by 2030? Not from development aid. Developing countries need to get better at raising taxes. Read more...
Want to know more about sanitation monitoring, influencing and learning in Africa? Read more...
Groundwater cannot be found everywhere. If properly located, a borehole can provide a good supply of water. If it is not, it will fail resulting in wasted investment. This short film on borehole siting is part of a joint 2-year initiative of UNICEF, WaterAid and Skat, under the auspices of the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) to promote more professional drilling. For more information see the accompanying RWSN publication: Siting of drilled water wells : a guide for project managers.
Read more...On May 5th each year the World Health Organization calls on health workers to wash their hands. Read more...
Over four million people need urgent water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. Read more...
UNICEF publication provides first global overview of water and sanitation in primary schools. Read more...
Public Finance for WASH: a new collaborative advocacy and research initiative by WSUP, IRC and Trémolet Consulting. Read more...
The essentials of creating actionable monitoring systems for lasting results. Read more...
The Tanzanian Ministry of Water has adopted the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) to help make water and sanitation services sustainable. Tanzania is now the seventh country to use this innovative tool, which was developed by the IRC-led WASHTech project. Read more...
A third of health care facilities in the developing world don't even have water and soap for handwashing. A shameful situation that can be overcome with simple solutions and global action. Read more...
Nothing less than universal and equitable access to water and sanitation for all by 2030 is what the world wants. Some 50 Dutch water and development specialists came to The Hague on March 4th, 2015, to discuss what it will take to make this goal a reality. Read more...
WaterAid and the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation and Ministry of Urban Development are organizing a 3-day India WASH Summit from 16-18 February, 2015, at the India International Centre, New Delhi. The first event of its kind, it will bring together some 300 participants including... Read more...
Unlike droughts, floods and oil spills, non-functioning water and sanitation systems seldom make the headlines, even though water crises top the list of global risks. Read more...
Save the date! IRC Event March 4th, 2015, 17.00-18.30, The Hague. This year, the Sustainable Development Goals will be agreed upon by the UN Member States. Come and discuss what is new, what is different and what does it mean for the different organisations working in the sector. Go to our Events... Read more...
This year, the UN will launch the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How will they differ from the existing Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and what will the implications be for the sector? One of the main differences between the MDGs and SDGs is the focus on universal access as compared... Read more...
