Head of corporate communications | Change hub
Petra is a proud member of IRC's Communications and Influencing Team. In her role as head of corporate communications she is committed to make IRC's mission 'water and sanitation for all' resonate and generate action, across the boundaries of the water and sanitation sector's silos. Her motto: less is more, cut the crap and let's work. Petra has been with IRC since 2003.
IRC launches new campaign to promote systems thinking in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. Read more...
IRC launches new campaign to promote systems thinking in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. Read more...
SDG 6 can only be achieved if stakeholders from different sectors come together to find collective solutions to the challenges. What makes these multi-stakeholder platforms a success? how do they last? and who is actually in charge of them? In this video blog, Jeroen Warner from Wageningen University, shares the ins and outs of multi-stakeholder platforms.
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"Toilets with systems? What a bunch of nerds." This poo hopes nothing will change on World Toilet Day – but IRC know how to take care of him permanently.
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We rely on complex systems, but we are "systems blind". Patrick Moriarty at TedXDenHelder, talking about the need to wake up and open our eyes and realize that in reality, strong systems are the most sustainable solution.
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In the Ugandan district of Kabarole, IRC is working to support local government create sustainable water and sanitation services and assisting to sustain them.
Read more...Passing on the baton. IRC takes the legacy of Ton Schouten forward. Read more...
Harold Lockwood, giving a testimony to Ton's life at the USAID Co-creation workshop in Washington D.C. Harold and Ton got to know each other since the 1999s early 2000, both forming part of the Thematic Group on Scaling-Up Community Management for Rural Water Supply, and worked together off and on, ever since.
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The Triple-S Initiative was conceived in 2009 with the aim of contributing towards improved sustainability of rural water supply services. This video tells the story of the Triple-S Initiative in Uganda.
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If you could start from scratch and design a new WASH sustainability tool, what would it look like? Participants from the 2014 WASH Sustainability Forum share their ideas on the principles of their ideal WASH sustainability tool. The 2014 WASH Sustainability Forum brought together over 150 participants from nearly 30 countries to discuss concrete approaches to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sustainability. The Forum took place in Amsterdam, on 30 June and 1 July.
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