Catarina Fonseca is trained as an economist and has a doctoral degree in water sciences. She has over twenty-three years of experience in development cooperation and non-profits of which twenty in the water and sanitation sector. She has pioneered sector development on the understanding of life-cycle costs and financing. She was the WASHCost Director (2008-2013), a large-scale initiative to identify the long-term costs of sustaining rural and peri-urban water and sanitation services. She has been part of the IRC management team and managed the International and Innovation programme from 2012-2019.
Catarina Fonseca was the Director of Watershed, a 5-year strategic programme that run from 2016-2020 to strengthen the ability of citizens to hold governments and service providers accountable for the services they deliver. She is an Associate of IRC and is available for consultancy assignments. Over the past 20 years she has trained, assessed, evaluated and provided technical support to over 50 clients. Since 2019 she has her own company, Pulsing Tide.
National public development banks are underused and that they have the potential to raise finance for achieving both the SDG 6 and the water-related... Read more...
What is currently working well and what needs to be urgently addressed for meaningful reporting on implementation and progress towards SDG 6 targets. Read more...
Watershed empowering citizens was a unique programme focused on advocacy and influencing. After 5 years, what have we learned? Read more...
This working paper unpacks what is meant by the enabling environment for finance in WASH and presents real examples of how these bottlenecks are... Read more...
New report triggers the setup of accountability platforms #Account4SDG6 Read more...
Efficient tracking of water and sanitation sector financial data. Read more...
In this episode (2 mins) we hear from Catarina Fonseca on the importance of public finance in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals. Read more...
Multi-stakeholder engagement is critical for making progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 'Ensure access to water and sanitation for... Read more...
Recommandations pour les actionnaires des BPDs: les gouvernements des États. Read more...
Recommendations for the shareholders of national PDBs: states and governments. Read more...
An in-depth inclusive analysis on country-level accountability mechanisms towards Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on clean water and... Read more...
This report reviews the landscape of technologies, methods, and approaches that can support and improve on the water and sanitation indicators... Read more...
How are IWRM and WASH related, what are the steps already taken and what is still needed for integration? Read more...
Podcast featuring Tom Slaymaker and Catarina Fonseca talking about the need to collect more complex monitoring data on water, sanitation and hygiene... Read more...