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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.
This report reviews the landscape of technologies, methods, and approaches that can support and improve on the water and sanitation indicators... Read more...
An interview with IRC's Head International Programme Catarina Fonseca on increasing water sector financing by improving governance. Read more...
How are IWRM and WASH related, what are the steps already taken and what is still needed for integration? Read more...
This document sets out some of the main service authority and service provider functions required for delivery of sustainable rural water supply... Read more...
All eyes are now on blended finance, but there are real challenges to using it in practice. Read more...
IRC webinar presentation with findings from a landscaping study of frameworks being used to assess WASH systems Read more...
Regular audits, tight monitoring, stakeholder participation and tactful engagement with politicians can lead to more integrity. Read more...
This document is a guide to orient UNICEF country staff to support governments to strengthen the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) enabling... Read more...
This whitepaper reveals that $310 billion a year is wasted on bad water and sanitation services and proposes steps to reverse the cycle of decline. 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...
Ministers of Finance should increase funding for the enabling environment, make more use of micro and blended finance, and address the inequities in... Read more...
The evaluation gives an appraisal of the impact of the Dutch development cooperation.budget cuts in 2010 on countries and programmes. One general... Read more...
The UNICEF Framework for Sustainability Results proved to be useful in identifying sustainability challenges and acting upon them. Read more...
Ensure national ownership is at the centre and maximise existing local government structures. Read more...
An introduction to ethical fundraising for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) organisations. Read more...
A presentation on how stories can deliver change in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. Read more...
IRC works with associates, international sector specialists who will provide expertise and support...
