Dr Patrick Moriarty is IRC's Chief Executive Officer. A Civil Engineer by first degree and Water Resource Management expert by main experience, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary work on water service delivery and local water governance. Patrick has over twenty years experience of a broad range of issues around water, its management and its use in improving human well-being , predominantly in Africa and South Asia.
Patrick has been with IRC since 2000, and has held several leadership positions; as head of knowledge development; IRC's country director in Ghana; and Director of one of the IRC's major projects -Triple-S.
Patrick's main area of interest is in how IRC can ignite and support sector-wide change that brings improved services (and more sustainable water resource use) to all. He finds the most professional satisfaction working in the messy interface between policy, applied research and practice.
Public utilities are expanding into rural areas, are they the future of water and sanitation services? Read more...
Sanitation is chronically underfunded, perhaps that’s because we’re not asking for money in the right way or from the right source. Read more...
IRC-supported commune in Burkina Faso promises water and sanitation for everyone by 2030. Read more...
Linking WASH and IWRM, as demanded by SDG 6, is essential but hard. With pragmatism and a problem based approach it can be done. Read more...
Providing water and sanitation services to people who live in rural areas or informal settlements or simply aren’t connected to pipes is a complex business. Needlessly so. Social distancing? Queuing for water in Sahel Region of Burkina Faso. Photo: IRC Burkina Faso Read more...
The global community has a decade to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals – can we? Read more...
Keynote presentation on why networking and collective action are essential to systems change Read more...
Lean government needs a lean private sector to deliver safe water and sanitation to everyone. Both are part of an effective public system. Read more...
Why even social entrepreneurs need strong government. Read more...
Providing water, sanitation and hygiene services that last forever for everyone, is all about systems. Read more...
IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty wishing you a wonderful 2016 Read more...
«Dans les pays en voie de développement, le téléphone mobile est accessible à tous ; – le secteur de l'assainissement pourrait prendre exemple de cette réalité. » Le fait que ce mythe de développement intégral ait été incontesté voire largement supporté lors de la session portant intensification de... Read more...
IRC's Chief Executive Patrick Moriarty reflects on the highlights from the annual water conference in Stockholm. Read more...
S'agissant d'assurer des services adéquats pour les pauvres, les approches basées sur la tarification ne suffisent pas. Read more...
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded US$ 3 million to IRC to ensure that over the next three years, 1.3 million people in 13 rural districts in Ghana will have access to water services that last: not just for a year or two - but indefinitely. Read more...
Water and sanitation sectors have been the 'natural' subjects of aid for several decades. However, these sectors also were among those most affected... Read more...
A vision for water management and water related services in the city of Accra of the future, a comprehensive situational analysis, and strategic... Read more...