Former Information Manager
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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.
The Sanitation Technology for Enterprises (SANTE) applied research project aims to identify safe sustainable solutions for sanitation in high water table areas, rocky areas and flood prone areas in Bangladesh. Read more...
Action research in the BRAC WASH II programme focuses on six issues: sanitation in areas with high groundwater tables, secondary sludge treatment, low-cost water supply technologies, saline intrusion, monitoring and pit latrine sludge processing. Read more...
Technology Applicability Framework - a tool for assessing applicability and scalability of WASH technologies Read more...
Presentation by Cor Dietvorst (IRC), prepared in collaboration with John Butterworth, for the Water Integrity Forum, Work stream 3: Rural Water, Sanitation & Hygiene on 5 June 2013 Read more...
A new tool makes it possible to test where sector-wide water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) policies and practices are strong and where improvements can be made. It has been developed by the Triple-S programme of the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. Read more...
Dr. Peter Morgan has been named the 2013 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for his lifelong dedication to improving sanitation and water technologies for the poor. H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden will present the prize to Dr. Morgan at a Royal Award Ceremony during the 2013 World Water Week in... Read more...
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) discussion forum on Dgroups has two monitoring-related subgroups: one on Country-led Monitoring and the other on Water Point Mapping. Read more...
Water For People's Re-Imagine Reporting platform provides donors, stakeholders, and the public an interactive tool to track the organisation’s progress and outcomes while also allowing for analysis and review of initiatives for programmatic improvements. Read more...
IRC welcomes the final report of the UN High Level Panel (HLP), which puts forward recommendations for post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While we are happy that the report includes an ambitious goal of universal access to water and sanitation by 2030, it is disappointing that it lacks... Read more...
North Tarawa in Kiribati is the first island in the Pacific to be declared open defecation free, thanks to the “Kiriwatsan I Project”. The Ministry of Public Works is implementing this project with technical support from UNICEF and funding from the European Union. In March 2013, North Tarawa... Read more...
In March 2013, SNV appointed Megan Richie as Managing Director for Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH). She leads SNV's global initiatives in the WASH sector. Prior to her appointment as Managing Director, Ms Richie served as Country Director for SNV in Lao PDR. Read more...
Brian Arbogast is the new director of the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Read more...
The lack of safe toilets for women and girls is often linked to an increased risk of sexual harassment and rape. Earlier studies from Kenya, Uganda and India, and now a recent BBC news item are some of the few sources to actually quantify this risk. Read more...
The BRAC WASH programme in Bangladesh released a handwashing promotion video on 5 May 2013 to coincide with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) annual global campaign to promote better hand hygiene in health care. Read more...
Organised by : APRH - Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos, ABRH - Associação Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos, ACRH - Associação Cabo-Verdiana de Recursos Hídricos. AQUASHARE - Associação Moçambicana dos Profissionais de Água and DNA - Departamento de Água e Saneamento The main themes of the... Read more...
Organised by : African Water Association (AfWA) and SODECI s.a. Theme : Mobilizing Resources and Governance of Water and Sanitation in Africa Sub-Themes : Integrated Management of Water Resources and Climate Change Capacity Building for improved Water and Sanitation Services Advances in Water and... Read more...
The objective of this high-level summit is to take stock of the various developments, in and outside the UN system, in preparing water-related goals for the post Rio+20 development agenda. The expected outcome is one overarching SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely)... Read more...
Component costs and drivers are assessed in a new research paper. Read more...
