Stef Smits is a senior programme officer and Co-director of IRC's Growth Hub. He has 20 years of professional experience in water supply and sanitation in over 25 countries in Europe, Latin America, Southern Africa, and South Asia. His main thematic expertise includes: institutional models for water supply, sustainability and enabling environment, monitoring, costing and financing of services and integrated water resources management.
Stef has led numerous projects on these topics, and published about them. In addition, he has ample management expertise: from consultancy assignments to multi-annual programmes, and units within an organisation. He has worked for a range of clients including bilateral donors, development banks, research funders and NGOs. Stef holds an MSc degree in Irrigation and Water Engineering from Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
This is a case study on the Water and Sanitation Management Organization (WASMO), the entity dedicated to rural water supply in Gujarat, illustrated... Read more...
This study investigates the decentralized water service delivery system in Kodur Gram Panchayat, Kerala. Read more...
This study assesses the professionally-managed community owned/influenced decentralised drinking water delivery systems in Telangana and Andhra... Read more...
This report details the services provided by Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran (MJP) in Amravati District, Maharashtra which is a Multi-Village Scheme. Read more...
This study assesses a project in Uttarakhand during which water schemes and rural sanitations were developed to address the water crisis in this... Read more...
Sharing a sanitation facility with just one to two other households can increase the risk of moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) in young children,... Read more...
Webinar recording discussing two initiatives from Asia related to the topic how to move from building infrastructure to creating support mechanisms... Read more...
Communal wealth is one of the most important factors affecting rural water services, and household connections are the only technology which can... Read more...
Everyone in Digambarpur has access to a basic level of water service thanks to support model that allows w ater committees to outsource technical... Read more...
Triple-S has successfully promoted sustainability and the Service Delivery Approach (SDA) at the international level and in target countries. The... Read more...
In Chennai, India, stakeholders support the establishment of an independent state groundwater authority to secure sustainable water supply. Read more...
Sustainable groundwater use is more likely in Indian villages if farmers, other village community members and NGOs work together with researchers and... Read more...
Increasing latrine coverage does not by itself reduce exposure to faecal pathogens and prevent disease. Read more...
This paper explores spaces where urgent environmental health imperatives intersect with deeply entrenched cultural norms surrounding human waste and... Read more...
This paper examines the status, role and scope of knowledge management and networking in accelerating sanitation achievements in India and advocates... Read more...
The government of Sagar island, together with Water For People, and other partners, aim to achieve full coverage of sanitation and water supply in... Read more...