Senior sanitation specialist | Change hub
Erick Baetings has worked for more than 25 years in the WASH sector. He has extensive working and living experience in Nepal and Bhutan (14 years), Zambia (4 years) and Lao PDR (4 years). For his current assignments he travels regularly to Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia.
Increasing repair and maintenance funds leads to higher borehole functionality and water access rates in the drought-prone regions of Turkana, Kenya... Read more...
An overview of phase II activities in Negelle Arsi and Shashamane districts in Ethiopia.. Read more...
Successful pathways secured uptake by government and had flexible programming. Read more...
Comparing water utilities in Kenya, Ethiopia, Cambodia, and the United States reveals a gap between the full costs of service delivery and budgets of... Read more...
This learning note summarises the findings of USAID Transform WASH's activities in Ethiopia to explore progress towards universal sanitation coverage... Read more...
This USAID Transform WASH learning note captures learnings on the existing approaches to support local sanitation businesses at the district level in... Read more...
This learning note summarises the findings of USAID Transform WASH's activities to pilot smart and targeted sanitation subsidies in line with... Read more...
The Transform WASH Activity in Ethiopia has significantly contributed to advancing market-based sanitation approaches and promoting gender equality... Read more...
This learning note describes and analyses the four business models elaborated by USAID Transform WASH, which have been applied over the last six... Read more...
The SMART market-based approach is contributing to SDG 6 and beyond. Its impact is significant, but localised. Read more...
Gender, equity, and social inclusion (GESI) policy recommendations for government officials working in the WASH sector at national and woreda (... Read more...
Learning Note exploring the key challenges faced by private sector WASH enterprises Read more...
Guidance and tools for designing, developing, planning, implementing and monitoring and evaluation of a market-based sanitation approach and related... Read more...
This learning note is focused on the gender dynamics in WASH business and it informs action points to enhance women's roles in the sector. Read more...
A briefing note on the use of cellular and satellite connected sensors for near-time monitoring of rural water services in Ethiopia. Read more...
A discussion on ways to use existing systems to improve scale and sustainability of hygiene promotion efforts. Read more...
Neither rural sustainability checks, nor urban benchmarking frameworks, are entirely suitable for monitoring small town water services. Read more...
This learning note summarizes a study commissioned to map examples of public-private collaboration in consumer sanitation markets from around the... Read more...
Solutions that benefit both consumers and suppliers are required. Read more...
This publication has been produced by IRC as part of its independent monitoring and knowledge management services to the ONEWASH Plus programme. The... Read more...