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.
When realising safe sanitation avoid making pit emptying an afterthought. Read more...
Exploring existing regulatory frameworks around faecal waste management, faecal sludge accumulation rates, and associated pit filling rates. Read more...
Testing a simple tool to assess faecal waste flows in a real life situation can be a lot of fun. The results though can at best be described as enlightening and at worst as shocking. Read more...
Exploring existing regulatory frameworks around faecal waste management, faecal sludge accumulation rates, and associated pit filling rates. Read more...
This book showcases an approach to expand the implementation coverage of the 5 pillars of Community-Based Total Sanitation. Read more...
On World Toilet Day, I am sharing a positive story to inspire everyone. Read more...
How am I going to vote? Read more...
The purpose of this report is to give an impression of the proceedings and discussions that took place during the first SEHATI Programme Coordinators... Read more...
This report provides a synthesis and summary of the Organisational Capacity Needs Assessment (OCNA) workshop held in Vientiane, Lao PDR, December... Read more...
This report provides a synthesis and summary of the Organisational Capacity Needs Assessment (OCNA) workshop held in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Read more...
A rapid assessment to understand current and potential future demand and supply for sanitation products and services in three districts in Cambodia. Read more...
The results presented in this paper are based on the performance monitoring data collected, managed and analysed by the rural SSH4A teams of SNV... Read more...
Report of the SSH4A learning event held from 14 - 17 March 2016 in Cambodia. Read more...
A group of gifted local performers with different disabilities made us realise that going to the toilet is not as easy for everyone as you might think. Read more...
On the third day of the regional learning event we reflected on the field visits and discussed what we learned. Read more...
During a field visit we observed some seriously big and fancy toilets in a rural village. Read more...
Today we were told that the Siem Reap (or Angkor Wat) half marathon has a clear finish line, but that it is unlikely that anyone of us will reach that mile stone. Read more...
For the WASH sector as a whole to achieve greater impact, more organisations must address their gaps in organisational capacity and will need to embrace capacity development holistically and more systematically. Read more...