IRC Associate | Senior sanitation specialist
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.
Mapping the demand for sanitation, against the capacity of supply chain actors to supply affordable products that meet consumer needs and desires. Read more...
The 2014 update on Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-Water (WHO and UNICEF, 2014) mentions that between 1990 and 2012, open defecation decreased from 24 per cent to 14 per cent globally. However, the update also states that more than one third of the global population – some 2.5 billion people —... Read more...
Case study on rapid assessment to identify supply chain challenges. Read more...
While the importance of hygiene is increasingly being recognized, far less consideration has been given to the role of the complete WASH package in... Read more...
In an increasingly urbanising world, with some 863 million people living in informal urban settlements in 2012 (based on UN estimates), there is a... Read more...
In many parts of the world it is not done to ask questions about someone’s loo or toilet. It is not discussed among neighbours or friends. Usually that is the case in places where sanitation works perfectly and is not considered anything special. Read more...
Background note to the 3rd IRC event on the limits of aid and the future of trade and presentations of the Keynote presentations by DGIS, Simavi and... Read more...
This paper describes IRC's experience and lessons learned in conducting Capacity Self-Assessment (CSA) workshops as part of the SHAW programme in... Read more...
