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...
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...
Infographic showing the interlinkages in the water, sanitation and solid waste service chains Read more...
Systems thinking for safe services; how water, sanitation and solid waste service chains are interlinked 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...
Quels sont les principaux goulots d'étranglement des systèmes à résoudre pour parvenir à un accès universel aux services WASH d'ici 2030. Read more...
What key systems bottlenecks need to be addressed to achieve universal access to WASH services by 2030. Read more...
Exploring existing regulatory frameworks around faecal waste management, faecal sludge accumulation rates, and associated pit filling rates. Read more...
Informing Local Government Institutes about the strategy and how to adopt action plans for the implementation of the strategy. Read more...
Guidance and tools for designing, developing, planning, implementing and monitoring and evaluation of a market-based sanitation approach and related... Read more...
A waste-to-energy solution for the co-treatment of faecal sludge, municipal solid waste and agri-waste in combination with aerosol can recycling. Read more...
Unsafely managed sanitation, especially in rural areas, remains a challenge in developing countries as a result of population growth, climate change... 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...
In this podcast (3 min), Erick Baetings, sanitation expert at IRC, talks about the main challenges in strengthening sanitation service delivery he... Read more...