Arjen is lead for Water Resources and Climate Change and is keen on hydrogeology, passionate about mapping, and eager to share WASH knowledge and facilitate learning. Arjen's background within IRC was as lead researcher for WASHCost Mozambique.
Arjen has twenty years sector experience – including five years as technical adviser South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan) and 13 years private sector experience in Mozambique and Uganda. He has hands-on experience in extensive water resource studies, detailed social surveys, quality assurance and thorough WASH data analysis and visualisation.
His academic background is an MSc in Hydrogeology and he is fluent in English, Dutch, Portuguese, German and has a reasonable command of Spanish. He is Dutch by nationality and currently lives near London with his family.
Lessons learned on the development and use of sustainability metrics for systems, service providers, communities and technical assistance providers... Read more...
An introduction to IRC's systems approach, the building blocks for WASH systems and measuring WASH systems strengthening. Read more...
This presentation proposes an integrated solution to deal with both solid waste and faecal sludge management in the town of Bogra in Bangladesh. Read more...
Poster showing main research questions around an appropriate technology for pit emptying in Zimbabwe. Read more...
Lessons learned from SNV projects in Nepal and Tanzania on accountability in rural water supply. Read more...
Analysing the results of using a MUS approach in six municipalities in Honduras. Read more...