Tettje is involved in communication in the Change hub team and focuses on editing, web publishing and communication outreach. Tettje supports in preparing documents for publishing online and in print. She is giving web instruction, is co-writer of blogs and documents, and is involved in communication activities and responsible for quality control of written texts. Tettje has a degree in English language and literature of the University of Utrecht and has worked as editor for various employers in the past.
What are the challenges and why do we need public finance to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. Read more...
By signing the Civic Charter IRC shows that it is accountable to the people it serves. Read more...
Creating a media buzz for an urban sanitation competition in Ghana. Read more...
Read IRC's literature review on approaches to driving whole system change in the effort to achieve sustainable water services for everyone. Read more...
New report reveals how BRAC, an innovative NGO in Bangladesh, provided sanitation to 39 million people. Read more...
A lot of effort is put into getting everyone in the world access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitary services, but is everyone really included? As recent as 2011 the first ever world report on disability has been published by the World Health Organization and the World Bank (2011). It... Read more...
At the 37th WEDC conference in Hanoi, Vietnam the theme is "Sustainable Water and Sanitation Service for All in a Fast Changing World". IRC and partners will be co-organising a side event and presenting a number of papers. Monday 15 September The paper Developing capacity for an integrated... Read more...
One of the objectives of the Pan-Africa programme is the empowerment of communities through the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) process in eight African countries. Four years into the process and the stories and documents emerging from the countries show that particularly women are playing an... Read more...
IRC’s SanPack is a reference guide containing links to relevant documents explaining the different stages in the sanitation cycle. Read more...
A summary of Days 2 and 3 of the conference 'Towards Sustainable Total Sanitation' held in West Africa. Read more...
Participatory performance monitoring of WASH services at scale in BRAC WASH Programme Read more...
IRC and the Ministry for Water, Hydraulic Infrastructure and Sanitation of Burkina Faso have decided in this international year of water cooperation to take action together to develop and promote sustainable WASH services in Burkina Faso. On October 1, 2013 they have signed a Memorandum of... Read more...
The final report of the 2013 WASH Sustainability Forum sums up the discussions on how NGOs and donors can successfully partner with local and national governments to support long-term sustainability. The Forum was hosted by the World Bank and supported by Aguaconsult, Global Water Challenge, IRC... Read more...
Despite the progress made in sanitation in the past 10 years, issues related to sustainability and behavioural change always come back in the discussions. Sanitation coverage has increased in the last 10 years: but for how long will this progress be sustained? What mechanisms need to be put in... Read more...
The Supervisory Board of IRC is pleased to announce that Patrick Moriarty has been appointed as the new CEO of IRC starting 1 September 2013. Read more...
Links to the websites of the members of the WASH Information Consortium. Read more...
“Why bother about WASH technologies? Current discourse is on sustainable service delivery monitoring and governance. Many WASH technologies, such as the India Mark II handpump and the VIP latrine, were successfully adopted and have improved the lives of millions. However, not all promising WASH... Read more...
The third group of Indian officials led by Saraswati Prasad IAS, Joint Secretary, and Government of India is in IRC for a two-week training course and exposure visit on sustainable services that last. Read more...
This Learning and Exchange Workshop will focus on the relative role of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), with a geographical focus on West Africa. The workshop will be held from 12 - 14 November 2013 in Cotonou, Benin. Read more...
An animation illustrating the relationship between life-cycle costs and the service delivered. Read more...