Cor has 39 years of professional experience in WASH information management and information services. Since 2019 he is IRC's Information Manager, specialising in MS Teams. He is editor of IRC's newsletter Amplify and was co-founder and co-editor of the IRC / USAID Sanitation Updates blog, which ran from 2008-2021. From 2016-2020 he was IRC's co-representative in the Board of the online Q&A forum KnowledgePoint.
In 2020, he organised the first ever WASH sector webinar on decolonisation. Next to decolonising WASH knowledge, he has a special interest in transparency and the right to information and ethical funding. Cor has been on short missions for IRC to India, Nepal and Uganda.
In his spare time he enjoys dancing with grandmothers and taking Toby out for walks.
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IRC's role as learning alliance facilitator, providing funding and expert advice, has proven to be effective in fostering solutions, development and collective action among district stakeholders in Uganda. Read more...
Performance monitoring and innovative technological and financial solutions help. Report of a webinar. Read more...
Women-led Self Help Groups (SHGs) play a central role. Read more...
IRC is providing technical support to UNICEF to help implement the "Drink From Tap" Mission. Read more...
Lessons learned from the Safe Water Phase 2 initiative (2015-2018): a WASH Talk podcast. Read more...
A networking event on 29 May for water and environmental professionals in The Hague. Read more...
Programme helps innovations get support from government, companies, experts and impact investors. Read more...
Commissioner Jagadeesha and national adviser Rohit Kakkar share their takeaways. Read more...
New book reveals how India made community water management work even without charismatic leaders. Read more...
Valuable lessons for those seeking institutional financial support for water management. Read more...
United Nations and World Bank announce call for action at World Economic Forum. Read more...
SWIBANGLA is the name of the winning project tendered by the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre for the BRAC WASH II programme. SWIBANGLA stands for managing saltwater intrusion impacts in Bangladesh and was kicked-off formally at the BRAC head office in Dhaka on Sunday 7 July, 2013. Read more...
The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation (TCCAF) and its partners have launched the Replenish Africa Initiative's (RAIN) Multiple Use Water Improvements project in Ethiopia. This one-year project will benefit 73,400 rural citizens, including 22,000 school children living in seven rural woredas (districts)... Read more...
The NGO “Give to Colombia” will implement several pilot projects that will serve as models for the Rural Water Supply and Wastewater Management Program in Colombia. The pilot projects will focus on WASH in schools, post-construction support, household connections and self-supply models. IRC has a... Read more...
A new video highlights India’s largest well recharge programme in Thrissur, Kerala. The Mazhapolima participatory well recharge programme was set up by IRC's Dr Kurian Baby in May 2008, when he was Thrissur District Collector. Read more...
Greenpeace warns that new coal-fired power stations and coal mines will lead to a water crisis in South Africa. It calls on the government to quit coal and embrace the country’s renewable energy potential. Read more...
A new study covering 40 African countries shows that they are making good progress with integrated approaches to water resources management. Over 75 per cent of the member countries of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) are implementing national national water laws and nearly half are... Read more...
By Mustapha Sesay, Sierra Leone. Water is an essential in our daily activities and a basic right for all to access it at affordable rate. It is unfortunate that as the world continues to celebrate World Water Day, most developing countries including Sierra Leone suffer from acute water shortage to... Read more...
On a day when the UN is highlighting water and food security, the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is calling for policy changes to promote the use of water at home to boost people’s livelihoods. Homestead-level, small-scale production from livestock and vegetable gardens make a... Read more...