Former Information Manager
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After 41 years of sharing his professional experience in WASH information management and information services at IRC, Cor has retired. Since 2019 he was IRC's Information Manager, specialising in MS Teams. He was 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.
Playboy models and vegetarians Monica Harris and Victoria Eisermann shared a tub in Trafalgar Square today to mark World Water Day. Photo: PETA Animal rights activists around the world bathed naked to promote veganism on World Water Day 2011. Activists from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of... Read more...
April 13thseven South Asian leaders signed the “Colombo Declaration” by which they agreed to improve the access to sanitation in their countries. One of the main commitments stated in the declaration calls for adherence to the values of participation and accountability. Whereas the declaration is... Read more...
The Environmental Practice at Frost & Sullivan , a Global Growth Partnership Company, is hosting an Analyst Briefing titled 'Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in Middle East and North Africa: Mounting Demand, Major Challenges and Opportunities', on April 19th, 2011. Frost & Sullivan will... Read more...
A campaign called "Thirsting for Justice" was launched the 22th of March, World Water Day which calls on European governments to put pressure on Israel to respect international law and Palestinian right access to water and sanitation. Behind this campaign launched, is the Emergency Water Sanitation... Read more...
In 2011, the World Bank’s Knowledge Council selected urbanisation as one of the Knowledge Platforms eligible for three year seed funding by the Bank. The Global Urbanization Knowledge Platform is a collaborative partnership between researchers, policymakers, the private-sector, and knowledge... Read more...
To mark World Water Day, 22 March 2011, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed an agreement making it easier for the U.S. Government and World Bank to work together to address global water challenges. [youtube= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... Read more...
Under-five child mortality from diarrhoeal diseases, which was 1.7 million in 2005, is expected to fall to just over half a million by 2030 and around 130,000 in 2060, a new study [1] predicts. Read more...
[caption id="attachment_5121" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="With this photo on Facebook local resident Akshay Arora asks the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to "kindly send some one and get it clean this Toilet/Urinal". One day later on 7 April 2011, MCD replied: "Your complaint... Read more...
On Friday April 8th, 2011 the Agency for Community Empowerment Participation and Transformation (ACEPT) organized a two-day intensive training in Henai town in Malen chiefdom, Pujehun district, for 30 traditional leaders assembled from towns and villages. The facilitators came from Pujehun District... Read more...
The World Bank has approved a grant of US$3 million to the Gaza Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) to fund cost overruns in the implementation of a US$ 31 million project to improve access and delivery of water and sanitation services to people in the Gaza Strip. The Gaza Emergency Water... Read more...
On 31 January 2011, the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRC) and Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in fields of health care, water, sanitation, and other services for the Palestinian people. The MoU represents the Qatar and... Read more...
GIZ and JICA have signed an agreement to collaborate in water and sanitation in Zambia, Uganda and Kenya. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have agreed to plan, implement and evaluate their projects... Read more...
A project to exploit underground water in the Empty Quarter started pumping water to many districts of Najran on the 1st of April 2011. “Water supplied by 17 wells in the Empty Quarter are collected at a location 130 kilometers east of Najran city before supplying to various districts,” Director... Read more...
ConocoPhillips, an international and integrated energy company based in the US has created an ‘innovative display’ that caught the visitors’ attention for its innovative design and content, as it reflects the work of one of the company’s major ventures in support and service of the environment, the... Read more...
At an international water conference in Toronto on World Water Day 22 March 2011, former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien suggested a new national conversation on bulk water export was needed. In 1999 Mr. Chrétien's government pushed for a prohibition on bulk water trade, but now he says he... Read more...
The dire sanitation systems available to the hundreds of thousands living in the Nairobi slum of Kibera, often called Africa's biggest slum, has been well-documented. Less talked about is the challenge of household energy for the urban poor. The Katwekera Tosha Bio Centre, operated by the Umande... Read more...
United through their national federation, employees of water districts in the Philippines raised their voice against the seizure of surplus benefits by their direct superiors. Whereas most of the employees are still waiting for last year’s annual rice allowances, members of numerous directory... Read more...
Current statistical data on the cholera outbreak in the Greater Accra Region indicates that 4,190 cases had been recorded, with 36 deaths. This became known when The Chronicle visited some selected hospitals in Accra to find out the state of the epidemic. According to Dr. Irene Agyepong Amarteyfio... Read more...
Photo: G.N.Rao, The Hindu Photo: G.N. Rao, The Hindu These extraordinary photos were published last year, March 2010, on International Women's Day in The Hindu here and here . They show a group of tribal women drawing water from an agricultural well at Govind Tanda in Karepalli mandal (division) of... Read more...
Minister of Irrigation and Water Development Richie Muheya launched a sanitation and hygiene promotion campaign meant to sensitize the public to the importance of using toilets in Malawi’s commercial city, Blantyre. The campaign was launched with funding from the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation... Read more...
