John is co-director of IRCs Global Programme, lead of the Research and Learning staffing group within IRCs Change Hub and a member of the management team. The Change Hub supports IRCs focus country programmes to deliver innovative and impactful activities that strengthen systems and improve services, facilitates planning monitoring, analysis and learning organisation-wide, and uses evidence and our influencing skills to drive change at regional and global levels.
John is a Briton and European, working from Lodz in Poland where he lives with his family. He has worked for IRC since 2005 and between 2016 and 2019 he was the country director in Ethiopia. He has current roles in the executive committees of the Rural Water Supply Network and the Agenda for Change, and is the Influencing lead for the Destination 2030 Alliance.
Strategies and steps towards inclusion of persons with disabilities in the improvement of water and sanitation services in Ethiopia. Read more...
Long-term strategic planning at the district level helps to identify improved service delivery models, system strengthening activities, financing... Read more...
A critical assessment of the components of the Amhara regional WASH M&E system, including organisational structures, human capacity, coordination... Read more...
Testing approaches to strengthen the sustainability and performance of WASH service delivery systems. Read more...
Results from stakeholders workshops in Ethiopia and Uganda indicate that a more intentional focus on factor interactions in WASH systems could lead... Read more...
An approach is developed to assess WASH risks in marginal populations that are poorly understood and served through conventional approaches. Read more...
The paper sets out the processes followed to establish WASH Learning Alliances in Ethiopia, examines some of the associated risks and constraints,... Read more...