Former Senior programme officer | Change hub
René is senior program manager and a WASH generalist with experience as manager of large programmes and in the role of advisor for the water sector. René is by education a sanitary engineer and has 32 years of experience related to development cooperation in water supply, sanitation, and water resource management in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. His expertise ranges from developing urban infrastructure to participatory appraisals with community members; from action research of rural water supply service delivery models to piloting biological wastewater treatment plants. In the period prior to his retirement in 2023 René's time was divided between developing IRC's WASH System strengthening approach further, supporting IRC (country) teams and evaluating water sector programmes for external clients.
A critical reflection on the use of planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning (PMEL) tools. Read more...
IRC's approach to sustainability within the Watershed empowering citizens programme in India and its response to COVID-19 in Ganjam district, Odisha. Read more...
There is a gap between what organisations have formulated in their strategies and programmatic approaches regarding social inclusion and the actual... Read more...
Using the Life-Cycle Cost Approach to understand the rural WASH budget. Read more...
Tactics and approaches for evidence-based advocacy. Lessons learned from 13 case studies in six countries. Read more...
This is the end-of-project evaluation of Watershed - empowering citizens conducted by PopDev Consultancy on request of the Directorate-General for... Read more...
Water and sanitation interventions should put special focus on strengthening systems of community participation as well as enabling the participation... Read more...
How does understanding public finance for WASH help civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance their work in the community, and are budget related... Read more...
How does understanding public finance for WASH help civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance their work in the community, and are budget related... Read more...
How can the devolution of planning and budgetary processes help communities raise their issues and plan accordingly. Read more...
A roadmap for tracking and analysing district budgets for water and sanitation programmes in Bihar, India. Read more...
A roadmap for tracking and analysing district budgets for water and sanitation programmes in Odisha, India. Read more...
Monitoring water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services as well as monitoring budgets / financial flows are important for evidence-based advocacy. Read more...