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.
The effective, ecological and sustainable utilization and management of water resources is essential for improving livelihoods of the poor and... Read more...
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Pilot projects for the surveillance of drinking water quality were carried out in Peru, Indonesia and Zambia, under the WHO Guidelines, Volume 3 for... Read more...
An overriding concern in the papers presented at this conference on water and sanitation in the house-hold and its immediate neighbourhood is the... Read more...
The main objective of the training programme is to promote greater concern among health and public water supply authorities for the need to undertake... Read more...
This handbook addresses specific aspects of water resources management and water pollution control. It includes a series of case studies from various... Read more...