Marieke is a WASH expert with over 18 years of experience in the sector. She has a special interest in small town WASH, participatory strategic planning processes and evidence-based decision making in WASH.
After graduating as an Irrigation and Water Engineer from Wageningen University, Marieke joined IRC as a Junior Professional Officer (JPO) in 2003. As JPO she was stationed with NGO Forum (Bangladesh) and with TREND Group (Ghana). In 2006, she joined the IRC team in the Netherlands.
Marieke has led and participated in action-research studies in Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe on issues like monitoring sustainable WASH service provision, small town water supply, Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM), multiple-use water services, and cost recovery and financing.
Marieke has experience in working closely with ministries (e.g. the Ministry of Water Resources, Irrigation and electricity in Ethiopia) and government agencies (e.g. Community Water and Sanitation Agency in Ghana) in identifying and addressing sector challenges. She has supported knowledge management and sector learning processes in various contexts and countries (e.g. support to the establishment and development of Learning Alliance Platforms in Ghana and Ethiopia and the Resource Centre Network Ghana).
Marieke is supporting the Accountability and Adaptation team, responsible for monitoring, with special emphasis on monitoring service level and financial indicators. She is also supporting various action research projects, with special focus on monitoring and sustainability issues. She is leading the development of a District WASH Master Planning Facility.
This report discusses the use of bamboo pipes in rural water supply, with special reference to experiences in Tanzania. Read more...
The report evaluates the involvement of women in nine projects in African countries, including water supply and sanitation projects in Kenya, Niger,... Read more...
The Surveillance Programme was instituted as a part of a WHO demonstration project to enforce water quality standards, educate consumers and... Read more...
This report focuses on health burdens in the countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP), and the environmental problems that contribute... Read more...
Cities are home to more people than ever before. In 1900, only 160 million people, one tenth of the world's population, were city dwellers. Read more...
This manual presents water treatment alternatives for rural water supplies in developing and newly industrialized countries and describes processes... Read more...
This book investigates the effective demand for rural water supply in South Africa, considering the application of a demand-responsive approach in... Read more...
Throughout Africa and the Middle East, supplies of fresh water for growing and processing food, household and urban uses, and industrial cooling and... Read more...