Former WASH Expert for IRC in Honduras
Maricela is a civil engineer with a masters degree in project management. She has nine years of experience in the water and sanitation sector in Honduras. She has worked in the past with the Honduran Tourism Institute. She also worked with the National Service of Aqueducts and Sewers (SANAA) on planning, monitoring, evaluation and control of water and sanitation projects in urban and rural areas of the country. Maricela was hired by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support the strengthening of the National Council for Water and Sanitation (CONASA), where she had the opportunity to participate in the development of the methodology for the establishment of the municipal Commissions of Water and Sanitation (COMAS) in Honduras and the formulation National Policy of the sector. In August 2023 Maricela assumed the role of Oficial Senior de Influencia Nacional at IRC's alliance partner Water For People in Honduras.
Presentation given WEDC 2021 Read more...
Successful pathways secured uptake by government and had flexible programming. Read more...
More emphasis is needed on building and strengthening the work of multi-stakeholder platforms in WASH at the national level. Read more...
Key finding of this briefing note: Overall, citizens holding governments to account is dependent on effective civil society and media shaping the... Read more...
Twenty-four 24 innovative business models and 47 case studies on energy, nutrients and water recovery. Read more...
Even in the worst case scenario, the benefits of mutliple use water services outweigh the costs at both household and system levels Read more...
The process, benefits, challenges, and learnings of water safety planning (WSP) in an Ethiopian district, using a mixed method approach and a six-... Read more...
Pour changer les systèmes, il faut un «Conteur, un Expert et un Homme Politique». Histoires d'acteurs du changement au Malawi, au Honduras, en... Read more...
Para cambiar los sistemas se necesita un "narrador de historias, un experto y un político". Historias de agentes de cambio en Malawi, Honduras,... Read more...
It takes a 'Story Teller, an Expert, and a Politician' to make systems change happen. Stories from change makers in Malawi, Honduras, Uganda,... Read more...
Presentation on the pathways under which "utilitisation" of rural water supply takes place and how challenges can be overcome. Read more...
Under which pathways can the 'utilitisation' of rural water supply take place, which factors drive these processes, what are the strengths and... Read more...
Recording of a webinar on lessons learned after nearly four years of intensive research on the use of collective action in WASH by the USAID-... Read more...
Strengthening and clarifying the capacity of local government institutions is critical to the success of SDG6 (Water) and contributes to SDG16 (... Read more...
This book is an introduction to the theory of water governance and its practical application especially in The Netherlands. Read more...