Arjen is lead for Water Resources and Climate Change and is keen on hydrogeology, passionate about mapping, and eager to share WASH knowledge and facilitate learning. Arjen's background within IRC was as lead researcher for WASHCost Mozambique.
Arjen has twenty years sector experience – including five years as technical adviser South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan) and 13 years private sector experience in Mozambique and Uganda. He has hands-on experience in extensive water resource studies, detailed social surveys, quality assurance and thorough WASH data analysis and visualisation.
His academic background is an MSc in Hydrogeology and he is fluent in English, Dutch, Portuguese, German and has a reasonable command of Spanish. He is Dutch by nationality and currently lives near London with his family.
Presentations from the CONNECT Social Justice thematic track of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023. Read more...
Innovation of sanitation master planning within the ONEWASH Plus programme in Ethiopia. Read more...
Emerging lessons from the use of building blocks for sustainable un-sewered urban sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more...
This paper evaluates global institutional changes in the water sector based on a review carried out in 11 countries: Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Spain,... Read more...
The new Government of South Africa through its Reconstruction and Development Programme has recognized the link between the provision of safe... Read more...
The following 8 criteria are identified for the selection of an appropriate sanitation system: affordability; acceptability; constructability;... Read more...
The evaluation set out to: a. identify drought crisis points through reconnaissance and meetings with local community leaders, churches, NGO's, and... Read more...