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.
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District WASH master plan of Makalondi, Niger Read more...
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This study contributes to both literature and practice by identifying the relative importance of factors to consider when designing collaborative... Read more...
Successful sanitation approaches were characterized by their adaptation to the local context, community participation, built-in mechanisms that... Read more...
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A strong enabling environment, which recognizes small communities and their local services, water quality control, post-construction support and the... Read more...
Dr Angela Huston (IRC) discusses whether the WASH systems strengthening approach is relevant in all contexts and why can it be useful for WASH system... Read more...
Alana Potter talks about the role of equity in WASH service delivery and WASH systems strengthening. Read more...
The desk review intends to inform conversations and advise decision-makers on standard approaches for enabling groups of actors working on complex... Read more...
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An introduction to IRC's systems approach, the building blocks for WASH systems and measuring WASH systems strengthening. Read more...
In this podcast you hear how the systems approach came about, what the current evidence of its importance is and what the challenges are for its... Read more...
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The UNICEF Framework for Sustainability Results proved to be useful in identifying sustainability challenges and acting upon them. Read more...
An analysis of 11 global and regional trends in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. Read more...
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