Cor has 39 years of professional experience in WASH information management and information services. Since 2019 he is IRC's Information Manager, specialising in MS Teams. He is editor of IRC's newsletter Amplify and was co-founder and co-editor of the IRC / USAID Sanitation Updates blog, which ran from 2008-2021. From 2016-2020 he was IRC's co-representative in the Board of the online Q&A forum KnowledgePoint.
In 2020, he organised the first ever WASH sector webinar on decolonisation. Next to decolonising WASH knowledge, he has a special interest in transparency and the right to information and ethical funding. Cor has been on short missions for IRC to India, Nepal and Uganda.
In his spare time he enjoys dancing with grandmothers and taking Toby out for walks.
Being true to #BlackLivesMatter. Report of an IRC Global Talk. Read more...
Putting women's empowerment front and centre. A webinar in the SDG 6 in South Asia learning series co-convened by UNICEF, SWA, WaterAid, FANSA, IRC, CPRIndia and Athena. Read more...
An annual festival promoting children's rights in the Indian state of Odisha through short films. Read more...
A prize winning solution for vulnerable urban communities in India. Read more...
Women from Odisha, India, demand greater role in decision making and hygiene promotion. Read more...
Landmark decision the result of a two-year-long digital campaign by 2019 Ton Schouten Award winner Mayuri Bhattacharjee Read more...
Celebrating World Water Day, and the International Women's Day theme - #ChooseToChallenge in India. Read more...
A brainstorming session being conducted by the India Chapter of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance, IRC, WaterAid, UNICEF and India Sanitation Coalition on how to encourage Panchayats to move beyond just infrastructure creation to sustainable service delivery with a rights-based approach. Read more...
Performance monitoring and innovative technological and financial solutions help. Report of a webinar. Read more...
Women-led Self Help Groups (SHGs) play a central role. Read more...
Raising awareness about the socioeconomic, health and environmental context: a WASH Talk podcast. Read more...
How do we make sure that everyone has a basic level of service? Report of an IRC WASH Debate. Read more...
Together with the World Bank, IRC is co-lead of RWSN's Sustainable Services theme. Read more...
Checking the facts and assumptions about menstrual hygiene in developing countries. Read more...
On 18 April, 2018, Dutch sector professionals will discuss how to reach and prioritise the most vulnerable. Read more...
One of the key principles of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is "leaving no one behind". This means that all the goals and targets of the SDGs aim to be socially inclusive and should be met for all nations and people and for all segments of society. Furthermore, there should be an... Read more...
A BRAC/IRC case study shows that tea stalls in Bangladesh are ideal to teach men about hygiene. Read more...
On 12 August 2014, the global campaign Girl Rising organised a Twitter chat on why #WASHmatters for girls' education. Menstrual hygiene was one of the discussion topics. Read more...
The BRAC WASH programme has helped establish 80,000 Village WASH Committees, whose members are so engaged they're even going into politics. Read more...