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.
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...
WASH professionals joined a discussion on how to strengthen local data ecosystems in sanitation. Read more...
Dutch organisations lobby for a credible plan to realise the 2020 sanitation targets. Read more...
Reflections from the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York Read more...
How do we make sure that everyone has a basic level of service? Report of an IRC WASH Debate. Read more...
2018 marks the third year of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While national governments hold the primary responsibility for developing policy, and delivering resources and programmes for the goals, civil society also plays a critical role in the implementation and... Read more...
Achieving sustainable WASH services requires problem-based approaches focusing on a specific watershed or municipality. Read more...
NGOs call for effective parliamentary supervision of Dutch-funded water initiatives. Read more...
How can blended finance help in meeting the financing gap for reaching SDG 6? Read more...
New report by WHO and UNICEF sets the baseline for ambitious global goals. Read more...
IRC leads the cross-country learning and knowledge component. Read more...
WHO/UNICEF will publish the new indicators for Sustainable Development Goal 6 on July 13th, 2017. Read more...
IRC and the Safe Water Network are piloting a sustainable service delivery approach at district level. Read more...
Learn about our new programme Watershed, sector learning and country-led monitoring. Read more...
Africa needs a roadmap to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for water security and sanitation by 2030. Such a roadmap was the desired outcome of the 6th Africa Water Week (AWW-6), a biennial event that attracted 1,000 participants from governments, regional institutions,... Read more...
What do we need to understand to overcome the long-standing challenges in the sector? Read more...
Are government-led and private sector approaches mutually exclusive? Read more...
United Nations and World Bank announce call for action at World Economic Forum. Read more...
Experts discuss integrated approaches at IRC event in The Hague. Read more...
Dutch Olympic sailor Carolijn Brouwer will launch a "Menstrual Hygiene Call to Action" at an event in Scheveningen, The Hague on 19 June 2015. Read more...