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After a ten year career at IRC, covering various leadership functions and being member of the IRC Management Team, Erma established herself as an independent consultant in 2015. Erma continues her collaboration with IRC as an associate consultant.
Erma strongly believes in country leadership - national governments leading the development of a common vision, policy priorities and targets for the sector; National governments coordinating and directing all actors and interventions towards achievement of the commonly agreed vision and targets, monitoring progress and facilitating learning processes to adjust sector policies and practices when needed. Without national governments taking leadership and being backed by a strong sector system, achievement of WASH services for all and forever will remain an utopia and resources will remain being wasted.
Working with governments, at national and decentralised level, in facilitating sector-broad and multi-actor change processes towards strengthened sector capacities for sustained WASH service delivery, is Erma's passion.
Erma thinks that championing knowledge development, innovation and policy influencing for country- leadership is an exciting challenge. This gives her an excellent opportunity to capatalise on both her passion and on a solid professional background anchored in her work for a diversity of employers (national governments, bi-lateral donor and multi-lateral agencies) in different parts of the world.
Después de una carrera de diez años en el IRC, Erma se estableció como un consultor independiente a partir de 2015. Erma continúa su colaboración con IRC como consultor asociado.
Erma Uytewaal es una profesional internacional altamente respetada en el sector del agua potable y saneamiento, particularmente en las áreas de asesoramiento en la formulación e implementación de políticas, desarrollo de estrategias y desarrollo institucional y organizacional.
Ella es una ferviente defensora de la visión de IRC que propugna pasar de intervenciones de corto plazo hacia la definición e implementación de políticas sectoriales que posibiliten la prestación de servicios sostenibles en el largo plazo. Ella cree que el liderazgo de los gobiernos es esencial y es el único camino hacia el cambio en el sector para lograr que los sistemas de agua y saneamiento presten servicios para que todos, en todas partes y siempre puedan disfrutar de su derecho humano al agua potable y al saneamiento.
Erma sabe cómo dirigir el cambio institucional y organizacional. Con perseverancia, trabajo duro y una actitud positiva facilita el diálogo, la negociación y la coordinación de programas y procesos y complejos con la participación de múltiples actores.
En su trabajo es pragmática, motiva la innovación y se enfoca en los resultados. En sus interacciones es de mente abierta y directa. Emprendedora, responsable, pero sobre todo, profesional.
Erma puede visualizar e implementar acciones de una forma integral: abarcando la política y la práctica, las habilidades técnicas y sociales. Su formación y experiencia incluye trabajos previos en varias regiones del mundo incluyendo con las Naciones Unidas, organizaciones de cooperación bilaterales, gobiernos nacionales y gobiernos locales y ONGs, trabajando en todos los niveles de interacción (personal, organizacional e institucional).
Exploring existing regulatory frameworks around faecal waste management, faecal sludge accumulation rates, and associated pit filling rates. Read more...
Increasing repair and maintenance funds leads to higher borehole functionality and water access rates in the drought-prone regions of Turkana, Kenya... Read more...
Learning Note exploring the key challenges faced by private sector WASH enterprises Read more...
An overview of phase II activities in Negelle Arsi and Shashamane districts in Ethiopia.. Read more...
A novel Empowerment in WASH Index is presented, which was piloted in Banfora, Burkina Faso. Findings show importance of household- and community-... 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 elements, success factors, partnership processes, conducive national contexts and types of global partnerships, which can support an effective... Read more...
Comparing water utilities in Kenya, Ethiopia, Cambodia, and the United States reveals a gap between the full costs of service delivery and budgets of... Read more...
This learning note is focused on the gender dynamics in WASH business and it informs action points to enhance women's roles in the sector. Read more...
This guide covers steps required for engaging effectively with decision-makers; increasing the impact beyond programmatic solutions; and influencing... Read more...
Between 2017 and 2019, the District-Wide Approach for water and sanitation services was piloted in five districts in Rwanda. This Agenda for Change... Read more...
Government should take the lead in making sure WASH services are empowering; NGOs should support government in monitoring empowerment in WASH... Read more...
Conclusions and reflections on the use of the Social Accountability Model developed by Water Witness International in the Watershed programme in... Read more...
There is a gap between what organisations have formulated in their strategies and programmatic approaches regarding social inclusion and the actual... Read more...
An analysis of the issues and advocacy opportunities that could help achieve Agenda 2030. Which reform can have a direct effect on both national and... Read more...
Indicators for hand hygiene monitoring in households, schools and health care centres, for policy makers, implementors and citizens. Read more...