John is co-director of IRCs Global Programme, lead of the Research and Learning staffing group within IRCs Change Hub and a member of the management team. The Change Hub supports IRCs focus country programmes to deliver innovative and impactful activities that strengthen systems and improve services, facilitates planning monitoring, analysis and learning organisation-wide, and uses evidence and our influencing skills to drive change at regional and global levels.
John is a Briton and European, working from Lodz in Poland where he lives with his family. He has worked for IRC since 2005 and between 2016 and 2019 he was the country director in Ethiopia. He has current roles in the executive committees of the Rural Water Supply Network and the Agenda for Change, and is the Influencing lead for the Destination 2030 Alliance.
Long-term strategic planning at the district level helps to identify improved service delivery models, system strengthening activities, financing... Read more...
As a result of the the iWET project, functionality in some districts has risen from 80% to 95%, scheme downtime has been reduced from 30 days to... Read more...
Though challenging, rigorous local-level monitoring is key to ensure equitable, quality service delivery. Read more...
More funding, standardisation of infrastructure designs and requirements, better sector coordination and better knowledge and resources sharing would... 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...
While a high proportion of people In Ethiopian have access to improved water and sanitation services, only a small minority receive services that... Read more...
Uganda, led by the Ministry of Water and Environment, participated in the United Nations Conference on the "Midterm Comprehensive Review of the... Read more...
This paper reviews the experiences gained by the SWITCH consortium (of 33 partners) in grappling with stakeholder engagement in urban water... Read more...
The potential for corruption in water licensing is an important issue. Preventive actions to reduce the risk of corruption are explored. Read more...
IRC Uganda's vision and strategy, and the organisational changes and business development measures required to implement the strategic plan. Read more...
IRC's Change Hub seeks to influence regionally and globally in pursuit of Sustainable Development Goal 6. It brings together our capacities in... Read more...
A critical assessment of the components of the Amhara regional WASH M&E system, including organisational structures, human capacity, coordination... Read more...
There is a need for strong institutional systems and community involvement to address and reduce WASH humanitarian needs over the long term, and to... Read more...
This document presents IRC Burkina Faso's medium term strategic framework and theory of change for the years 2021 to 2025. Read more...
Strengthening the monitoring of water services to improve water service delivery. Read more...
Pour changer les systèmes, il faut un «Conteur, un Expert et un Homme Politique». Histoires d'acteurs du changement au Malawi, au Honduras, en... Read more...
Para cambiar los sistemas se necesita un "narrador de historias, un experto y un político". Historias de agentes de cambio en Malawi, Honduras,... Read more...
It takes a 'Story Teller, an Expert, and a Politician' to make systems change happen. Stories from change makers in Malawi, Honduras, Uganda,... Read more...
Presentations from the WASH Learning Theme 2 - "Markets and behaviour change : how people invest and driving to scale" session of the All Systems... Read more...