Stef Smits is a senior programme officer and Co-director of IRC's Growth Hub. He has 20 years of professional experience in water supply and sanitation in over 25 countries in Europe, Latin America, Southern Africa, and South Asia. His main thematic expertise includes: institutional models for water supply, sustainability and enabling environment, monitoring, costing and financing of services and integrated water resources management.
Stef has led numerous projects on these topics, and published about them. In addition, he has ample management expertise: from consultancy assignments to multi-annual programmes, and units within an organisation. He has worked for a range of clients including bilateral donors, development banks, research funders and NGOs. Stef holds an MSc degree in Irrigation and Water Engineering from Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
This paper examines the complex politics underpinning joint management of natural resources such as forests and water in India. Read more...
This discussion paper describes the immense variety of issues and approaches involved in encouraging genuine participation by women and wider... Read more...
This report focuses on health burdens in the countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP), and the environmental problems that contribute... Read more...
This bibliography contains references to 185 communication/educational materials related to rural and low-cost water supply and sanitation in India... Read more...
The 1998 AGUASAN Workshop had as its point of departure SDC's Sector Policy on Water and Sanitation that advocates a balanced development approach... Read more...