Programme Officer
Mélanie is a water and sanitation engineer working in the WASH sector since 2002. She worked 5 years in the private sector in hydraulic design and construction followed by 7 years in the humanitarian and development sector. Mélanie has an extensive field experience as WASH programme manager and coordinator mainly in emergency contexts, and was based and worked in various countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
She joined IRC in 2012 as a Programme Officer and has been involved in various research and monitoring initiatives, mainly in the field of sanitation, hygiene and MUS (Multiple Use of water Services). Mélanie is the facilitator of the online life-cycle costing training and is working with UNCHR to adapt the life-cycle cost approach to emergency contexts.
Languages: English, German, French, Spanish
Data sources are necessary to provide evidence. How can data be used for planning and accountability? Read more...
Que faut-il faire pour aller au-delà de la cartographie des installations WASH et utiliser réellement les données pour la prise de décision et la... Read more...
What does it take to successfully go beyond mapping WASH facilities to actually using data for national-level decision making and accountability? Why... Read more...
Accueil et mise en scène du dialogue de haut niveau sur les défis du renforcement des systèmes WASH en Afrique Read more...
Welcome and scene setting high-level dialogue on challenges of strengthening WASH systems in Africa Read more...
Ministry of Water and Energy (Ethiopia), COWASH, SNV and IRC reflecting on partnership work in Ethiopia Read more...
A novel public-public partnership between Uganda's national water utility and local government is part of the increasing trend of rural utilisation. Read more...
This presentation describes how the NGO Splash uses schools as catalysts to promote city-wide community water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) coverage. Read more...
Poster showing main research questions around an appropriate technology for pit emptying in Zimbabwe. Read more...
Presentation of WASH sustainability check results, sharing the findings of sustainability checks undertaken in Ethiopia in 2015. Read more...
Findings and lessons from a 2013 WASH Gap Analysis funded through the Humanitarian Innovation Fund. Read more...
Poster sharing initial conclusions and lessons so far from research on access to sanitation for the disabled in the Northern part of Bangladesh. Read more...
Poster presented at the 2015 UNC water and health conference. Read more...
Power point presentation on paying more attention to the whole sanitation chain. Putting more focus on leadership for change. Putting more emphasis... Read more...
Presentation by Maarten Onneweer (RAIN), for the IRC Seminar, The human factor in WASH change processes. Drivers for change among staff of WASH... Read more...