Former Senior programme officer | Change hub
René is senior program manager and a WASH generalist with experience as manager of large programmes and in the role of advisor for the water sector. René is by education a sanitary engineer and has 32 years of experience related to development cooperation in water supply, sanitation, and water resource management in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. His expertise ranges from developing urban infrastructure to participatory appraisals with community members; from action research of rural water supply service delivery models to piloting biological wastewater treatment plants. In the period prior to his retirement in 2023 René's time was divided between developing IRC's WASH System strengthening approach further, supporting IRC (country) teams and evaluating water sector programmes for external clients.
Presentations from the INTERACT sessions during the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023. Read more...
Photo album of Day 3 of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2-4 May 2023 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...
Presentations from the WASH Learning Theme 5 - Systems change and collective action session of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023. Read more...
Photo album of Day 2 of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2-4 May 2023 Read more...
Photo album of Day 1 of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2-4 May 2023 Read more...
Presentations from the WASH Learning theme 4 - Governments, politics and systems change session of the All Systems Connect International Symposium... Read more...
Presentations from the WASH Learning theme 1 - Delivering Safe WASH Services session of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023. Read more...
Presentations from the CONNECT Climate thematic track of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023. Read more...
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Présentation de Richard Bassono lors du symposium All Systems Go Africa 2022 Read more...
Présentation conjointe de Richard Bassono, GRET, Burkina Faso, Hilaire Dongobada, Water for Good, RCA et Pius Nishimwe / Alan Reade, GOAL, Sierra... Read more...
Joint presentation Kyla Gregoire, CARE USA/Malawi, Richard Bassono, GRET, Burkina Faso, Lavuun Verstraete, Unicef Ethiopia, Fatim Hélène Traoré,... Read more...
Presentation by Richard Bassono, GRET, Burkina Faso, during the All systems go Africa symposium 2019 Read more...