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.
This book documents the successful use of information and communication technology (ICT) in rural development. Read more...
Water resources management is becoming increasingly important; especially since in many developing countries the quality of surface and groundwater... Read more...
This book analyzes the legal, regulatory, economic and institutional issues that are key to smoothing the transition to privatized infrastructure. Read more...
This report focuses on urban drinking water and sanitation in Zimbabwe. Studies were undertaken in two towns, Bulawayo and Kariba, and in the central... Read more...
The report evaluates the status of water supply to developing urban communities in South Africa. The success of providing access to adequate water in... Read more...
Political pressure drives the majority of decentralization efforts in developing countries. Read more...
This document reflects a marketing survey done in the Philippines. Read more...
A 1995 Pacific Institute report, California Water 2020: A Sustainable Vision, offered compelling support for the argument that alternative approaches... Read more...
In 1992, the Government of Mexico initiated a new national water law which decentralised water resources management and allowed the market transfer... Read more...
This study examines developments in Sri Lanka's urban water supply sector and what these experiences imply in general for government's role in water... Read more...
Sanitary disposal of faeces is vital to combat childhood diarrhoea, and its promotion is key to improving health in developing countries. Read more...