Dr Patrick Moriarty is IRC's Chief Executive Officer. A Civil Engineer by first degree and Water Resource Management expert by main experience, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary work on water service delivery and local water governance. Patrick has over twenty years experience of a broad range of issues around water, its management and its use in improving human well-being , predominantly in Africa and South Asia.
Patrick has been with IRC since 2000, and has held several leadership positions; as head of knowledge development; IRC's country director in Ghana; and Director of one of the IRC's major projects -Triple-S.
Patrick's main area of interest is in how IRC can ignite and support sector-wide change that brings improved services (and more sustainable water resource use) to all. He finds the most professional satisfaction working in the messy interface between policy, applied research and practice.
IRC's Patrick Moriarty reflecting on last year's All Systems Connect International Symposium Read more...
This paper introduces the concept of Learning Alliances, a structured process of innovation and scaling up of innovation in the water and sanitation... 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...
Or, why getting basic water to everyone is entirely possible. Read more...
IRC's CEO Dr Patrick Moriarty discusses what systems thinking for WASH service delivery is all about. Read more...
Este documento de antecedentes desencadena la reflexión sobre el tema del liderazgo de sistemas para el Simposio Internacional All Systems Connect... Read more...
Ce document d'information déclenche une réflexion sur le thème de la direction des systèmes pour le symposium international All Systems Connect 2023... Read more...
Background paper to All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023, World Forum, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2-4 May 2023. Read more...
A country that lifts its people out of poverty needs to connect the systems for financing health, climate and social justice, with water, sanitation and hygiene Read more...
Season's greetings Read more...
The added value of the SWA Jakarta Sector Ministers' Meeting Read more...
Why are we headed for failure and what can we do about it? IRC's proof of concept galvanises and empowers local political leadership. Read more...
IRC is sharing the review on its Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) performance conducted by Triple C Advisory Read more...
What colour smoke will emerge from this year's COP26? Read more...
What a year its been! Read more...
Black Lives Matter. IRC and its staff has been moved and inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement that started in the US and has spread globally. The extraordinary articulation of injustice, demand for action and self-organisation of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the death of... Read more...
20 consortia advance to next round of the Power of Voices investment programme Read more...
Providing water and sanitation services to people who live in rural areas or informal settlements or simply aren’t connected to pipes is a complex business. Needlessly so. Social distancing? Queuing for water in Sahel Region of Burkina Faso. Photo: IRC Burkina Faso Read more...
Two major development players simultaneously publish papers supporting a more 'systems' based approach. Read more...