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.
Similar to multinationals, IRC as an international think-and-do tank and change agent, does not have an "exit strategy". Read more...
A year ago today, on the 22nd of May 2016, we lost our dear friend and colleague Ton Schouten. Read more...
This document presents IRC's overarching strategic framework and theory of change for the years 2017 to 2030, together with a set of priority actions... Read more...
Over the coming years, IRC will work to support partner districts to bring sustainable WASH services to everyone: at least one million people. Read more...
But ... to achieve Goal 6 more urgency is needed in sector reform and systems building. Read more...
Podcast featuring Patrick Moriarty and Stef Smits, who discuss taking on a systems approach in the WASH sector – including real-life examples from... Read more...
To our shared vision of change Read more...
Increasing interest in the Agenda for Change and investments in the systems approach. Read more...
Providing water, sanitation and hygiene services that last forever for everyone, is all about systems. Read more...
An analysis of 11 global and regional trends in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. Read more...
Only by understanding our place in the wider complex systems that deliver services will we be able to overcome the long-standing challenges in the... Read more...
Ton was a steadfast champion of the cause of sustainability based on respect and support to national actors and institutions. Read more...
We all know that "he who pays the piper calls the tune" - but what if the tune is the wrong one for the times? Can pipers push for new tunes? IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty thinks so. Read more...
IRC's CEO explains why we're counting down five years instead of 15 - five years to get going on meaningful change Read more...
At IRC we're pretty clear about our aims – about the world we want to see. Everyone, everywhere enjoying access to water, sanitation and hygiene services that last forever. But how to get there? And what's our role? Read more...
IRC's Chief Executive Patrick Moriarty reflects on the highlights from the annual water conference in Stockholm. Read more...
Triple-S's end of project evaluation shows that the project, and the approaches it has developed, have made an important contribution to a paradigm shift in rural water: globally, and in Ghana, Uganda and other countries where it worked. At the same time, more work and time are needed to... Read more...
USAID's Global Water Coordinator Chris Holmes welcomes the recent passage of the Water for the World act, while confirming his agency's commitment to sustainable service delivery Read more...
Graph representing the Theory of Change of the Triple-S project. Read more...
As 2014 draws to a close we look back on a mixed and challenging year at IRC. Read more...