Former Programme Officer| Change hub
Vera is a Master of Arts: Journalism and post graduate in Electronic Information Management (Moscow State University and The Robert Gordon University). In the past 15 years, she has gained experiences in working with both traditional and new media, strategic communications, publications, knowledge and information management, communication technologies and children's issues. Prior to joining IRC, she worked for the Bernard van Leer Foundation in Den Haag (the Netherlands) that works to improve opportunities for children up to age 8 who are growing up in socially and economically difficult circumstances; Save the children – Redd Barna(Uganda) and Commercial Television (STV-Uganda).
Vera was appointed organisational trust person in 2016.
The Dutch Water Bank was initially established primarily to finance flood control, but the model is potentially applicable to other aspects of water... Read more...
This book is an introduction to the theory of water governance and its practical application especially in The Netherlands. Read more...
Corruption in the water sector undermines the global ability to provide food, water and energy security for all, to achieve the Sustainable... Read more...
Decision-support tool to aid the identification of potentially appropriate drinking water methods for arsenic- and salt-mitigation in Bangladesh... Read more...
Starting on the 11 th April is the 2 week RWSN e-discussion on the subject of continuous country-led monitoring of rural water services. The Discussion will run for the next 2 weeks (11 th -22 nd April). How will it work? The e-discussion will run for two weeks from Monday 11th - Friday 22nd April... Read more...
From projects to services For decades, WASH programs have followed a "business as usual" approach of implementing projects that have largely remained focused on the project and under emphasized the broader context. In the rural sub-sector external funding often finances a WASH project that is... Read more...
This global review explores the strengths and weaknesses of integrity in the water sector. It provides examples of innovative programmes and tools... Read more...
This is first in a series of IRC Events for 2016. The theme for the event is ‘Reaching universal coverage: an Agenda for Change’. The Sustainable Development Goals require the sector to work towards universal coverage of water and sanitation services. This raises the question on whether the sum of... Read more...
Fact sheet providing an overview of rural and small towns water services in the Upper East Region, Ghana. Read more...
Une gestion approximative des services d'assainissement et d'hygiène entraîne nécessairement des conséquences de santé publique pour une société... Read more...
The standard approach of financing is not sufficient and not appropriate for long term financing needs of water companies. Water Financing Facilities are a potential mechanism to mobilise additional finance for the sector. They pull utilities and their projects together reducing risk and therefore creating the possibility for longer term loans at considerably lower interest rates.
Read more...This poster shares lessons from how IRC in Ghana supported the Community Water and Sanitation Agency, pilot districts and partners to navigate the... Read more...
This three-day conference in University of Oxford convenes leading global thinkers and practitioners from government, enterprise, civil society and academia to advance and debate risk-based analysis of water security. Read more...
Theme 2 (October 20-23): Lack of leadership for change around sanitation SuSanA forum: http://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/218-thematic-discussion-sustainable-urban-sanitation-moving-forward Read more...
The discussion on the first week's theme has started today. The introduction to this topic is now online and can be accessed through the following link. With this link you can react to the theme and its questions but note that you will have to log in on the SuSanA forum: http://forum.susana.org/... Read more...
Webinar "From building infrastructure to creating support mechanisms for rural water supplies" The rural water supply sector is moving from a focus on building systems to increase coverage, towards one of creating mechanisms to ensure that these systems provide sustainable services. Particularly... Read more...
Innovative approaches to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in emergency situations Emergency and conflict situations around the world are increasing rapidly. In 2014 the number of forcibly displaced people reached 59.9 million, three times that of 2010 and the highest since 1945. There are... Read more...
Social and technical diversity in urban waste and sanitation services is not the problem but rather the opening to tailor-made solutions and... Read more...
Positioning our work to champion sustainability and equity, and to catalyse change towards our vision of universal access by 2030. Read more...