Stef Smits is a senior programme officer and Co-director of IRC's Growth Hub. He has 20 years of professional experience in water supply and sanitation in over 25 countries in Europe, Latin America, Southern Africa, and South Asia. His main thematic expertise includes: institutional models for water supply, sustainability and enabling environment, monitoring, costing and financing of services and integrated water resources management.
Stef has led numerous projects on these topics, and published about them. In addition, he has ample management expertise: from consultancy assignments to multi-annual programmes, and units within an organisation. He has worked for a range of clients including bilateral donors, development banks, research funders and NGOs. Stef holds an MSc degree in Irrigation and Water Engineering from Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
A 1995 Pacific Institute report, California Water 2020: A Sustainable Vision, offered compelling support for the argument that alternative approaches... Read more...
This paper looks at a new approach to the efficient and cost-effective use of water, water demand management (WDM), which relies on socio-economic... Read more...
Dans la plupart des pays africains, l'insuffisance, l'inadaptation et le manque d'entretien des ouvrages d'eau et d'assainissement, ainsi que les... Read more...
In response to questions posed by some irrigation specialists concerning the importance of organizing water users as (an essential) part of a cost... Read more...
Ce document d'une manière succinte fait le point de la situation de l'approvisionnement en eau potable et de l'assainissement dans dix grandes... Read more...
Rapid growth of industrialization in Greater Bandung since 1970 has led to the deterioration of both the quantity and quality of groundwater... Read more...
The application of a biological method of river quality management called the Nepalese Biotic Score (NEPBIOS) is describes. Read more...
The first chapter of this book: Traditional Water Harvesting : A Multi-millenial Mission examines how water has been harvested in India since... Read more...
Chaque année, des milliers de personnes meurent de choléra à travers le monde. Très fréquent dans les pays en développement, le choléra est bien... Read more...