Senior Programme Officer | Asia Regional Programme
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Digbijoy Dey is a Senior Programme Officer in IRC’s South Asia Regional Programme. He is an environment professional with over 12 years’ experience in the field of water and environment. He is IRC’s Country Representative in Bangladesh and works as a Sanitation Specialist. He has worked for countries outside South Asia such as Benin, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Togo and Vietnam. He has been working for IRC since 2018.
Before joining IRC, he worked on BRAC’s water and wastewater treatment programme, on faecal sludge management and water quality testing procedures. He has done his Masters in Environmental Management at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. He has substantial research experience in Bangladesh and the Netherlands. He has published more than 12 scientific publications in international journals.
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As Bangladesh continues to expand water and sanitation services in both urban and rural areas, the establishment of institutional mechanisms marks an important step towards strengthening governance, improving accountability, and ensuring more equitable and sustainable service delivery. Read more...
The thematic overview paper Regulating Water and Sanitation Services explores the basics of regulation and this blog introduces the paper's key insights. Read more...
This Thematic Overview Paper provides water and sanitation sector professionals with a conceptual and practical overview of regulatory functions,... Read more...
Recently, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands WASH Partner Platform members had the opportunity to visit Kushtia as part of its partners' meeting. Read more...
In the face of intensifying climate challenges, the Equitable and Sustainable WASH services in Bangladesh Delta Plan Hotspots (2022-2026) Project explores sanitation options for the Haor region—Bangladesh's low-lying wetland ecosystem that remains submerged for nearly half the year. Read more...
Global financing for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) remains insufficient, hindering progress towards universal access. Read more...
Extreme weather events in Bangladesh damage water and sanitation facilities. Developing sustainable delivery models is therefore essential. Read more...
This appropriateness assessment has provided insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the existing water and sanitation service models in three... Read more...
This project brief is a baseline assessment for drinking water and sanitation in four climate hotspots in Bangladesh. Read more...
How a lack of integrated planning and management is contaminating the surface and groundwater of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Read more...
Reflections from the Global Sanitation Summit Read more...
Implementing a pro-poor WASH strategy in Bangladesh and setting up community-based service monitoring for sustainability Read more...
This note describes the approach followed to assist Local Government Institutions (LGI) of Bangladesh in improving service levels for people living... Read more...
A number of tools for water, sanitation (faecal waste) and solid wastes can be used to develop a decision support/advocacy tool which can help... Read more...
WASH organisations successfully lobby to include more questions about WASH in the 2022 National Population and Housing Census. Read more...
Informing Local Government Institutes about the strategy and how to adopt action plans for the implementation of the strategy. Read more...
Water resources management, equitable access and hygiene receive due attention. Read more...
A pro-poor strategy has been approved and a new national strategy is on its way. Read more...
