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Catarina Fonseca is trained as an economist and has a doctoral degree in water sciences. She has over twenty-three years of experience in development cooperation and non-profits of which twenty in the water and sanitation sector. She has pioneered sector development on the understanding of life-cycle costs and financing. She was the WASHCost Director (2008-2013), a large-scale initiative to identify the long-term costs of sustaining rural and peri-urban water and sanitation services. She has been part of the IRC management team and managed the International and Innovation programme from 2012-2019.
Catarina Fonseca was the Director of Watershed, a 5-year strategic programme that run from 2016-2020 to strengthen the ability of citizens to hold governments and service providers accountable for the services they deliver. She is an Associate of IRC and is available for consultancy assignments. Over the past 28 years she has trained, assessed, evaluated and provided technical support to over 50 clients. Since 2019 she has her own company, Pulsing Tide.
Exploring broader efficiency aspects in the water and sanitation sector Read more...
The third informal finance discussion of the One For All alliance was on banking. Particularly the role of national Public Development Banks (PDBs) in the sector and their untapped potential. What are Public Development Banks? In 2021, IRC did a study for the Agence Française de Développement (AFD... Read more...
The One For All alliance curates a small informal group that discusses selected topics on finance in water and sanitation. This monthly blog series attempts to share our reflections and thinking with a wider audience. What are finance strategies for the water supply and sanitation sector? A finance... Read more...
L'alliance One For All organise un petit groupe informel qui explore des sujets sélectionnés sur le financement de l'eau et de l'assainissement. Ce blog est le résultat de la dernière discussion. Nous n'avons pas beaucoup de réponses, mais nous soulevons de nombreuses questions. Tout en continuant... Read more...
Efficient tracking of water and sanitation sector financial data. Read more...
In this episode (2 mins) we hear from Catarina Fonseca on the importance of public finance in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals. Read more...
IRC Associate Catarina Fonseca talks about the status of finance for WASH services. Read more...
Catarina Fonseca and Fred Muhumuza discuss why WASH coverage levels in Uganda is stagnating. Read more...
Presentations from the CONNECT Finance thematic track of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023. Read more...
Last year we were discussing blended finance, what are we discussing now? Read more...
Best practices, challenges and recommendations on the use of UNICEF's Value for Money (VFM) tool and other VFM metrics. Read more...
Recommandations pour les actionnaires des BPDs: les gouvernements des États. Read more...
Recommendations for the shareholders of national PDBs: states and governments. Read more...
How CSOs in Bangladesh, India, Kenya and elsewhere have collaborated to understand funding flows and key moments for budget decision-making, and... Read more...
Highlighting financial and technical collaborative successes. Read more...
Guidelines for European national and subnational policy-makers responsible for sustainable financing of small-scale water and sanitation services,... Read more...
What is needed to eliminate inequalities and achieve universal access to sanitation? Read more...
IRC works with associates, international sector specialists who will provide expertise and support...
