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Jeske Verhoeven joined IRC in October 2008. Her focus is on capacity development for WASH systems strengthening and managing the WASH Systems Academy. In 2018 she started leading the development of this online collaborative platform developed to assist WASH sector professionals with knowledge and tools to apply a WASH systems strengthening approach.
Her other areas of expertise include WASH finance, Aid Effectiveness and Process Documentation. In the WASHCost project (2008-2013) she was responsible for development, coordination and facilitation of the Life-cycle cost approach training package and the Costing Sustainable Services online course. She was also responsible for the development and implementation of life-cycle cost approach database protocol, research on expenditure on direct and indirect support, support to project management and involved in process documentation. Her research on WASH finance has been specifically on finance for capital maintenance and urban sanitation. Jeske has developed a training package to facilitate training on aid effectiveness and research on aid effectiveness in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector. Jeske has supported country teams with the documentation of action research, facilitated training sessions on process documentation and organised writeshops.
Jeske has a BA in Journalism from the School of Journalism in Utrecht, The Netherlands and an MA in International Development Studies from the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Background note to the 3rd IRC event on the limits of aid and the future of trade and presentations of the Keynote presentations by DGIS, Simavi and... Read more...
This paper presents lessons learnt on improving learning in the WASH sector through resource centre networks in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Honduras, Nepal... Read more...
What will rural water supply look like in the future? And will it include the handpump or are there viable, and preferable, options? Read more...
Triple-S, short for Sustainable Services at Scale, is an initiative to address the challenge of sustainability of rural water supplies. Read more...
Together, Mozambique's National Directorate of Water and IRC are creating a roadmap for re-envisioning how rural water services are delivered. Read more...
Financing the life-cycle cost gap: does it make a difference? Read more...
Case studies from Mozambique identify successful approaches to community-based water and sanitation services. Read more...
A post reflecting on the theme of World Water Day: 'Affordability of public goods: why does energy outperform water?' Read more...
Een blogpost met reflecties op het Wereld Water Dag thema: Betaalbaarheid van publieke voorzieningen, waarom is er meer aandacht voor energie dan voor water? Read more...
'Each year World Water Day is an opportunity for all actors to pay attention to the challenges that continue to hinder effective delivery of water services, especially to the rural population', says Jane Nabunnya Mulumba, country coordinator of the Triple-S initiative in Uganda. This video shows how stakeholder cooperation enhances water facilities.
Read more...Radical changes in government financing show a major shift in Dutch development policy. Read more...
Do SWAps point the direction for future developments? Read more...
Aid effectiveness: what does it entail and how to apply aid effectiveness principles in my daily work? Read more...
IRC has an important role in a partnership that recognises the value of working together. Read more...
Improving aid effectiveness across the WASH sector is a key aim of IRC. Read more...
IRC has been an active member of Sanitation and Water for All Partnership since its beginning. Erma Uytewaal of IRC explains why she believes this partnership is important to improve the sustainability of water and sanitation services.
Read more...This blog post is a response to the video posted by Matt Damon, co-founder of water.org, where he announces a toilet strike to raise awareness for the water crisis. It was first published on WASH Finance , where it has started a lively discussion. Read more...
Progress has been made in recent years with implementing the aid effectiveness framework. Various studies show that the volume of development... Read more...
