Co-director | Growth Hub
Follow
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.
The Multi-country synthesis report brings together the insights from the 13 Triple-S country studies to identify trends in rural water supply,... Read more...
Meet our colleagues at UNC Water and Health Conference Read more...
Recommendations to accelerate progress towards achieving Open Defecation Free (ODF) status by 2030 and the progress made up to January 2021. Read more...
Decentralized Provincial Community Participation and Education (PEC) was found to be the most cost-effective modality, with significant potential for... Read more...
Informing the Community Water and Sanitation Agency's change journey into the national utility for rural service provision. Read more...
Wednesday 3 April 2024 Read more...
Reflections on the blended course "Educating in Technology for Development", held in 2003 and aimed at 61 university professors in Spain. Read more...
Reflections on the blended course "Educating in Technology for Development", held in 2003 and aimed at 61 university professors in Spain. Read more...
The water sector in South Africa should focus more on the needs of HIV positive individuals and strengthen multi-sectoral initiatives. Read more...
This paper introduces the concept of Learning Alliances, a structured process of innovation and scaling up of innovation in the water and sanitation... Read more...
Even in the worst case scenario, the benefits of mutliple use water services outweigh the costs at both household and system levels Read more...
Strengthening the monitoring of water services to improve water service delivery. Read more...
Pour changer les systèmes, il faut un «Conteur, un Expert et un Homme Politique». Histoires d'acteurs du changement au Malawi, au Honduras, en... Read more...
Para cambiar los sistemas se necesita un "narrador de historias, un experto y un político". Historias de agentes de cambio en Malawi, Honduras,... Read more...
It takes a 'Story Teller, an Expert, and a Politician' to make systems change happen. Stories from change makers in Malawi, Honduras, Uganda,... Read more...
There is a lack of documentation and evidence around the key building blocks of WASH systems, covering planning, monitoring and learning, and sector... Read more...
In this podcast (6 mins) WASH finance expert Sophie Trémolet explains how can we make blended finance work towards addressing the finance gap in the... Read more...
