About IRC
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is a knowledge-focused NGO with a vision and a mission. We work with a worldwide network of partner organisations in order to achieve equitable and sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. IRC’s roots are in advocacy, knowledge management and capacity building. The organisation was founded in 1968. (See also the IRC Brochure)
Vision, mission, goals and values
IRC's vision of the world we want to see and who we want to be. Our goals, values and principles.
News
News from IRC, such as announcements of new publications and activities and results from advisory work and projects.
External Complaints
If you wish to make a complaint, please fill in IRC's online complaints form.
Timeline IRC and sector
26 Oct 07
Timeline 40 years of learning on water, sanitation and hygiene by IRC and partners.
IRC Transparency and Accountability
IRC's transparency and accountability reporting includes, ongoing monitoring, annual reports, monitoring reports, financial accounts, and external assessments and evaluations.
Who is Who
We have more than 60 members of staff, who form a unique team of internationally recognised specialists and dedicated support staff working in a variety of fields of importance to the water and sanitation sector, including information science, information and communication technology, engineering, sociology, anthropology, economics, and journalism. We have a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, with some 25% of staff members hailing from outside the IRC's home base in the Netherlands.
IRC staff work primarily as facilitators, guiding partners in coming to grips with sector problems, and jointly identifying and testing solutions. IRC also draws on staff from partner institutions in both the North and the South who have complementary skills.
Supervisory Board
IRC has become an autonomous Foundation since 19 October 2006, ending the statutory link since 1979 with the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM).
Following the latest concepts of good governance for non-profit organisations, a new Supervisory Board (Raad van Toezicht) was established as the highest governing body. The Board has a supervisory role at some distance from daily operations, while operational responsibility rests with the Director.
