Juste Nansi is trained as agronomist, specialising in rural development. Currently he leads IRC’s programme in Burkina Faso and coordinates interventions in West African Francophone countries.

Juste has 15 years of experience in development cooperation of which 11 have been in the water and sanitation sector. His focus is institutional development and governance at both local government and national government levels in order to adequately deliver sustainable water and sanitation services. Juste’s work includes:

• Generating solutions (through action-research);
• Providing technical support (through advisory services, training, facilitating of learning, studies, strategy design, planning, programming, and policy development) and,
• Advocacy (enabling social accountability).

His focus group covers key stakeholders in the delivery of WASH services (private operators, non-governmental organisations, civil society organisations, community based organisations, local authorities, national authorities, donors, training centres and research centres).

His professional experience includes the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Togo. He has worked for several clients, including the European Union (EU), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Denmark's development cooperation Danida.

Juste is a native French speaker and is fluent in English.

Juste Nansi is trained as agronomist, specialising in rural development. Currently he leads IRC’s programme in Burkina Faso and coordinates interventions in West African Francophone countries.

Juste has 15 years of experience in development cooperation of which 11 have been in the water and sanitation sector. His focus is institutional development and governance at both local government and national government levels in order to adequately deliver sustainable water and sanitation services. Juste’s work includes:

• Generating solutions (through action-research);
• Providing technical support (through advisory services, training, facilitating of learning, studies, strategy design, planning, programming, and policy development) and,
• Advocacy (enabling social accountability).

His focus group covers key stakeholders in the delivery of WASH services (private operators, non-governmental organisations, civil society organisations, community based organisations, local authorities, national authorities, donors, training centres and research centres).

His professional experience includes the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Togo. He has worked for several clients, including the European Union (EU), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Denmark's development cooperation Danida.

Juste is a native French speaker and is fluent in English.

Our priority as developing countries using external aid must be on building our systems with the ambition at a defined horizon to no longer rely on aid but only fair exchanges

Juste Nansi

Joseph leads IRC’s Sector Monitoring content area and his work is focused on strengthening government monitoring systems for water and sanitation.

Joseph is well prepared, detail-oriented, thoughtful, inquisitive and willing to change his mind if presented with a compelling argument. He is committed to strengthening government monitoring systems for water and sanitation and holds an understanding of critical issues as a result of ten years’ experience developing local, national and international monitoring systems. Joseph was an early advocate of simple technologies for mapping and monitoring rural water and sanitation services and has coordinated the RWSN Mapping and Monitoring Theme for four years. He has the capacity to make difficult and team-focused decisions even in challenging or complex environments.

Joseph has worked on programmes for governments, NGOs and academic institutions in Angola, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Uganda and Zambia.

Before joining IRC Joseph was an advisor on monitoring to WaterAid’s International Programmes Department, based in London and a consultant with the United Nations Development Programme, in Pakistan. Joseph holds a degree in Natural Science, and Masters in Water Science and Governance from King’s College London. Joseph was awarded the Best Use of Technology at the Charity Times Awards 2011 for his lead in design and development of the Water Point Mapper.

Joseph leads IRC’s Sector Monitoring content area and his work is focused on strengthening government monitoring systems for water and sanitation.

Joseph is well prepared, detail-oriented, thoughtful, inquisitive and willing to change his mind if presented with a compelling argument. He is committed to strengthening government monitoring systems for water and sanitation and holds an understanding of critical issues as a result of ten years’ experience developing local, national and international monitoring systems. Joseph was an early advocate of simple technologies for mapping and monitoring rural water and sanitation services and has coordinated the RWSN Mapping and Monitoring Theme for four years. He has the capacity to make difficult and team-focused decisions even in challenging or complex environments.

Joseph has worked on programmes for governments, NGOs and academic institutions in Angola, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Uganda and Zambia.

Before joining IRC Joseph was an advisor on monitoring to WaterAid’s International Programmes Department, based in London and a consultant with the United Nations Development Programme, in Pakistan. Joseph holds a degree in Natural Science, and Masters in Water Science and Governance from King’s College London. Joseph was awarded the Best Use of Technology at the Charity Times Awards 2011 for his lead in design and development of the Water Point Mapper.

I believe water and sanitation programmes can be effective only from a systems-based approach.

Joseph Pearce

After completing her MSc degree in Irrigation and Water Engineering at Wageningen University, the Netherlands in 2003, Marieke started her professional career in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector.

Marieke has been involved in (action) research in various countries, including Ghana, Ethiopia and Bangladesh on issues like small town WASH, integrated urban water management, multiple-use water services, cost recovery and financing, WASH service monitoring and evidence-based decision making. She has also been involved in monitoring, evaluation, process documentation and impact assessments of projects and programmes in the WASH sector, like UNICEF’s ZimWASH Project in Zimbabwe and Vitens’ Sustainable Water Project in Harar, Ethiopia.

She has been working closely with sector stakeholders, including Ministries (e.g. the Ministry of Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity in Ethiopia) and government agencies (e.g. Community Water and Sanitation Agency in Ghana) in identifying and addressing sector challenges. This has amongst other resulted in the establishment of the national monitoring framework in Ghana and national guidelines for Self-supply in Ethiopia. She has also supported knowledge management and sector learning processes, especially in Ghana and Ethiopia. This has included the development of the Resource Centre Network Ghana (supported by multiple donors, including DGIS, UNICEF and BMGF) and Learning Alliance Platforms in Ghana (including the Accra City Learning Alliance under the EU-funded SWITCH Project and the National Level Alliance Platform in Ghana, established under the BMGF funded WASHCost and Triple-S Projects) and woreda and regional Learning and Practice Alliances in Ethiopia (under the DFID-funded RiPPLE Project). 

After completing her MSc degree in Irrigation and Water Engineering at Wageningen University, the Netherlands in 2003, Marieke started her professional career in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector.

Marieke has been involved in (action) research in various countries, including Ghana, Ethiopia and Bangladesh on issues like small town WASH, integrated urban water management, multiple-use water services, cost recovery and financing, WASH service monitoring and evidence-based decision making. She has also been involved in monitoring, evaluation, process documentation and impact assessments of projects and programmes in the WASH sector, like UNICEF’s ZimWASH Project in Zimbabwe and Vitens’ Sustainable Water Project in Harar, Ethiopia.

She has been working closely with sector stakeholders, including Ministries (e.g. the Ministry of Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity in Ethiopia) and government agencies (e.g. Community Water and Sanitation Agency in Ghana) in identifying and addressing sector challenges. This has amongst other resulted in the establishment of the national monitoring framework in Ghana and national guidelines for Self-supply in Ethiopia. She has also supported knowledge management and sector learning processes, especially in Ghana and Ethiopia. This has included the development of the Resource Centre Network Ghana (supported by multiple donors, including DGIS, UNICEF and BMGF) and Learning Alliance Platforms in Ghana (including the Accra City Learning Alliance under the EU-funded SWITCH Project and the National Level Alliance Platform in Ghana, established under the BMGF funded WASHCost and Triple-S Projects) and woreda and regional Learning and Practice Alliances in Ethiopia (under the DFID-funded RiPPLE Project). 

Richard is the manager of IRC Consult. His responsibilities include project acquisition, project management and client liaison for all IRC Consult assignments. He can be contacted to discuss new assignments, opportunities or requests for research, capacity building or technical assistance from IRC staff, associates, and our network of independent consultants and partners.

Prior to joining IRC, Richard worked at Aguaconsult in the United Kingdom (from 2011 to 2016) where he conducted the IRC Consult pilot as well as Qualitative Document Analysis (QDA) research under IRC's Triple-S project and Sustainability Index Tool (SIT) evaluations and developed his knowledge of the WASH sector.

He has a first class degree in Anthropology from University College London and an MA (Distinction) in Development and Rights from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and is interested in governance, policy and the political-economic history of aid and development. 

Richard is the manager of IRC Consult. His responsibilities include project acquisition, project management and client liaison for all IRC Consult assignments. He can be contacted to discuss new assignments, opportunities or requests for research, capacity building or technical assistance from IRC staff, associates, and our network of independent consultants and partners.

Prior to joining IRC, Richard worked at Aguaconsult in the United Kingdom (from 2011 to 2016) where he conducted the IRC Consult pilot as well as Qualitative Document Analysis (QDA) research under IRC's Triple-S project and Sustainability Index Tool (SIT) evaluations and developed his knowledge of the WASH sector.

He has a first class degree in Anthropology from University College London and an MA (Distinction) in Development and Rights from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and is interested in governance, policy and the political-economic history of aid and development. 

I enjoy connecting the dots between IRC’s broad aims and the specific consultancy assignments we undertake, where impact can be immediate and significant, and new approaches can be applied in different contexts

Richard Ward