Names in the News

“Toilet Team” director leaves Gates Foundation to lead CGIAR Consortium

25 May 12

Less than two years after joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, “Toilet Team” director Frank Rijsberman is taking on a new position as CEO of the CGIAR Consortium. The Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR) coordinates the work …

WHO public health engineer Yves Chartier dies

14 Mar 12

Yves Chartier, who worked for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WSH) at the World Health Organization, died in a tragic accident in the Jura mountains on 8 January 2012. Mr. Chartier was WHO’s face for matters of medical waste management, and for water and sanitation in health care centres and schools.

Kebreab Ghebremichael joins Patel School of Global Sustainability

14 Mar 12

Dr. Kebreab Ghebremichael has joined the Patel School of Global Sustainability at the University of South Florida as a senior research fellow. Until June 2011, he was a senior lecturer at the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in The Netherlands.

New Chair and Vice-Chair for UN-Water

14 Mar 12

World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Mr Michel Jarraud and Mr Albert Diphoorn, UN-Habitat Urban Basic Services Branch Coordinator, take up positions as Chair and Vice-Chair respectively of UN-Water for a customary two-year term. Both were elected by consensus during UN-Water’s 15th …

Former Ghana President John Agyekum Kufuor to chair the Sanitation and Water for All partnership

18 Nov 11

His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, former President of Ghana (2001-2009) and former Chairperson of the African Union (2007–2008), will be the first high-level Chair of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership. Kufuor is a passionate global advocate for leadership, …

Groundwater Centre moves to UNESCO-IHE

09 Nov 11

The International Groundwater Resource Assessment Centre (IGRAC) has recently relocated to the UNESCO-IHE offices in Delft. They were previously hosted at the Deltares offices in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The Centre will operate under the auspices of UNESCO and will have …

Darren Saywell joins Plan International USA as Director WASH/CLTS

27 Oct 11

In October 2011 Darren Saywell left the International Water Association (IWA) to join Plan International USA as Director WASH/CLTS. For the past 7 years, Darren was Regional Group and Programmes Director at IWA, responsible for the association’s programmes and presence …

Liberian President and WASH Ambassador Ellen Johnson Sirleaf awarded Nobel Peace Prize

27 Oct 11

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is one of three women who were jointly awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Mrs Sirleaf became Africa’s first female elected head of state in 2005, following the end of Liberia’s 14-year civil war which left …

ANEW: Leo Atakpu succeeds Edward Kairu as Chair

15 Sep 11

The African Civil Society Network for Water and Sanitation (ANEW), has appointed a new set of officers with Nigerian Leo Atakpu emerging as the Chairman of the Board of Directors He succeeds Professor Edward Kairu of the Kenyan NGO Maji na Ufanisi, who served as Chair for the past six years