IRMCo – Integrated Resources Management

We, at IRMCo, are a people centred & knowledge driven research company based in the Grand Harbour of the Maltese Islands, the historical crossroads of the Mediterranean.

IRMCo was founded in 1994 by Anna Spiteri and Dirk De Ketelaere.

We know we live in a fast changing world impacted by challenges including Water Scarcity, Food Security, Soil sealing, Forest destruction, Raw Materials depletion, rising mountains of Waste, and many more. These environmental challenges constantly keep shaping our Roadmap of where we should be heading and what we need to deliver as a company. And at IRMCo we are equipped to meet the 21st century challenges of the impact of Climate Change, The Circular Economy, Environmental Health and Social Well-Being with:
  1. a strong academic background in various disciplines: Hydrology, Earth Sciences, Earth Observation (Copernicus) and GIS, Anthropology, Urban Studies, Gender Studies, and
  2. a portfolio of several years’ experience in research projects in various countries, and
  3. an aptitude to strive to achieve the impossible, “to look where everyone else has looked, but to see what no else has seen”!

Our Vision

Our vision embraces our Roadmap and inspires every aspect of our Environmental Services. We strive to achieve to:
  • Build networks of mutual trust with multi actors
  • Embrace an all inclusive approach across countries
  • Create multi participatory environments
  • Empower local communities
  • Resurrect hidden and local tacit knowledge & world views
  • Foster a new type of land & water governance through stewardship
  • Be always accountable to the seventh generation

Our Mission

Our Mission is to ensure that our research projects achieve a significant long term impact & become a worthwhile endeavour for partners, stakeholders & endusers in every country we work in. Our Roadmap guides our mission & demands to address the same enduring “what is the value?” questions. These guide our purpose as a research company and serve as the standard against which we weigh our actions and decisions. Our compass revolves round:
  • How do we transform the present paradigm into a better one?
  • How do we integrate the innovative research with the traditional?
  • How do we contribute to the capacity building process?
  • How do we bring in a process of social learning?
  • How do we cultivate champions & create multiplier effects?