About The Event

For the first time to Hungary!

Wetskills Foundation will organize its water challenge for the first time in Budapest, Hungary. It will be the tenth time overall in Europe, after previous events in Romania, United Kingdom and The Netherlands. The Wetskills Foundation invites Bachelor, Master, PhD students and recent graduates in Hungary, Europe and from over the world to apply for this new Wetskills Challenge.

This edition of Wetskills is starting on 5 October. The finals and presentations will be aligned to the Budapest Water Summit (15-17 October).

‘Preventing water crises is the most important and topical ethical, social, economic and political commandment of our time.’

The Budapest Water Summit 2019, under the motto ‘Preventing Water Crises’ aims to promote solutions that tackle the problems of the emerging water crises we have to face, building around the issues of abundant, scarce and polluted water. Moreover, the Summit will provide a platform for political decision-makers, representatives of the economic and finance sectors, as well as the members of the scientific society to discuss the challenges and find solutions on how to achieve a water-secure world.

The Wetskills programme will take the participants to the beautiful city of Budapest with the Danube River. In the 2-weeks program, participants will work in international, multidisciplinary teams on real-life water cases. To all who are interested in water challenges in Hungary and staying in the beautiful City of Budapest, this is your chance!

Read more in our Announcement for Participants Wetskills-Hungary 2019 and the Programme Wetskills-Hungary 2019, and register via the link on the right.

Interested to join? Only few places are left, so apply now for this great opportunity to experience Hungary and meet its water challenges!

Wetskills formula

Wetskills participants get a unique learning experience, tackling real-world water challenges with their own team, and also:
♦ Increase their skills in: international cooperation; problem solving, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary teamwork, networking and presenting (pitch & poster);
♦ Get the opportunity to connect with other international water students/young professionals;
♦ Visit Budapest, Danu river and surroundings: water-related, natural and cultural sites and meet water professionals;
♦ Learn, network and experience more about the international and regional water challenges, the main stakeholders and organisations, contemporary issues and current business opportunities;
♦ Receive a certificate of participation upon completion of the program.

Application

Only few places are left, so contact us and apply now! (First Come, First Served)

Costs

♦ For (international) participants without accommodation in Budapest, the participation fee is € 275,- (excl. VAT). This participation fee includes accommodation, teambuilding activities, some lunches & dinners, field trips, workshop, supervision, trainings, working venues and Finals & Awarding Ceremony. Participants are responsible for their own travel expenses (like plane tickets and some local travel), meals, drinks and other personal costs.
♦ For local participants with accommodation in Budapest, the participation fee is € 50,- (excl. VAT). It includes all above arrangements, except the accommodation in Budapest.

During past editions participants often successfully arranged financial compensation for their Wetskills participation from their university or employer. We therefore strongly encourage applicants to inquire about funding opportunities to compensate the costs (university mobility funds, travel allowance etc.).

More information

For more information about participating in this event, contact:
♦ Hungarian participants: Vince Bakos (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, President of HWA YWPs) at vbakos@mail.bme.hu.
♦ European/international participants: Marcel Rompelman (Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences) at marcel.rompelman@wetskills.com.
♦ For other questions, contact Johan Oost (johan.oost@wetskills.com).

Event Cases

The Wetskills organization is inviting companies, knowledge institutes and organisations with water projects in de region, to formulate a case and join this Wetskills programme as a Case Owner.
Visit the archive of Wetskills for an impression of previous event cases and results. For more information, read this Leaflet Call for Cases Wetskills-Hungary 2019 or contact Johan Oost, johan.oost@wetskills.com.

The team is finalizing the last details of the study cases. Details will be online by 30 September.

Previous Wetskills events in the region

Event Partners