Are you a student or young professional from South Africa, sub-Saharan region and beyond, and do you want to make a difference in the water sector? Would you like to experience working in an international team and experiencing the culture of South Africa? Do you want to work on challenging water & sustainability issues? Are you interested to visit the WISA Conference and present your ideas for an international jury panel and audience? This is your chance! Wetskills Foundation and partners are organising the sixth Wetskills edition in South Africa!
Wetskills Foundation is inviting students (Bachelor (final year), Master and PhD) and Young Professionals from universities and organisations worldwide with a passion for Water, Climate and Sustainability, to join this intergenerational event and apply for Wetskills-South Africa 2022 (period: 17-30 September 2022). You can register by filling-in the online form (Botton at the right side).
Previous events were in: Cape Town 2012, Nelspruit 2014, Durban 2016 and Cape Town 2018. A digital W@tskills edition was organized in 2021, due to corona pandemic. Read more about the great finals at the WISA 2018 Conference in Cape Town in presence of Minister Gugile Nkwinti of Water and Sanitation of South Africa, and Dutch Special Water Envoy Henk Ovink.
Application (online) and first selection deadline for participants: 15 June 2022
After this deadline, every week a selection of the new applications will be made untill the program is full. (First Come, First Served)
Any Young Professional (up to 5 years of working experience) and student (last year Bachelor, Master or PhD) from South Africa, Sub-Saharan region, and other countries worldwide, with a passion for water & sustainability and intercultural teamwork.
Prepare a motivation letter and resume, click the botton on the right, fill out the online application form and submit it.
The Wetskills organization will make a final selection among applications received, based on quality of motivation & resume. The organisation will also consider a good diversity of the whole group (incl. backgrounds, local/international, gender balance, etc.).
Department of Water and Sanitation will create some vouchers for South African participants to join this event. The selection for these vouchers will be made amongst the registrations received, after the deadline.
Participation fee for local and international participants is € 350,- (excl. VAT). This participation fee includes accommodation.
The Participation fee includes teambuilding activities, some lunches & dinners, field trips, workshop, supervision, trainings and working venues. Participants are responsible for their own travel expenses (plane tickets, local travel, etcetera), meals during working days and other personal costs.
Note: the participants are responsible to pay for their own WISA Conference fee (recent years Wetskills participants got a discount.)
Note: 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.).
A unique learning experience where you will tackle real-life water challenges with your own team!
Wetskills Foundation and partners would like to welcome businesses, governments, knowledge institutes and/or NGOs to formulate one of the Challenges and support the Wetskills programme in South Africa. Join us in this great next experience! For more information contact Johan Oost, johan.oost@wetskills.com.
Case owner: Department of Water and Sanitation
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Case owner: Blue Deal South Africa programme
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Case owner: Blue Deal South Africa programme
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