Wetskills-Tunisia 2025
October 18 - October 30
First Wetskills Challenge in Tunisia!
Wetskills is making its debut in Tunisia! We’re thrilled to invite students and young professionals from Tunisia, the broader MENA region, and beyond to join this pioneering international water innovation event. For this event in Tunisia, Wetskills is bringing together young talents from around the world to collaborate and co-create innovative solutions. During this Wetskills program, interdisciplinary teams of students and young professionals will work on real-life water cases provided by local and international partners. Through a unique, out-of-the-box approach and intense teamwork, participants will develop practical ideas and present their results to a jury of experts. By empowering the next generation, Wetskills aims to foster sustainable water solutions – for Tunisia and the Mediterranean, Arab world and the African continent.
The Wetskills Finals and Awarding Ceremony will be on 29 October October. This is a unique chance to present your solutions for a water smart society and engage with others! This program coincide with the Arab Youth Forum, organized by Arab Youth Green Voices, partner of Wetskills Foundation. Dring this conference the partners and participants will also discuss the upcoming milestone events: UN Water Conference Dubai 2026 and World Water Forum 2027 in Saudi Arabia.
The Wetskills Foundation extends a warm invitation to Bachelor, Master, PhD students, recent graduates, and young professionals who are enthusiastic about water, climate, and sustainability to apply for this Wetskills Challenge taking place in Tunisia from 18 to 30 October 2025. Seize this unique opportunity and apply now (use the link on the right).
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Event info
Programme Wetskills-Tunisia 2025 (draft)
Extended deadline for registrations: 8 October 2025
(after this deadline, you can still apply in case some positions are left.)
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Why Focus on Tunisia?
Tunisia is grappling with a suite of urgent water challenges—making it a hotspot for impactful innovation:
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Water scarcity and overuse: With just about 460 m³ of renewable water resources per person per year, Tunisia falls far below the global average, pushing communities and ecosystems to the edge.
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Growing demand and climate stress: An increase in agricultural uptake and tourism, paired with rising temperatures and drought risk, are stretching water systems thin—especially in rural and peri-urban zones.
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Salinity and groundwater issues: Coastal regions face the triple threat of saline intrusion, deteriorating water quality, and shrinking freshwater reserves—vital areas in critical need of adaptive solutions.
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Infrastructure gaps and inequality: While major cities may enjoy improved access, many rural communities still contend with aging infrastructure, seasonal shortages, and widening disparities.
At Wetskills-Tunisia, you’ll tackle these meaningful, multidimensional challenges—innovation in action that can make tangible improvements to people’s lives and the environment.
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Who Should Join?
- Creative thinkers in environmental sciences, engineering, policy, design, business, and more.
- Problem-solvers eager to co-create with local partners and international peers.
- Future leaders with a passion for equitable and sustainable water solutions.
A unique learning experience where you will tackle real-life water challenges with your own team!
- You will increase your skills in: international cooperation; problem solving, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary teamwork, networking and presenting (pitch & poster);
- You will get the opportunity to connect with other international water students/young professionals;
- You will exclusively visit the Wetskills finals and awarding workshop at the Arab Youth Forum in Tunis;
- You will visit Tunis and surroundings: water-related, natural and cultural sites, and meetings with water experts;
- You will learn, network and experience more about international and regional water challenges, the main stakeholders and organizations, contemporary issues and current business opportunities;
- You will receive a certificate of participation upon completion of the program.
More information
Contact: Loay Alatrash, loay.alatrash@wetskills.com or Johan Oost, johan.oost@wetskills.com.
How to register?
Deadline for registration: 8 October 2025
Note: every week a selection of the new applications is made until the program is full.
Who can apply?
Any Young Water Professionals (up to 5 years of working experience) and Bachelor (last year), Master or PhD students and recent graduates with a passion for water and intercultural teamwork from Tunisia, Arab World, African continent, Mediterranean region and beyond with a passion for water & sustainability and intercultural teamwork.
How can I apply?
Prepare a motivation letter and resume, click the button on the right, fill out the online application form and submit it.
Selection criteria
The Wetskills Team will make a final selection among applications received, based on quality of motivation & resume. We also consider a good diversity of the whole group (incl. backgrounds, local/international, gender balance, etc.).
Costs
The participation fee for the Wetskills program is €450* (excluding VAT, applicable only in Europe). This fee covers accommodation (in a hostel, with shared rooms), team-building activities, some, but not all, lunches and dinners, field trips, workshops, and working facilities. Participants are also responsible for their travel expenses (such as plane tickets and local transportation), meals on working days, and other personal costs.
The fee for local participants is €50, who don’t need accommodation arrangements in Salalah.
Note: Wetskills Foundation and partners strive to lower costs for local participants, contact us for options. In previous Wetskills editions, participants have successfully secured financial support for their Wetskills participation from their universities or employers, utilizing resources like mobility funds, travel allowances, training budgets, etc.
Event Cases
Wetskills Foundation and partners invite businesses, governments, knowledge institutes and NGOs to formulate one of the Challenges – for this event or another event – and support the Wetskills programme. Join us in this great next experience! For more information read the Leaflet Call for Case Owners Wetskills-Tunisia 2025 and/or contact Johan Oost (Wetskills Foundation) (johan.oost@wetskills.com) or Loay Alatrash (loay.alatrash@wetskills.com).
Case 1:
Case owner: Department of Water and Sanitation of South Africa
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