Wetskills goes to Central Asia for the first time! The Wetskills Foundation invites Bachelor, Master, PhD students and recent graduates to apply for this unique opportunity to meet the irrigation and water challenges in Kyrgyzstan. Apply now for this great opportunity to experience the 33th Wetskills edition!
Join the new Wetskills initiative in Oman: the Wetskills Water Challenge in Muscat from 15-25 March 2019. Celebrate World Water Day in this unique country in the Middle East with enthusiastic young water talents from various countries. Bring in good ideas for the Water-Energy-Food nexus and be prepared for the the WorldExpo Dubai 2020.
The 3rd edition of Wetskills-China offered the participants a programme in the great cities of Hangzhou and Shanghai, visiting interesting and relevant water-related locations in and around Hangzhou and having a programme at the Aquatech-China in Shanghai. The finals were during the Celebration of 40 years friendship between the cities of Shanghai and Rotterdam, where guest of honour Mr Aboutaleb (Major of Rotterdam city) adressed the participants and awarded the winning team.
An international team of students and young water professionals from Romania and the Netherlands joined the Wetskills-Rominia 2019 event. They worked on challenging water issues and presented their ideas during the Official Opening of the Flood Proof Romania Polder, a unique testing facility for smart water management solutions.
For the first time ever, a Wetskills Water Challenge was organized in Bangladesh. Through cooperation with the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and the CORE project for Community Resilience for flood protection in urban delta areas, Wetskills was in Dhaka and Sirajganj with a programme from June 30 – July 12, 2019. Central theme: Flood resilience during the monsoon season. Winning team: Team Sanitation Stars, with their Gender-friendly Flood Proofing Sanitation System, focusing on community based resiliences.
Wetskills-Mexico 2019 was another great event! The participants were in Mexico City for a 2-weeks program with challenging cases, meetings with water-experts and visits to interesting water-related locations. The finals and awarding ceremony were during Aquatech-Mexico 2019.
