Some of the deadlines for applying as participants are coming week. Hurry-up if you want to join! The deadline of application for Wetskills-Iran is 9 September The early bird registration (discount of 50 euros!) of Wetskills-India 2017 is 15 September. See the announcements on this website and leaflet upcoming events in 2016-2017...
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Wetskills-Iran 2016: We are looking for companies and organizations to bring in their Water Challenges! In October 2016 a Wetskills Water Challenge will be hosted in Tehran, Iran for the first time. Hosted by Sharif University, the event is being organized in cooperation with the non-profit Wetskills Foundation (based in The Netherlands) and partners in the Dutch Water Sector. This Wetskills edition will present the results of the teams during the trade mission of Minister of Infrastructure & Environment of The Netherlands, Mrs. Schultz van Haegen, to Iran. Does your company, organization or institute in the water sector have a challenging water case? Do you want to broaden your network in Iran for more cooperation and business opportunities? Wetskills-Iran will be an excellent opportunity to showcase your organization's expertise and commitment to innovative solutions to partners in Iran. Your case will be part of the trade mission of Minister Schultz van Haegen to...
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The finals of Wetskills Taiwan was organized on 23 July 2016 at the FE EcoArk Taipei. Formosa TV was filmed the finals and made a small News item: TV News (水利青年營 台、荷生探討解決水資源問題) [Chinese] See also on our YouTube Channel: MOVIE....
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More water exchange between The Netherlands and Taiwan Last July Wetskills was organized in Taiwan for the first time. At the end of the event, Wetskills Foundation (The Hague) and Dutch Design Post (Tainan) signed a MoU for more cooperation in 'water' for students and Young Professionals. The partners see opportunities for assignments (for internships) in Taiwan. Taiwan has many interesting water challenges: a densely populated island with high mountains and extreme rain. As result of the Wetskills programme the teams came up with some interesting concepts, which can have follow up (as part of WetsNext), like opportunities for floating gardens and buildings. These are themes that have been researched by the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, but Dutch water related universities as well. Floris Boogaard (Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen) already sent some students to Taiwan and Rick Heikoop (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and Wetskills supervisor) would like to do...
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Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis opens Wetskills in Boston Boston, Massachusetts, USA – Young Water Professionals from Netherlands and United States meet in Boston! After a successful team-building event, the Wetskills Water Challenge Boston officially kicked off on Monday, June 13, with the BrainHurricane event. Professor Joan Fitzgerald of Northeastern University and former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis opened the BrainHurricane with an inspiring talk about the need to cooperate internationally on water-related problems. Julie Wormser (Boston Harbor Now) gave a good impression on the current and future water challenges Boston faces related to high tide and climate change. Read more: www.wetskills.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Press-release-2-EN-WetskillsUSA-2016-BrainHurricane.pdf...
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