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Future Water Leaders programme @Aquatech-China 2019

Posted on May 21, 2019
in News
by JohanOost

For the second time, Wetskills Foundation will organise the Future Water Leaders programme at the Aquatech-China in Shanghai from 3 to 5 June 2019. in the meantime, Wetskills-China 2019 event will kick-off at this event. The program will focus on interactive engagement with young professionals, where participants and visitors will get a chance to learn, contribute insights and ask questions to industry experts and fellow peers. Different projects, themes and innovations will be introduced through panel discussions and quizzes. The discussions will focus on linking sector trends with skill development among young people while the quizes will touch upon topics such as Plastic pollution, Fashion Footprint and Conscious Consumption.  There will also be plenty of time allocated to guided interactions and spontaneous networking, as the Future Water Leaders booth will be the meet-up spot for young professionals. If you are around: visit us at booth 6.1, Hall 8142. Read more (Chinese and English). ...

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Wetskills Alumni in Cape Town pitch at AfriAlliance Event

Posted on May 20, 2019
in News
by JohanOost

On 15 May 2019, two Wetskills Alumni of the Car Town event 2018, pitched their team solution to the audience of the 2nd AfriAlliance Innovation Bridge Event in Cape Town. Rosa Domingos (Department for Water and Sanitation) pitched the Lesotho case: creating win-win situations for transboundary cooperation, while Craig Tinashe (University of Cape Town) presented the editions' winning case on Water Footprint of Cape Town: 'Bye Day Zero'. Visit the event page of Wetskills-South Africa 2018.   In this AfriAlliance event the innovators had only 1 minute to pitch their solution. Rosa: 'The pitches were prefect and we stuck to our 1 minute time frame. .. Overall AfriAlliance Innovation Bridge Event was a good session. I enjoyed the panel discussions with the audience, because they have an indepth view of what needs to be done to commercialise innovative technology'    Looking to the reactions afterwards, our Wetskills Alumni did a great and satisfying job! Thanks!! AfriAlliance and Wetskills signed an MoU to generate and...

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Wetskills-México 2019: Participant registration for this first edition

Posted on May 14, 2019
in News
by JohanOost

Wetskills Foundation and partners are looking for you, young water professional or student (local and international), wanting to share knowledge, work together finding great out-of-the-box solutions for water challenges! The first Water Challenge in México will take place from 26 August 26 to 5 September 2019. The Event is aligned to Aquatech-Mexico exhibition and conference, where the Finales and Awarding Ceremony of the Challenge will take place.   During a two-weeks program 25 students and young water professionals from Mexico and The Netherlands will work together in international, multidisciplinary teams to find innovative solutions for real water problems. Partner organizations and companies from Mexico and other countries will submit the water cases. Which team will find the best solution and win the challenge? The program will take place at the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico-city, with team-building, meetings with water experts, and field visits to interesting water projects in de region. The teams...

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EJWP Kicks Off at Water Innovation Europe Week

Posted on May 10, 2019
in EJWP, News
by JohanOost

We* are proud to give you a sneak preview in the participating organisations and their young professionals of the first group of the European Junior Water Programme. From 10-14 June and at Water Innovation Europe you can meet our young talents for their first Kick Off Week in Brussels at the WssTP. (*We = initiators Nationaal Water Traineeship, WssTP and Wetskills Foundation) The European Junior Water Programme offers Young professionals a unique opportunity to learn essential teamwork and collaboration skills and to build valuable networks at an early stage in their careers. Sneak preview of two participating young professionals and their organisation: Ingrid Keuper, De Watergroep, Belgium ‘I am passionate about (drinking) water ever since I have lived in an area were potable tap water was not readily available (Guatemala). I am currently working as an hydrologist for De Watergroep, in Flanders. I am joining the EJWP as I believe this is a once in...

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Wetskills partners Dutch Wave Makers

Posted on April 30, 2019
in News
by JohanOost

Last months Wetskills Foundation and Dutch Wave Makers (DWM), both part of Human Capital Agenda, regularly meet to discuss strengthening cooperation on potential events to create more awareness of water, sustainability and climate challenges under young generations world-wide and energise international talents to join and stay in the broader water sector. DWM brings top athletes and water awareness to youth together and with students and young professionals as 'WaveMakers' they create a larger reach-out. Some Wetskills Alumni are also so-called 'WaveMakers': bringing the water-message to grammar and secondary scholars. The discussions resulted in a combined effort during the towards the Olympics in Japan and WorldExpo 2020 in Dubai, but also the follow-up of cases (DWM formulated one of the Wetskills cases during Wetskills-China 2019 about Waste-Free schools and attracted three students as WaveMakers of the Zeeland University of Applied Sciences to join the event). Coming years Wetskills Foundation will support DWM...

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