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Join online NKWK Conference 10 June: Water & Climate (in Dutch)

Posted on May 18, 2021
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by JohanOost

Het aftellen is begonnen! Op donderdag 10 juni is de zesde NKWK conferentie, ditmaal online! Geïnteresseerden kunnen zich aanmelden met de link hieronder (gratis). Er is een gevarieerd programma dat laat zien dat water opgaven, sectoren, generaties en kansen kan verbinden. De NKWK conferentie is dit jaar in samenwerking met Gemeente Nijmegen, Radboud University en Waterschap Rivierenland, waardoor veel voorbeelden, cases en experts komen uit deze waterrijke regio in Nederland. Wetskills organiseert wederom mede de inbreng van en voor Young Professionals voor het NKWK, de conferenteui voor de kennisagenda Water & Klimaat in Nederland. Verschillende deelnemers zijn onderdeel van workshops tijdens dit congres. Ons Wetskills Teamlid Floor van der Heijden is side-kick tijdens het plenaire openingsgedeelte. Verder is er een vacature, stage/afstudeeropdracht bank en een Meet&Greet met senior professionals. Tevens organiseert Wetskills met Nationaal Water Traineeship een speciale workshop met als doel: de meerwaarde van challenges voor de kennisagenda Water & Klimaat. Meedoen? Ga...

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Online workshop in Budapest: Intergenerational Dialogue for water solutions

Posted on April 26, 2021
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by JohanOost

Workshop Inspiring Wetskills Practices on Liveable Rivers for a Green Economy, stimulating an Intergenerational Dialogue. Link: https://app.joinballoon.com/events/oekoindustria-2021-40599uhknke4hee/stages. This interactive workshop will discuss the stimulation and creation an intergenerational dialogue to bring diversity on the table. This diversity is essential for co-creation of new ideas to bring the water sector further. As Keynote speaker Wetskills Ambassador Ap Verheggen will explain the SunGlacier project. Last ten years he started as Climate Artist with the idea to make a glacier in the desert. Since then, he and his team developed groundbreaking innovations to abstract Clean Water from the air. Last months the SunGlacier project (with an installation of a small size fridge) proved to abstract 30 liters from the air per day! For the WorldExpo in Dubai, Ap and his team is building an Installation abstracting hundreds of liters/day. Further pitches from past Wetskills events will be displayed and experts from Hungary and Romania will reflect on...

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YWP and students for NKWK Conference: 10 June 2021

Posted on April 24, 2021
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by JohanOost

(This is a message to our community in The Netherlands, so the language is Dutch.)   NKWK Conferentie 'Water verbindt' Heuglijk nieuws: de NKWK conferentie gaat dit jaar door! Waar deze jaarlijkse bijeenkomst van het Nationaal Kennisprogramma Water en Klimaat vorig jaar nog afgelast moest worden, organiseren we de bijeenkomst dit jaar online. Noteer alvast 10 juni van 9.00 uur tot 12.30 uur in uw agenda.   Water verbindt. Dat is het thema van deze zesde NKWK conferentie. Op 10 juni zetten we de verbindende rol van water in vrijwel alle grote maatschappelijke opgaven centraal. Samen willen we deze dag gebruiken om kennis te delen, te netwerken, onderzoeken en inspireren. We hebben een gevarieerd programma dat laat zien dat water sectoren, opgaven, generaties en kansen kan verbinden. Naast een plenair programma zijn er ongeveer 15 workshops. Nadere informatie en mogelijkheden voor inschrijven volgen begin mei.    Intergenerationele focus De organisatie is in handen van de NKWK partners, dit keer in samenwerking met de Radboud Universiteit, gemeente Nijmegen en Waterschap Rivierenland. Stichting Wetskills coördineert net als voorgaande jaren de intergenerational inbreng. De NKWK...

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Wetskills Challenge live in Amsterdam again (Nov 2021)!

Posted on April 21, 2021
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by JohanOost

Wetskills will organise the 6th Wetskills Challenge in Amsterdam (and 8th event in The Netherlands), linked to the Amsterdam International Water Week AIWW 2021 at the Aquatech-Amsterdam 2021. The Challenge will start on 23 October, with the finals on 4 November. The programme is part of the Future Water Leaders programme at both Aquatech and AIWW program. We are looking for international and Dutch participants to join this great experience. Read more about the event on our event page. Catch one of our alumni of past events and hear about their experiences! More information: Johan Oost, johan.oost@wetskills.com....

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Visit online Finals & Awarding W@tskills-South Africa 2021

Posted on March 2, 2021
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by JohanOost

And also the #Wetskills10 Years Jubilee Celebration with focus on cooperation with Southern Africa.   Blue Deal programmes of South Africa and eSwatini and Wetskills partners welcomes you to join the online 'International Workshop and Intergenerational Dialogue with Southern Africa' on 9th of March 2021.   In the afternoon, the finals and awarding ceremony of W@tskills-South Africa 2021 will be organized. All teams will pitch their results to an international jury. Between the finals and awarding a special session will be organized to show the Wetskills' cooperation with Southern Africa, as part of the #Wetskills10 Years Jubilee Celebration. Former participants and partners will tell their experiences. A panel will discuss cooperation in practice and the value of intergenerational dialogue.   Join us! Register with this link.   Find below the morning and afternoon sessions. Programme Blue Deal Workshop 9th March 2021 Programme Wetskills Workshop 9th March 2021 ...

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