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Minister Schultz van Haegen awards winning team in Iran

Posted on October 25, 2016
in News, Wetskills-Iran
by JohanOost

Tehran-Iran, Minister of Environment and Infrastructure of Kingdom of The Netherlands, Ms. Schultz van Haegen announced and awarded the winning team of Wetskills-Iran. The Wetskills jury found that returning a flamingo to Lake Urmia to raise awareness on all kinds of levels in society (from primary schools to farmers to municipalities) was the idea worth awarding.The awards were given at the trade dinner for the Dutch mission to Iran headed by Ms. Schultz van Haegen. Following two weeks of hard work, cooperation and fun, the fice Wetskills teams presented their pitches and posters of this Wetskills Water Challenge in Iran on Sunday 24th October. The ideas pitched were vastly ranging from technical solutions to give more time in adapting lifestyle for Rafsajan pistachio farmers to integrating sensor technology to create awareness by installing a large flamingo in Lake Urmia, reacting to water level, to entice inhabitants to a race to fill...

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City Blueprint Ahmedabad: WetsNext project

Posted on October 22, 2016
in News, Wetskills-India
by JohanOost

by Martien Aartsen (Master student University of Utrecht, WetsNext Ahmedabad project)   How do you end up in Ahmedabad, India, interviewing government officials on integrated urban water issues? Well, it started in June 2016. That summer, I was a participant of the Wetskills USA event in Boston. During this event, I had a great time roaming the Boston harbour and enjoying the company of fellow participants during interesting visits. But most of all, I was part of the team working on a great case provided by KWR Watercycle Research Institute. The case consisted of applying the proven City Blueprint Approach to the city of Boston, and coming up with an innovative application of the City Blueprint Approach to contribute to Boston’s water sustainability. After presenting our final ideas and poster to the audience at the Cambridge Innovation Centre in Boston, I had not have enough of the City Blueprint Approach. Together with...

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Wetskills for the first time to Iran

Posted on October 13, 2016
in News
by JohanOost

Between 15 and 25 October, the first Iranian Wetskills Challenge will take place in Iran. During the event in Tehran, 25 students and young professionals from Iran and The Netherlands will work together in teams to come up with out-of-the-box concepts for actual water related cases, posed by Iranian and Dutch case owners. The event is aligned to the trade mission of Minister of Infrastructure & Environment of The Netherlands, Ms. Schultz van Haegen to Iran. The Sharif University of Technology Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran are joinly hosting the event.   International collaboration on global issues Wetskills and all participants are happy with the political and cultural developments that make it possible for the event to take place. ‘Iran has many water related challenges that are becoming very urgent’, says Sara Mehryar, an Iranian PhD, currently working at the ITC-University of Twente. During this Wetskills Challenge, she will be one of the...

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Wetskills participants prepared for Iran

Posted on September 16, 2016
in News
by JohanOost

On Thursday 15 September, the ten selected Dutch participants of the upcoming Wetskills Water Challenge in Iran, came together in Rotterdam for the prepatory meeting. The organizing Wetskills team introduced the programme and the cases that the participants will work on. The event will take place from 13 till 25 October and is aligned to the trade mission of Minister of Infrastructure & Environment of The Netherlands, Ms. Schultz van Haegen to Iran.   This will be the first time that a Wetskills Challenge is organized in Iran. During this Challenge participants from e.g. the Dutch Universities of Wageningen, Twente, Eindhoven, Delft, Van Hall Larenstein and Rotterdam are collaborating with participants of the Sharif University of Technologym, University in Teheran, e.g. Iran Both the Wetskills team and the participants are very excited. ‘Iran has many water related challenges that are becoming very urgent’, says Sara Mehryar. Sara is an Iranian PhD, currently working at ITC...

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Deadlines applications approaching

Posted on September 7, 2016
in News, Uncategorized
by JohanOost

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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