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Delta Conference: Speed dates ‘Expert meets Young Professional’

Posted on November 12, 2019
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by JohanOost

Wetskills Foundation, on behalf of the Delta Commissioner Office, organises a Speed date session for Young and Senior Professionals. Coming Thursday 14 November from 12.30-13.10 Young Professionals and students will have open discussions of 7 minutes about topics they come up with themselves. There will be a total number of 5 rounds of speed dates. The participants already registered for this event at the Delta Conference registration. You can always come by!   Location: YP Zone Time: 12.30-13.10 Language: Dutch and English     ...

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Register for: Aquatech Career Day

Posted on October 28, 2019
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by JohanOost

The Aquatech Future Water leaders Living Room also organises a tailored and inspiring Career Day for Young Water Professionals and students. Are you curious about the water sector? Come to the Interactive Career Day. This Day is held during the Aquatech in Amsterdam. Participation is free. The number of participating students and / or young professionals is 30 max.The registration starts on 25 October. Sign Up: afeil@natuurlijktalent.nl. ...

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Join our FWL Evening Cocktail Drinks

Posted on October 24, 2019
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by JohanOost

The AIWW Future Water Leaders programme organisers (Wetskills Foundation, with partners: KNW, National Water traineeship and Dutch Wavemakers) welcome you to join our Future Water Leaders Evening Cocktail Drinks! This occasion will also mark to official official start of the Wetskills Jubilee Year (2020).   Join this Cocktail Drinks with music and drinks, organised in the beautiful building and hosted by AKVO in Amsterdam. There is limited places available, so the first come, the first served!   Where? AKVO Amsterdam ('s-Gravenhekje 1-A, 1011 TG Amsterdam, The Netherlands) When? Wednesday 6 November 20.00-22.30 (Welcome from 19.45) How? Register here: https://knw1.typeform.com/to/bNI2EU. (The fee for the evening is 5 euros.)   (Note: registration of Wetskills-the Netherlands 2019 participants, Wetskills Team members, Dutch Wavemakers and the organisers is already done.)...

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Wetskills’ experiences in Kerala

Posted on October 23, 2019
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by JohanOost

October was a very busy month for Wetskills. Three simultaneous events took place in Budapest, New Delhi and Kerala!  The last two were organized with the occasion of the Royal Dutch visit to India and were honoured to hold their finals during the official trade mission programme.   Wetskills Kerala took off in Calicut (Kozhikhode) on the 7thof October with two days of field visits and teambuilding activities. The event’s theme being Integrated Water Management and Flood control, the group of 14 participants visited several flood and landslide affected areas in the Wayanad area near Calicut.  In this Wetskills event, the teams worked on four case topics selected from the recommendations found in the DRR report ‘Kerala Integrated Water Resource Management’, commissioned after the devastating floods which took place in the last years. The topics covered women empowerment for flood resilience, smart and flood resilient cities, water footprint for better flood and agricultural...

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Invitation to Delta Conference in Goes (14 Nov 2019)

Posted on October 9, 2019
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by JohanOost

Please find below a letter of Peter Glas, Government Commissioner for the Delta Programme Note: This conference is in Dutch. However the will be an introduction session (10.00-10.45) for international participants prior to the plenary programme. More information: Ioana Dobrescu (ioana.dobrescu@wetskills.com) and Johan oost (johan.oost@wetskills.com).   "Are you a student, trainee or Young Professional active in the water sector?   If so, I am pleased to invite you to the National Delta Conference on Thursday, 14 November 2019, at the Zeelandhallen event complex in Goes. The doors will open at 9.30 a.m.; the plenary opening session will commence at 10.45 a.m.   The tenth Delta Conference features an inspiring and varied programme. For young people, it also has a lot to offer, such as speed dating with water experts, information on education programmes and internships, and opportunities to test your water expertise in the special Young Professional Water and Climate Pub Quiz. Would you like to actually assist in...

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