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SUMMARY:Wetskills South Africa 2016
DESCRIPTION:About The Event\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]On the 16 May 2016 five groups of young water professionals presented their innovative ideas for water related challenges during the Wetskills competition. The winning team presented an impressive solution for dealing with drought and flooding in the Inkomati river basin area\, shared by South Africa\, Swaziland and Mozambique. Henk Ovink\, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs of the Netherlands was the head of the jury. He praised the five international teams for their out-of-the-box thinking. (see quote below) \nBetween 6 and 18 May 2016\, the third South African Wetskills Challenge took place in Durban. The event was partially parallel to the WISA 2016 Conference organized by the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA). During the Wetskills Challenge 19 students and young professionals from South-Africa\, Swaziland and The Netherlands amongst others worked together on actual water related cases. The cases of this edition were provided by Aquadactics (World Water Academy)\, Berson UV\, Kingfisher Project\, water authority Drents Overijsselse Delta en water authority Vechtstromen. \n[vc_empty_space height=”16px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][no_blockquote text=”‘Don’t forget today. Tomorrow we will all be in other places in the world again\, but the five different pitches that you heard today\, are going to be part of the change that the world needs. Capture this moment and bring it forward!’” title_tag=”h2″ show_border=”no” show_quote_icon=”yes” text_color=”#ffffff” background_color=”#43dbbd” width=”95″ line_height=”90″ quote_icon_color=”#0076b2″][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Practical Information\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Programme \n  \nHost: Wetskills Foundation / Happy Hippo Hostel \n  \nPartners: \n[vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Overview of study cases \n  \nEvent: WISA 2016 conference \n  \nLocations: St. Lucia\, iSimangaliso National Park\, Durban \n[vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Facts: \nParticipants: 19 \nCases: 5 \nCountries: 6 (South Africa\, Swaziland\, Nigeria\, Zimbabwe\, Rwanda and The Netherlands) \n[vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Pictures of the event\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”51832\,51834\,51835\,51836\,51827″ column_number=”5″ grayscale=”no” hover_icon=”none” images_space=”gallery_with_space”]Event Cases\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Case 1: Climate resilience\nCase owner: Water Authority Vechtstromen \n\n\n\nThe Inkomati catchment area is currently coping with extreme drought problems because of the El Nino effect. The drought leads to a decrease of the crops and water supply\, and thus potential unrest in the area. The effects of climate change are expected to lead to even worse extremes considering drought and flood problems in this region. One needs to cope with this problem by adapting to these extreme conditions. The challenge is to improve Climate Change resilience in the Inkomati catchment area\, through innovation. In the REMCO trans boundary cooperation\, in the Incomati River Catchment\, DWA Swaziland and the partners Arasul in Mozambique and IUCMA in South Africa have the ambition to make the Incomati catchment more climate change resilient. The challenge for the students/YWP is to find innovative solutions to cope with the extreme drought and flood problems in the Incomati catchment area\, with the final aim: ‘to improve climate change resilience in the Incomati catchment area’. \n\n\n\nCase 2: The international learning cycle\nCase owners: Kingfisher Project \n\n\n\nIn South Africa water management is being decentralized due to the National Water Act from 2008. Nine Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs) are being established\, responsible for the regional water management. These CMAs can be compared to the Dutch Water Authorities (Waterschappen)\, which have a long history with decentralized water management. Since 2004\, Dutch Water Authorities have been exchanging knowledge with the South African Department of Water Affairs and the CMA’s. The Kingfisher project supports among othersthe establishment and development of the nine CMAs in South Africa. Ten Dutch regional water authorities are involved and execute a twinning programme with the CMAs. Good results have been achieved so far. However\, because of the large extent and complex international structure of the Kingfisher project\, it is difficult to share the lessons learned with all the CMAs. There is not an established mutual learning cycle. The Kingfisher project should benefit from an innovative learning cycle in order to become more effective and efficient. \n\n\n\nCase 3: Future monitoring plan for international water authorities\nCase owner: Water Authority Drents Overijsselse Delta \n\n\n\nReliable monitoring data contributes to a sustainable water supply for now and the future. That’s why water authorities from all over the world collect data about hydrological\, chemical and biological parameters. However\, there’s a big contrast in the density of the network\, analysis methods\, quality and availability of the data due to several causes like financial capacity\, knowledge constraints and the size of the management areas. There is a big difference between the availability of information\, data and measuring programs between South Africa and the Netherlands: both with their own pros and cons. But why should each country or region have its own monitoring plan? Water authority Drents Overijsselse Delta would like to develop ‘a monitoring plan for the future’ that is both applicable in South Africa and the Netherlands. \n\n\n\nFinal poster and pitch \n[vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”51820″]Final poster and pitch \n[vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”51821″]Final poster and pitch \n[vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”51822″][vc_empty_space height=”64px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Case 4: Simply safe water\nCase owner: Berson UV \n\n\n\nRural areas globally suffer from water scarcity and water safety issues. For decades the development of water treatment technology has been focused on large scale central treatment. These techniques are efficient for urban areas\, but less suitable for rural areas. In cases where water is transported from central facilities to rural communities\, water quality deterioration often is an issue. Since 40 years\, UV has proven to be a reliable and cost effective disinfection method\, providing safety against chlorine resistant pathogens. A recent development is the introduction of solar powered lamp drivers. This opens up application of UV in areas without (reliable) source of electricity. Though the technology is now available\, there are still challenges in the introduction of solar powered UV for rural areas: 1. Selection of a simple and reliable pre‐ filtration for direct treatment of surface water; 2. Generating of acceptance of UV technology at a government\, NGO and local level; 3. Development of a service organization that is able to maintain and repair the UV systems. Therefore an integral approach is needed to successfully introduce solar powered UV in rural South Africa. \n\n\n\nCase 5: Unlocking experiential knowledge\nCase owner: AquaDactics \n\n\n\nAssessments show a scarcity in the actual operating and maintenance skills in South Africa. Moreover a brain‐drain is expected within the municipalities\, due to the retirement of highly experienced people. Well‐knowledgeable and well‐skilled staff is the main prerequisite to operate and maintain assets sustainably. The transfer of existing expertise from the retiring staff to younger staff is inevitable. In the vision of Aquadactics\, capital investments for water (supply\, wastewater\, and management) needs to be addressed parallel to the knowledge and skills development of human resources. But investing in this is not so sexy as in investing in captial assets. A main challenge is to convincing the sector to invest in ‘unlocking the experiential knowledge that is currently present in the water sector .. and make it financially attractive’. \n\n\n\nFinal poster and pitch \n[vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”51823″]Final poster and pitch \n[vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”51824″][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Do you also want to submit a challenge and get an out-of-the-box concept (Pitch and Poster) in one of our Wetskills event worldwide? The Wetskills organization is looking for Case Owners for the events worldwide; companies\, knowledge institutes and organisations that formulate their case and support this Wetskills programme\, see as example: Leaflet Case Sponsors Wetskills-South Korea 2018. For more information: contact Johan Oost (johan.oost@wetskills.com). \nEvent Partners\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_single_image image=”52174″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52177″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”51208″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”56312″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_single_image image=”52173″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”51924″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52242″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52245″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Event Blogs\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][no_blog_list type=”boxes” image_size=”landscape” show_thumbnail=”yes” number_of_columns=”3″ overlay_icon=”1″ order_by=”date” order=”DESC” title_tag=”h5″ display_excerpt=”1″ info_position=”top” post_info_text_transform=”none” post_info_font_weight=”700″ post_info_font_style=”normal” display_category=”0″ display_date=”1″ date_place=”over_title” display_author=”0″ display_comments=”0″ display_button=”1″ icon_pack=”font_elegant” fe_icon=”arrow_right” button_icon_position=”right” vertical_align_text=”middle” date_position=”in_icon” border_around_item=”no” separator=”yes” display_circle_button=”1″ enable_circle_button_shaddow=”1″ number_of_posts=”3″ overlay_color=”rgba(0\,221\,207\,0.59)” text_length=”133″ post_info_color=”#43dbbd” post_info_font_family=”Montserrat” post_info_letter_spacing=”-0.5″ date_size=”21″ button_text=”READ MORE” box_info_padding=”40px 5px 5px 5px” post_info_font_size=”20″ title_size=”28″ title_color=”#0076b2″ button_color=”#ffffff” button_hover_color=”#ffffff” button_background_color=”#43dbbd” button_hover_background_color=”#0076b2″ button_border_color=”#43dbbd” button_hover_border_color=”#0076b2″ category=”wetskills-event-south-africa-2016″]
URL:https://wetskills.com/event/wetskills-south-africa-2016/
LOCATION:Ryerson University in Toronto\, Durban\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Past event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Johan Oost":MAILTO:johan.oost@wetskills.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131212
DTSTAMP:20170717T135942Z
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SUMMARY:Wetskills Israel 2013
DESCRIPTION:About The Event\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Tel Aviv – On Sunday 8 December Mr. Wientjes (President of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW)) awarded a team of two Israeli and two Dutch water students. This team won the prestigious Wetskills Water Challenge Israel 2013 with their out-of-the-box concept “Reclaim Agriculture”\, about improving the social context of using reclaimed water for agricultural purposes in Arabic areas in Israel. He was impressed by the Wetskills event: “maybe you can teach politicians and professors to limit their presentations to two minutes when they present professional messages”. \nDuring the Wetskills Water Challenge four mixed teams from Israeli and Dutch universities are challenged to come up with innovative ideas for practical water issues. Each team had a central study case\, provided and supported by organisation in the water sector. The four cases were: \n\nParasite Police – Sustainable control to minimize infections by Giardia and Cryptosporidium\nReclaim Agriculture – Encourage the Arab community to use reclaimed water in profitable non-traditional agriculture\nLet’s Dew It – Atmospheric water extraction\nA Drop into History – Using ancient techniques to make the desert bloom\n\nPress releases: \nPress release – Wetskills BrainHurricane \nPress release Wetskills-Israel 2013 – finals \n[vc_empty_space height=”16px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][no_blockquote text=”‘Maybe you can teach politicians and professors to limit their presentations to two minutes when they present professional messages”. (Mr. Bernard Wientjes\, President of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW))” title_tag=”h3″ show_border=”no” show_quote_icon=”yes” text_color=”#ffffff” background_color=”#43dbbd” width=”95″ line_height=”90″ quote_icon_color=”#0076b2″][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Practical Information\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Flyer program Wetskills-Israel 2013 \n  \nHost: Grand Water Research Institute at Technion  \n  \nPartners: Netherlands Embassy in Israel\, Israel Embassy in The Netherlands\, Netherlands Water Partnership\, H2Oost\, Water Authority Groot Salland \n[vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Event: Dutch-Israel Forum headed by Dutch Prime Minister Rutte  \n  \nLocations: Tel Aviv\, Jaffa\, Jerusalem\, Dead Sea\, Haifa\, Acre\, Sea of Galilee\, Lake Escol \n[vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Facts: \nParticipants: 16 \n  \nCases: 4 \n  \nCountries: 3 (Israel\, The Netherlands\, United States of America) \n[vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”52050\,52051″ column_number=”5″ grayscale=”no” hover_icon=”none” images_space=”gallery_with_space”]Event Posters\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”52052\,52053\,52054\,52055″ img_size=”” column_number=”4″ grayscale=”no” hover_icon=”none” images_space=”gallery_with_space”]Event Media\n[vc_single_image image=”51255″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][no_button size=”medium” icon_pack=”” target=”_self” font_weight=”” text=”Press release BrainHurricane” link=”http://wetskills.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Press-release-Wetskills-BrainHurricane.pdf”][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][no_button size=”medium” icon_pack=”” target=”_self” font_weight=”” text=”Press release Finals Wetskills-Israel 2013″ link=”http://wetskills.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Press-release-Wetskills-Israel-2013-finals.pdf”][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Event Blogs\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][no_button size=”medium” icon_pack=”” target=”_self” font_weight=”” text=”Read the daily blogs of the participants” link=”http://wetskillsisrael2013.blogspot.nl”][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Event Partners\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”64px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_single_image image=”52653″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52662″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52658″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52661″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52656″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”51924″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52243″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52660″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52657″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52655″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space height=”64px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”]
URL:https://wetskills.com/event/wetskills-israel-2013/
LOCATION:Technion\, Haifa\, Israel
CATEGORIES:Past event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Johan Oost":MAILTO:johan.oost@wetskills.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130614
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SUMMARY:Wetskills Romania 2013
DESCRIPTION:About The Event\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Wetskills for the first time in Romania \nLast two weeks twelve selected students from the Romanian universities UTCB and UPB worked together in mixed teams with students from Dutch universities and organisations on water related issues. \nEach team had one specific water issues. The issues were formulated by organizations of the Dutch water sector with projects or interests in the Romanian water sector. The students worked on a their concept in collaboration within their group during an extensive two-week program in Romania (29 May – 13 June). Each team presented the ideas at the ExpoApa (12 June in the morning in Hall 3). \nPublication about Wetskills-Romania 2013 \n \n[vc_empty_space height=”16px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][no_blockquote text=”‘The Wetskills project has brought new friends and new extraordinary experiences. We met as strangers but I hope we will part as friends.’ 🙂 ” title_tag=”h2″ show_border=”no” show_quote_icon=”yes” text_color=”#ffffff” background_color=”#43dbbd” width=”95″ line_height=”40″ quote_icon_color=”#0076b2″][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Practical Information\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Flyer program Wetskills-Romania 2013 \n  \nHost: University Politehnica of Bucharest\, Technical University for Civil Engineering of Bucharest \n  \nPartners: Water Authority of Rijnland\, Berson UV\, Waterschapsbedrijf Limburg\, TU Delft\, Netherlands Water Partnership\, World Water Academy\, Embassy of Kingdom of The Netherlands\, Romanian Water Association \n[vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Event: ExpoApa 2013 \n  \nVenue: Palace of the Parliament \n  \nLocations: Brasov\, Sinaia\, Bran\, Campulung\, Bucharest \n[vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Facts: \nParticipants: 20 \nCases: 5 \nCountries: 2 (Romania and The Netherlands) \n[vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”52701\,52702\,52703\,52704\,52705\,52721\,52722\,52723″ column_number=”4″ grayscale=”no” hover_icon=”none” images_space=”gallery_with_space”]Event Posters\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][no_elements_holder number_of_columns=”five_columns”][no_elements_holder_item aligment=”left” advanced_animations=”no”][vc_single_image image=”52714″ onclick=”img_link_large” img_link_target=”_blank” qode_css_animation=””][/no_elements_holder_item][no_elements_holder_item aligment=”left” advanced_animations=”no”][vc_single_image image=”52715″ onclick=”img_link_large” img_link_target=”_blank” qode_css_animation=””][/no_elements_holder_item][no_elements_holder_item aligment=”left” advanced_animations=”no”][vc_single_image image=”52716″ onclick=”img_link_large” img_link_target=”_blank” qode_css_animation=””][/no_elements_holder_item][no_elements_holder_item aligment=”left” advanced_animations=”no”][vc_single_image image=”52717″ onclick=”img_link_large” img_link_target=”_blank” qode_css_animation=””][/no_elements_holder_item][no_elements_holder_item aligment=”left” advanced_animations=”no”][vc_single_image image=”52718″ onclick=”img_link_large” img_link_target=”_blank” qode_css_animation=””][/no_elements_holder_item][/no_elements_holder]Event Partners\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_single_image image=”52151″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52434″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52433″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52255″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_single_image image=”52244″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52146″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52708″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52709″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_single_image image=”52711″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52710″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52257″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52155″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]
URL:https://wetskills.com/event/wetskills-romania-2013/
LOCATION:Romania\, Bucharest\, Romania
CATEGORIES:Past event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Elena Manea":MAILTO:elena.manea@wetskills.com
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