Publications
2024
1 February | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-Oman 2024
15 February | Movie | After movie Wetskills-Oman 2024
17 April | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-Egypt 2024
28 May | News | Young talents work on InspirAgua cases at Wetskills-Colombia, site of Blue Deal program
29 May | News | RG URDC Labo Arsitektur FT UNS Ikuti Wetskills Indonesia World Water Forum 2024 di Bali, site of Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS)
14 June | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-Colombia 2024
14 June | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-South Africa (Durban) 2024
4 July | News | InspirAgua and Wetskills: a win-win, website Dutch Water Authorities
25 July | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-Mozambique 2024
12 September | News | Dutch organisation steps up bid to plug Byo water challenges – Newsday Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
24 September | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-Zimbabwe 2024
28 September | News | Inaugural Wetskills Challenge Aims to Combat Water Crisis in Zimbabwe – Kontuthu News, Zimbabwe
28 September | News | The Drought Rangers Team Propose Innovative Plan to Combat Water Shortages – Kontuthu News, Zimbabwe
31 October | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-South Korea 2024
11 November | News | Wetskills Foundation and World Waternet sign MoU to strengthen ongoing collaboration – site World Waternet
28 November | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-Romania 2024
2023
11 January | News | Wetskills Water Challenges in Feb-March 2023 – H2O/KNW Waternetwerk [in Dutch]
22 February | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-South Africa 2023 (Cape Town)
13 March | News | UCT student makes a splash by winning water-based competition, by Kamva Somdyala, website University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
15 March | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-Oman 2023
20 March | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-United States of America 2023
22 March | Movie | ‘Letter by Youth to Delta Commissioner‘ launched during World Water Day 2023, UN 2023 Water Conference in New York [English subtitle]
23 March | Letter | Jongerenvisie op het Nationaal Deltaprogramma 2024, Brief vanuit de jongeren aan Peter Glas, Deltacommissaris van Nederland, The Hague, The Netherlands [in Dutch]
24 March | News | ‘Jongeren schrijven brief aan deltacommissaris‘ – Website Nationaal Deltaprogramma [in Dutch]
26 March | Movie | Interview with Mr. Sean Phillips, DG Department of Water & Sanitation of South Africa about Wetskills and the MoU signing in New York, eNCA television news channel in South Africa
16 June | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-South Africa (Durban) 2023
16 June | Movie | Movie Finals & Awarding Ceremony Wetskills-South Africa 2023 in Cape Town
20 June | News | Cecília Chamutota nomeada Embaixadora do programa ‘Wetskills Water Challenge’ – Mozambique, Junho de 2023 [in Portugese]
20 June | News | Cecília Chamutota nomeada embaixadora do programa Wetskills Water Challenge – Fim de Semana, LDA. Mozambique, Junho de 2023 [in Portugese]
26 June | News | Wetskills Water Challenges, najaar 2023 – H2O/KNW Waternetwerk [in Dutch]
30 June | News | WISA-YWP partners with Wetskills! – WISA Newsletter
30 June | News | Wetskills-Lesotho: Register now! – WISA Newsletter
17 August | News | Wetskills in Jordan – LinkedIn Arab Water Utilities Association (ACWUA)
28 August | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-Jordan 2023
30 August | Letter | DC-2023-43: Brief reactie Deltacommissaris op jongerenadvies DP 2024 [in Dutch]
17 October | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-Lesotho 2023
9 November | Movie | Compilation Movie Wetskills-The Netherlands 2023
2022
12 October | News | Wetskills Water Challenges in India & Egypt – H2O/KNW Waternetwerk [in Dutch]
30 May | News | Wetskills Water Challenges – juni-sept 2022 – H2O/KNW Waternetwerk [in Dutch]
1 February | Movie | Final Ceremony of the #Wetskills10 Years Jubilee Celebration in The Netherlands Pavilion of the Dubai 2022 World Expo
1 February | Movie | Wrap-up of Wetskills-United Arab Emirates 2022 in The Netherlands Pavilion of the Dubai 2022 World Expo
31 January | News | ‘Wetskills Water Challenge Mumbai 2021‘, Office for International Affairs, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, OIA Newsletter, January 2022
18 January | Movie | Finals & Awarding Ceremony (full movie) of Wetskills-United Arab Emirates 2022, organized in The Netherlands Pavilion of the Dubai 2022 World Expo
17 January | News | Gulf Today ‘Dutch PM Mark Rutte dubs UAE as living hub of innovative business‘ with a part about Wetskills-United Arab Emirates 2022 and see paper version of Gulf Today.
16 January | Movie | Compilation movie Wetskills-United Arab Emirates 2022
12 January | News | Wetskills Water Challenge in Dubai – H2O/KNW Waternetwerk [in Dutch]
2021
1 December | News | W@tskills-India en Wetskills-Dubai – H2O/KNW Waternetwerk [in Dutch]
23 November | Movie | Wetskills-The Netherlands 2021 – Finals and Awarding Ceremony at the Amsterdam International Water Week 2021
5 November | Movie | Compilation movie Wetskills-The Netherlands 2021
6 October | News | Wetskills-NL 2021 met finale tijdens de AIWW – H2O/KNW Waternetwerk [in Dutch]
22 September | Movie | Compilation movie Wetskills-Romania 2021
27 August | Movie | Compilation movie Wetskills-Denmark 2021
5 August | Movie | Compilation movie W@tskills-Japan 2021
5 August | Movie | W@tskills-Japan 2021 Finals and Awarding
5 November | Movie | Compilation movie Wetskills- The Netherlands 2021
5 November | Movie | Wetskills-The Netherlands 2021, Finals and Awarding Ceremony at the Amsterdam International Water Week
2019-2017
Nov 2019 | News | Jongeren op het Deltacongres – Deltanieuws 2019#4 [in Dutch]
Nov 2019 | Movie | Side-event Wetskills Water Challenges during Budapest Water Summit – movie by Embassy of the Netherlands in Hungary
Nov 2019 | News | Pitch Wetskills over bodemdaling veengebieden blaast jury omver – H2O/KNW Waternetwerk [in Dutch]
Nov 2019 | Tweet | Middle East Desalination Research Centre – MEDRC
Oct 2019 | News | Doing business in India involves more than signed contracts– NWP Newsletter
Oct 2019 | News | Wetskills Hongarije: winnaars maken plan voor vergroten waterbewustzijn kinderen – WaterForum online [in Dutch]
Oct 2019 | News | Twee Wetskills Water Challenges tijdens bezoek koningspaar aan India – H2O/KNW Waternetwerk [in Dutch]
Oct 2019 | News | Wetskills Water Challenge met finale tijdens AIWW 2019 – H2O/KNW Waternetwerk [in Dutch]
Sept 2019 | News | WETSKILLS CHALLENGE MÉXICO 2019 – Universidad Panamericana
April 2019 | News | AfriAlliance and Wetskills foster a community of water management professionals – Smart Water Magazine
March 2019 | News | True Value of Water plan wint Wetskills-Oman 2019 – H2O/KNW Waternetwerk [in Dutch]
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2018
Dec 2018 | Report Wetskills-Kyrgyzstan 2018
Nov 2018 | News item website Dutch Water Sector: ‘Wetskills Kyrgyzstan: Winning case on smart financing of sustainable irrigation by farmers’
Oct 2018 | Press-release about Wetskills-Kyrgyzstan 2018
June 2018 | News item website Dutch Water Sector: ‘WISA2018: ‘Bye Day Zero’ wins Wetskills South Africa challenge’
June 2018 | News item website Royal Netherlands Water Network: ‘BYE DAY ZERO’ [in Dutch]
June 2018 | Article]
Connecting water science and policy in India: lessons from a systematic water governance assessment in the city of Ahmedabad [May 2018 | Video about Wetskills-Colombia 2018 – broadcasted by Canal Cartagena (Facebook page Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar Cartagena) [in Spanish]
May 2018 | News item website Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar Cartagena: ‘Wetskills en busca de soluciones para las problemáticas del agua en Colombia’ [in Spanish]
Feb 2018 | News item website Royal Netherlands Water Network: ‘Olympische Wetskills in Zuid Korea’ [in Dutch]
Feb 2018 | News item website Dutch Water Sector: ‘Winning team Wetskills Korea water challenge announced at Olympic Winter Games’
Feb 2018 | News item website WaterForum: ‘Winnaars Wetskills ontwerpen systeem voor opwekken energie in waterleiding’ [in Dutch]
Feb 2018 | News item website Water, wereldwerk!: ‘Wetskills Zuid-Korea: “De grootste uitdaging is uitvinden waar de pijn zit”’ [in Dutch]
Jan 2018 | News item website News1 Korea: ‘네덜란드 전문가들, K-water 선진 물관리 역량 체험’ [in Korean]
Jan 2018 | News item website CC Daily News: ‘K-water, 네덜란드 전문가에 물관리 역량 선보여’ [in Korean]
Jan 2018 | News item website MTN: ‘K-water 선진 물관리, 네덜란드 현장견학 실시’ [in Korean]
Jan 2018 | News item website Water, Wereldwerk!: ‘Wetskills Challenge: Watertalenten naar Olympische Spelen in Zuid-Korea’ [in Dutch]
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2017
Nov 2017 | News item website Dutch Water Sector: ‘AIWW 2017: Rain triggered fish passage wins Wetskills young professionals challenge’
Nov 2017 | Feingold et al. 2017 ‘The City Blueprint Approach: Urban Water Management and Governance in Cities in the U.S.’ Environmental Management (2018) 61:9–23 [Article]
Nov 2017 | News item H2ONieuws: ‘Winnaar Wetskills Challenge: Fish Flushing voor Waternet’ [in Dutch]
Oct 2017 | News item H2ONieuws: ‘Wetskills start Deltatoer voor jonge waterprofessionals uit hele wereld’ [in Dutch]
Sept 2017 | News item website Dutch Water Sector: ‘Odor Control team wins Wetskills water challenge in Israel‘
Aug 2017 | Article in CEE Glimpses of Activities – Half Year report 2017.
June 2017 | News item website Dutch Water Sector: ‘Heat stress city app wins Romania Wetskills Water Challenge’
May 2017 | News item website World Water Academy: ‘Good teamwork at Wetskills-Romania 2017’
May 2017 | News letter Dutch Romania Network about 25th Wetskills event, celebrated in Bucharest [in Dutch]
March 2017 | Press release Wetskills-United Kingdom 2017
March 2017 | Koop et al. 2017 – ‘City Blueprint Approach – Key opportunities for India’s urban water challenges’ WaterDigest, India pp. 67-73 (read Article).
Jan 2017 | News item Silver Drop wint Wetskills-India 2017 [in Dutch]
Jan 2017 | News item ‘Centre for Environment Education signs MoU with Wetskills for further water challenges‘ Times of India, city Ahmedabad
Jan 2017 | Foto coverage Wetskills Finals at Vibrant Gujarat 2017, Ghandinagar
Jan 2017 | News item Wetskills India [in Gujarati]
Jan 2017 | News item, ‘Dutch and Indian students to solve water issues‘ Times of India, city Ahmedabad
2016-2014
Nov 2016 | First Wetskills challenge in Iran won by plan to make flamingos return to lake Urmia, website DutchWaterSector
Aug 2016 | ‘Sfeerimpressie: De mooie Wetskills zomer 2016‘ by Johan Oost (Managing Director Wetskills Foundation) [in Dutch]
July 2016 | The China Post news item ‘Wetskills Taiwan ’16 comes to end‘
July 2016 | TV News Formosa TV (水利青年營 台、荷生探討解決水資源問題) [Chinese]
July 2016 | Blog by Carter Craft (Netherlands Consulate in New York) ‘Wetskills workshop reveals Boston’s metabolism‘
July 2016 | Media Advisory about Wetskills-Taiwan 2016
July 2016 | Overview about Wetskills Water Challenge in Boston, website RVO.nl
July 2016 | Opinion in the Boston Globe ‘Is Boston ready for Climate Change?‘
June 2016 | Dutch, US experts meet in Boston for Wetskills Water Challenge, website Embassy of Kingdom of The Netherlands in United States of America
June 2016 | Press release BrainHurricane Wetskills-USA 2016: Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis opens Wetskills in Boston
May 2016 | Press release Finals WetskillsZA 2016: Impressive finals of Wetskills South-Africa [English & Dutch]
May 2016 | Press release BrainHurricane Wetskills-South Africa 2016: Wetskills Brain Hurricane in Durban [English & Dutch]
May 2016 | Press release Start Wetskills-South Africa 2016: Wetskills: for the third time in South-Africa [English & Dutch]
March 2016 | Report Wetskills-India 2015
Jan 2016 | News item by knowledge program Duurzaam Door (RVO) [in Dutch]
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2015
Dec 2015 | Website of Centre for Environmental Education about Wetskills-India 2015
Dec 2015 | News letter about Wetskills experiences in The Netherlands, Kosovo Network for Wastewater Treatment, Merita Abdullahi (University of Mitrovica)
Dec 2015 | News item by DNA India news paper
Dec 2015 | News item by CityLife Ahmedabad (India) news paper [in Gujarati]
Nov 2015 | News item by CityLife Ahmedabad (India) news paper [in Gujarati]
Nov 2015 | Oost & Diels (2015) Poster ‘Wetskills Water challenge – An innovative approach of experimental learning and networking for water students and Young Professionals‘, IWA YWP-ZA Conference, Pretoria, November 2015
Nov 2015 | Oost & Diels (2015) ‘Wetskills Water challenge – An innovative approach of experimental learning and networking for water students and Young Professionals‘, Paper IWA YWP-ZA Conference, Pretoria, November 2015
Nov 2015 | News letter by knowledge program Duurzaam Door (RVO) [in Dutch]
Nov 2015 | Robescu & Manea (2015) ‘Improving Teamwork Skills of the Students by Extra Curricular Activities‘ 3rd International Engineering and Technology Education Conference & 7th Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education, Sibiu, Romania (Article)
Oct 2015 | Website Dutch Water Sector
Sept 2015 | Jensen, Van der Meij-Kranendonk & Oost (2015) ‘Collaborate to Innovate – Building the global water generation‘ Worldwater Stormwater Management. Vol. 3/ Issue 3, Aug/Sep 2015, pp. 20-23. (Article)
July 2015 | Website Ryerson Urban Water about Wetskills-USA 2015
July 2015 | Article ‘Team Forward of BersonUV wins first Wetskills Water Challenge in USA‘, website The Netherlands Embassy and Consulates, United States
June 2015 | Article ‘Students tackle water challenges in Wetskills competition‘ by Journal Sentinel (business section), Milwaukee Wisconsin
June 2015 | Radio interview by Susan Bence, WUWM 89.7 FM – Milwaukee Public Radio
June 2015 | Press release: Kickstart of Wetskills-USA with the Brain Hurricane event [English]
June 2015 | News item: Scrap the sand, Save the land winnaar Wetskills-Romania 2015 [Dutch]
June 2015 | Press release: Wetskills goes USA! – Wetskills Water Challenge for the first time in the United States [English]
June 2015 | Press release: Wetskills: back to Romania! [English]
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2014
Dec 2014 | SEED Student takes Wetskills Project a Step Further for $15,000 Prize, website University of Waterloo
Dec 2014 | News item in Milwaukee Business Journal
Oct 2014 | Article at website of University of Waterloo by Arun Raj & Eduardo Cejudo (two participants)
Sept 2014 | Website University Wisconsin-Whitewater: UW-Whitewater student wins international water competition, university to host event in 2015
July/August 2014 | Article: ‘Wetskills highlights young talent‘, Water & Sanitation Africa, pp 11-13, see link
July 2014 | Blog by Johan Oost about two Challenges in South Africa and Canada at NWP website
July 2014 | Blog by Babeth Bosma about experiences Wetskills Canada, www.nutrientenplatform.org
June 2014 | Press Release: Water Hollistics wins the Wetskills-Canada 2014 [English]
June 2014 | Press Release: Wetskills-Canada 2014 launches with the Brain Hurricane Event! [English]
June 2014 | ‘Winnaar Wetskills Water Challenge Zuid Afrika: Investing in “Heart”ware‘, see link [Dutch]
June 2014 | Lowveld is lekker (paper): ‘Winning team of the Wetskills Challenge SA’
June 2014 | Media advisory: ‘Wetskills-Canada 2014 – Canadian-Dutch Water Challenge [English]
May 2014 | ‘WISA2014: Concept of business wise training wins second Wetskills Water Challenge in South Africa‘, see link [English]
May 2014 | Lowvelder-Nelspruit (paper) p.17: ‘Water wisdom impresses‘, see link
May 2014 | Press release: Winner Young Water Professionals Wetskills at WISA: Businesswise training development and delivery [English]
May 2014 | Dutch Water Sector website: Passionate South African, Mozambican and Dutch young water professionals started Wetskills Challenge South Africa 2014, see link [English]
May 2014 | Press release: Young Water Professionals start with the BrainHurricane during Wetskills Challenge South Africa 2014 [English]
Jan 2014 | Haaretz (Israel): In praise of sewage [English]
2013-2010
Dec 2013 | Al Mithak (Israel): News item about Wetskills [Arabic]
Dec 2013 | Screenshot website Technion [Hebrew] and website Technion [English]
Dec 2013 | Website Technion [English]
Dec 2013 | Press release: Wetskills-Israel 2013 – finals [English]
Dec 2013 | News item at at Dutch Water Sector website
Dec 2013 | Press release: BrainHurrican Wetskills-Israel 2013 [English]
Nov 2013 | Press release: ‘Dyeing for a change’ wins the second Wetskills Water Challenge in The Netherlands [English]
Oct 2013 | Press release: Future Leaders Event [English]
Aug 2013 | ROMAqua An XIX, nr.4 / 2013, vol.88: Wetskills-Romania 2013 [English], see link [English]
June 2013 | Persbericht: ‘Sound and Safe’ wint de eerste editie van Wetskills Water Challenge in Roemenië [Dutch]
June 2013 | Website with announcement Wetskills-Romania 2013 [Romanian]
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2012
June 2012 | Press-release (Dutch Embassy in South Africa): ‘Sewage Treatment: A Walk in the Park’ wins South Africa’s first Wetskills Water Challenge [English]
April 2012 | EurOman Magazine: The Oman Water Challenge: Royal Wetskills 2012 [English]
Jan 2012 | News item at Dutch Water Sector website
Jan 2012 | Persbericht: Wetskills-Oman 2012 [Dutch]
Jan 2012 | Paper (Oman): News item about Wetskills [Arabic]
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2011
Nov 2011 | Persbericht Wetskills Indonesia, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences [Dutch]
Nov 2011 | Persbericht: ‘Living with Water, and Loving it’ wint AGV Innovation Award Young Water Professionals [Dutch]
Oct 2011 | H2O No.20 / 2011, Vol.44, pp14-15: Wetskills voorbeeld van gezamenlijke internationale profilering van Nederlandse wateropleidingen (Johan Oost & Rick Heikoop) [Dutch]
Oct 2011 | H2O No.20 / 2011, Vol.44, pp10-13: Nederlands wateronderwijs in internationale context (Huiberdien Sweeris) [Dutch]
Sept 2011 | Nuffic Transfer (The Netherlands): Wetskills profileert zich in de wereld [Dutch]
Aug 2011 | Book YWP program Amsterdam International Water Week 2011
May 2011 | Leaflet announcement Wetskills Water Challenge for Amsterdam International Water Week 2011
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2010
July 2010 | Sfeerimpressie Wetskills in Shanghai 2010 [Dutch]
June 2010 | Website Wuhan University [Chinese and English]
June 2010 | Persbericht: Studenten lossen watervraagstukken op in Shanghai [Dutch]
June 2010 | WaterForum: Nederlandse studenten verleiden Chinese jongeren tot wateropleiding in Nederland [Dutch]
June 2010 | Go Abroad nr.5: Nederlandse studenten promoten hun wateropleidingen tijdens de World Expo 2010 [Dutch]
May 2010 | Flyer meeting Dutch Delta Design 2012 [Dutch]