Publications

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 | Aartsen et al. (2018) ‘Connecting water science and policy in India: lessons from a systematic water governance assessment in the city of Ahmedabad‘ Regional Environmental Change (2018), Springer Berlin Heidelberg. [Article]

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]