The Wetskills Team
Enthusiastic Water Professionals
“Water challenges need technical solutions in harmony with the cultural historic and social economic context. Teambuilding is essential for communication, useful results and it generates a lot of energy..”
”Wetskills is the perfect combination of work and play for a YWP: bright ideas to real water issues while building an intercultural team, brainstorming with experts, and exploring new places. All in 2 weeks!”
”Water facilitates life - Wetskills facilitates living!”
”Water and Wetskills inspire me because it brings together people from various disciplines and nationalities.”
”Water is the same everywhere and connects people across borders. Wetskills helps you to cross these borders.”
``Wetskills is more than just a foundation and competition: it is a global network and an opportunity for young people from different disciplines to develop sustainable and scalable innovative solutions.``
”Diversity is the key to out-of-box thinking and innovation. Wetskills Water Challenge offers a perfect opportunity to experience how innovation comes out from the diversity of knowledge, culture, background, and more!.”
”Education for Sustainable Development is my passion, and through working on concrete challenges in the world of water young people contribute to worldwide developments for the better.”
”What better way to learn about international water challenges than to challenge them yourself? Wetskills inspires you, changes your perspective and offers you an experience for life. Guaranteed.”
”Wetskills inspires YOU!!”
”Worldwide water challenges need innovative solutions with an integrated approach: exactly what the Wetskills Experience delivers.”
”Water. Challenge. Cooperate. Innovate. Develop. Inspire. Grow. Wetskills. A bit like a MasterCard commercial but I find the Wetskills concept really hard to be contained in under 25 words...”
“The wetskills movement; Connection people from different studies and cultures into a group with a common goal, finding new solutions for everyday water problems!”
”Wetskills is about crossing borders in about every possible way: crossing cultural borders, borders between countries and borders between disciplines. Being fluid, I believe water is uttermost suited for such an approach.”
”International, intercultural & interdisciplinary, that is Wetskills; a unique challenge out of your comfort zone.”
”Water is now what oil was in the past century. It’s important for next generations to acquire different skills helping to ensure the availability of this precious resource to all humanity. Wetskills is a thrilling program that is allowing us to achieve it!”
”Wetskills is a great opportunity for all young water ethusiastics!”
``Water is Treasure so Save it with Pleasure.``
”Unless the developed and developing countries collaborate and share experiences, knowledge and learn from each other, a sustainable future will be a mere dream. Wetskills programme is an unique platform where fervour of young minds are flourished to share ideas, discuss and learn about global water issues in a multi cultural environment.”
”Wetskills inspires young water professionals to connect across boundaries. Coöperating to solve water challenges in their fitting context.”
”As project manager in Water Engineering and (former) team manager, I enjoy being a coach for young colleagues. As Wetskills supervisor I want to energize the participants, providing critical feedback and create a vibrant and safe atmosphere.”
”Water is both flexible and tenacious, it changes to every shape and strikes any stone. That's why 'wetskills' are always essential”
”Wetskills is a platform which inspires passionate water professionals and enables creativity in practice.”
”I loved being a participant of wetskills and I am very excited about giving other people the same opportunity.”
”Wetskills Challenge is a great opportunity to meet enthusiastic people from all over the world and work on real business cases. Where learning, passion and action meet”
”As a professor in applied science I try to combine the worlds of international research, education & entrepreneurship; Wetskills is a unique challenge that accomplishes this.”
``I like the combination of working hard on a difficult challenge and enjoying the weeks abroad with new friends!``
``How can we create innovative solutions for worldwide water challenges, strengthen skills of young water professionals, build intercultural bridges and inspire others for water? With Wetskills we can!``
”Wetskills challenges young professionals as well as the global water sector to get out of the comfort zone. Because that is where you learn the most.”
”Cross-country capacity building and interdisciplinary and out-of-the-box problem-solvingis the basis for (future) water governance and management.”