05-04-2017 WETSKILLS WATER CHALLENGE WETSKILLS INTRODUCTION TO WETSKILLS PROGRAMME WATER CHALLENGES Movies: YouTube – Wetskills: Romania 2013 / South Africa 2014 / Canada 2014 / USA 2016 WHAT IS WETSKILLS? A two-week think- tank in a specific country… “ W E CANNOT SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS to promote international cooperation & knowledge sharing... WITH THE SAME THINKING WE USED … between international WHEN WE CREATED THEM ... ” water students and young professionals (working in mixed teams)… Resulting in out-of-the-box concepts for study cases provided by business partners… …being presented during a high -level event (Albert Einstein) in the host country. HUMAN CAPITAL AGENDA Young water YOUNG WATER TALENTS talents Water (fresh views challenges YouTube Movie Wetskills Alumni career after four years (South Africa 2012) (provided and & energy) ‣ Experience transnational cooperation and being a team supported by sector) ‣ Develop presentation (soft)skills Expertise (universities, local water ‣ Apply knowledge in a transdisciplinary context professionals) ‣ Grow (inter)national network & Wetskills Alumni Network High Level Water Stage (like international water conference, ‣ Curriculum Vitae building expert panels, ministerial (Royal) visits) Great ideas / Creating networks / transcultural cooperation / intergenerational ‣ Follow-up assignments for further study exchange / practical solutions / multidisciplinary / bridging education and workfield / talent recruitment / energizing talents for water sector 1
05-04-2017 CASE OWNERS UNIVERSITIES ‣ Case owners: Organisations that YouTube Movie about added value Wetskills for university (Canada 2014) ‣ New way of education formulate cases for the teams ‣ Inkind support for the team ‣ Practical concepts for potential follow-up research ‣ Cash for programme ( € 2500- € 4000) ‣ Improving network with water sector partners / companies ‣ Cheap way for data generation, impact analysis for specific topics ‣ International network water universities: exchange between ‘Wetskills hubs / local hosts’ ‣ Recruitment high potentials ‣ Contact with education ‣ Positive PR & Communication ‣ Positive PR & Communication ‣ Corporate Social Responsibility INTRODUCTION WETSKILLS-USA 2016, 13-06-16 ‣ 2 days: Meet & Greet, Teambuilding Events (Welcome WHAT IS WETSKILLS? RESULTS Dinner, Visit to water related& cultural sites) Pitches (2 minutes) ‣ 1 day: Wetskills BrainHurricane (presentations, Meet Questions & and Greet with Case Sponsors, Speed Date Sessions with Answering various Experts, Brainstorming) with audience Attractive Posters ‣ 7-8 days Teams@Work on Case Studies (incl. Training Pitch & Poster, feedback sessions, contact with case owners, local field trips, interviews) & Paper (5 pages) ‣ 1-2 days: Preparations (Pitch, Poster, Paper, deadlines) ‣ 2-3 days: Finals 2 minute pitch presentation & awarding, Poster market @high-level event. Networking, experience Farewell dinner WETSKILLS BRAINHURRICANE WHAT IS WETSKILLS? EVENTS (PIPELINE) A two-week think- tank in a specific country… ▸ India (Ahmedabad) – January 2017 to promote international cooperation ▸ United Kingdom – 30 March - 12 April 2017 & knowledge sharing... ▸ Romania – 4 - 18 May 2017 … between international ▸ Israel – 3 - 14 September 2017 water students and young professionals… ▸ The Netherlands – 19 October - 2 November 2017 Resulting in out-of-the-box concepts ▸ In feasibility study: Iran, Argentina and/or China in 2017 for study cases provided by business partners… ▸ Bangladesh – Spring 2018 …being presented during a high -level event ▸ South Africa – May 2018 ▸ India – January 2019 in the host country. 2
05-04-2017 Previous Wetskills events in Europe: WETSKILLS AMBITION IN EUROPE The Netherlands (2011, 2013 & 2015) WETSNEXT TO FOLLOW-UP GREAT IDEAS Romania (2013 & 2015) ‣ Wetskills executed more than 100 study cases ‣ Wetskills 2017 year focus on Europe: 3-4 events ‣ WetsNext: IMPACT due to Follow-up of most potential ideas ‣ Roll-out: more events in various countries (network in various ‣ Last 8 events: 25-30% of cases had follow-up countries) ‣ Internal: at case owner (presentation, implementation) ‣ Connecting the EU events > per event various countries involved ‣ External: with Wetskills (feasibility study, pilot, porposal) ‣ Training and inspiring NextGeneration of European Young Water Professional about ‘water in Europe’ ‣ Great (internship) assignments for students/YWPs ‣ Follow-up of great ideas with academia in EU ‣ Creating and strengthening network water-related universities WETSNEXT EXAMPLES ‣ Executing City Blue Prints worldwide (first countries: India and USA) “ PLAY HARD, PLAY SMART, ‣ IllUVia : business case for community empowerment to increase water quality (in South Africa) ‣ Plastic reuse for rain barrels (in the Netherlands) PLAY TOGETHER & .. ENJOY ” ‣ Temporary embankments in Danube Delta (Romania) ‣ Dew harvesting as additional water resource (worldwide) ‣ Flamengo project, water awareness Urmia Lake (Iran) Phil Jackson MORE INFORMATION ‣ johan.oost@wetskills.com “ I HEAR AND I FORGET. ‣ www.wetskills.com I SEE AND I REMEMBER. I DO AND I UNDERSTAND ... ” 孔夫子 (Confusius) 3
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