EJWP supports development of water professionals & their organizations

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    The European Junior Water Programme (EJWP) is the flagship programme and official trade name of H20-People. H20-People became active in the public sphere with EJWP in 2019. At the moment H2O-People has two glafship programmes: the European Junior Water Programme (EJWP) and Blue Innovation Track for Advanced Water Leaders, and supports multiple European collaboration projects and innitiatives.

    H2O-People

    The H2O-People mission is to support water people, their organizations, their projects, and other collaborations with key specialties for succes. Our services empower water professionals to apply their complete skill sets to establish a water-smart sociert, from knowledge transfer and creation, to communication and leadership – combined to create impact through social innovation.

    Therefore H2O-People develops and implements unique programmes, through utilitzing the power of social design and collaborates in projects on human capital development throughout the European Water ecosystem.

    The services of H2O-People include:

    Contact us if your organisation will benefit from tools to create tangible results t with our dynamic community of human-centric approach. More information on our dedicated website and H2O-People Flyer.

    Our philosophy

    Empowering people not only for technical solutions, but also reinforcing human elements of partnerships for social innovation in the water and environmental sector.

    Our programme participants develop a broader scope of professional and personal opportunities, leading to positive impacts in their engagement with organisations that are committed to a better living environment. H20-People structures interaction with participants to create a space for further inspiring exchanges among trainers and the program designers. We apply personalised approaches and follow-up in a commitment to target results. An eye for synergies is developed through pairing the right people with the right expertise to broaden the scope of development.

    We believe in operational partnerships with our participants, and from this connectivity comes a more real potential for participants to contribute to their communities. Our expertise centers on programs that highlight links between the content of participants’ work within the physical environment, to identify optimum paths for projects and personal development.

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    Do you want to create a specific programme for your organisation, project or other collaboration? Get in touch to schedule a free consultation.




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      EJWP Team

      EJWP Ambassadors

      Marielle van der Zouwen

      Deputy director and management team KWR Water Research Institute, Head of Sustainability & Transitions Group
      Ambassador since 2020

      Veronica Manfredi

      Director for Zero Pollution and Green Cities
      Ambassador since 2020

      Chrysi Laspidou

      Professor-Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Greece;
      Vice President of Research and Technology–Water Europe;
      Member of the WEF Nexus Steering Committee at Future Earth
      Ambassador since 2021

      Maria Cristina Pasi

      Founder & Managing Director Izar; Sustainability & Innovation Certified specialist
      Ambassador since 2023

      Professor Dr. Phoebe Koundouri

      Professor in Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and Denmark Technical University (DTU); Head SDU ATHENA RC; Chair UN SDSN Global Climate Hub & SDSN Europe, President EAERE
      Ambassador since 2022

      Richard Elelman

      Head of Politics, Eurecat – Centro TecnolĂłgico de Catalunya and
      Acting Coordinator of the WWQA – UNEP
      Ambassador since 2020

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