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Benjamin Hermans from Belgium: De Watergroep decided to sponsor a second employee participant in EJWP. This was me, in EJWP2. My current role at De Watergroep is as a process engineer. I studied bio chemistry at KU Leuven and UHasselt in Belgium. I worked for Royal Haskoning DHV as a project engineer for more than a year, and made the decision during this time to make a career change toward the water sector.  I’ve been at De Watergroep for five years, working on the design and optimization of the drinking water treatment. On Training EJWP is a program with a lot of opportunities. I was motivated to join to get to know the water sector as a whole. EJWP is a great opportunity …

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I became interested in EJWP to raise the profile of the European part of my work. I’m focused on increasing European projects as part of my career path at ACTeon Environment in France. I also wanted to grow my experience to see the bigger picture, and meet people from different backgrounds and disciplines to learn from. I really try to maximize what is given to me. Innovation is one of our strongest values where I work, so learning to work together better at various levels is critical because water is very transversal. We need to think more about water management in social and political perspectives in determining what we nee…

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Group: EJWP3 Location: Brussels, Belgium EJWP3’s Training Week in Brussels began with development sessions on personal-professional branding. EJWP trainer Filip Grisar led participants into methods of strategically establishing their values and objectives, and then communicating in authentic ways to impact for the intended results. Key considerations for participants in the sessions were: – What is your story? WHY – WHAT – HOW – How can you inspire people? – Why you are doing what you are doing? The focus was to influence people to be inspired, and to further increase their interest and motivation in the personal brands to be created or more completely devel…

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It was a packed week for EJWP2 participants in Belgium, as they dived into masterclasses, project workshops, training sessions with peer coaching, and toured local points of water interest and production. EJWP partner organization De Watergroep hosted this EJWP2 training week in Leuven, from 19 – 23 September, highlighting aspects including needed collaboration on the SDGs and points of engagement in digital & hybrid water models. “The SDGs are in our DNA as a company. Water equals life, …

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It was a unique week in Athens from 10 – 14 October when members of EJWP Groups 3 and 4 combined expertise and learning paths in a Training Week hosted by the University of Thessaly. The week saw immersion in European projects along with development activities and experiences in local culture and history.  Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Thessaly and EJWP Ambassador 

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Client: H2O-People B.V. Period of project: June