The latest news from the Junior Water Programme and it’s partners
Main Challenges of the EU Water Policy, A Masterclass of Veronica Manfredi
September 22, 2020, Main Challenges of the EU Water Policy A Masterclass of Veronica Manfredi, Director, Quality of Life, DG Environment European Commission – Monday 14 September 2020 Article by Naomi Timmer Monday 14 September, day 1 of EJWP1 sixth training week. We had to meet in our online training cocoon but that gave us the opportunity […]
Water, sex and the city - Intersectoral cooperation, communication and knowledge exchange. A Masterclass of Richard Elelman
September 22, 2020, Water, sex and the city - Intersectoral cooperation, communication and knowledge exchange A Masterclass of Richard Elelman, Monday 14 September 2020 Article by Naomi Timmer & Richard Elelman In honour of Richard becoming an Ambassador of the EJWP he began the EJWP1 training week on Monday the 14th of September with a masterclass about one of […]
Water Governance from an Economic Viewpoint: Mastering complexity A Masterclass of Gonzalo Delacámara
September 22, 2020, Water Governance from an Economic Viewpoint: Mastering complexity A Masterclass of Gonzalo Delacámara, IMDEA – Thursday 17 September 2020 Article by Naomi Timmer & Gonzalo Delacámara As a Natural Resources Economist Gonzalo is involved in Water Governance initiatives around the world. Supporting work of the OECD (where he is a member of its Water Governance […]
Third online training week in September
September 22, 2020, This September, the third EJWP training week should have taken place in Norway. Unfortunately, we had to, once again, abandon hopes of meeting live, and continued our training week virtually. Between the 14th to the 18th of September, the 8 EJWP participants followed online masterclasses, training sessions and presented their own work. We kicked off […]
Human Capital Agenda for the Water Sector
September 22, 2020, The Working Group Human Capital (WGHC) of Water Europe, under the lead of EJWP, is working on the Human Capital Agenda for the Water Sector. On the 11th of September we had a new session on assessing the results of the first year and revising and adopting a work plan for the next year. The […]
The EJWP2 will kick off 23 November
September 22, 2020, In a rapid changing world, the water sector needs to adapt and transform; to climate change, circularity, digitalization and to the changing labour market. Young professionals are the key to these transformations. The EJWP programme develops talent and creates the next generation water leaders. For you, it is an easy way to provide a talent programme for […]
Veronica Manfredi, Director Quality of Life at the European Commission is our new EJWP Ambassador!
September 7, 2020, We at EJWP are back on track and kicking-off autumn with a new announcement: Veronica Manfredi, Director Quality of Life at the European Commission is our new EJWP Ambassador! “We all sense that we are managing an extremely unstable phase of mankind evolution, a phase with a lot of geopolitical challenges, which, if not properly […]
The European Water Stars initiative gets a new home
July 1, 2020, In 2018, three organizations focused on youth and young professionals’ development in the water sector came up with the idea for the European Water Stars. These organizations were the Dutch National Water Traineeship, the Wetskills Water Foundation and the European Junior Water Programme. All three recognized the need for awareness raising on water issues among […]
The Magic of Water, a Masterclass with Henk Ovink, Water Envoy of the Netherlands
June 30, 2020, A Masterclass of the only Water Envoy of The Netherlands, Henk Ovink Thursday 18 June 2020, European Junior Water Programme Lonely we can not call the work of Henk Ovink as only Water Envoy world-wide. Since 2015, Henk has become the first (and only) water envoy in the world, on official assignment from the government […]
EJWP is proud to announce it’s first Ambassadors
June 29, 2020, During WIE Human Capital Working Group meeting, EJWP was happy to announce it’s first two Ambassdors: Mariëlle van der Zouwen and Richard Elelman. They are both working for research institutes, Mariëlle as knowledge manager at the Dutch KWR and Richard as head of politics at the Catalunyan EURECAT, and they are both supporters of the […]
Project Presentation de Watergroep
June 29, 2020, Source protection of surface water bodies used for drinking water in Europe. “Precaution is always better than fixing problems afterwards. … We need to prevent today what must not happen tomorrow.” (European River Memorandum 2020) Water is essential for all life on earth. Access to water for water supply is one of our most important […]
EJWP presenters at Innovative Water Week
June 17, 2020, Proud of our participants of EJWP1 & 2 taking up the challenge to wrap up the sessions of the Innovative Water Week. Join online next week to meet them!
