The latest news from the Junior Water Programme and it’s partners
New Adventures for EJWP in 2021!
January 21, 2021, We are thrilled to see a dynamic and diverse community of young water professionals forming with participants from all over Europe. With this momentum, we’re looking forwards to 2021 as THE perfect year to take steps together towards a future-proof water sector – for Europe and globally! Our water sector needs smart strategies to adapt […]
Pre-announcement Launch EJWP3
January 21, 2021, Be the first one! On 1 February, we will open registration for EJWP3. You can pre-register now! The advantage? A sure spot in our next group. Note that we have a maximum of only 2 spots per country in our groups, so be sure to pre-register to secure your place, and avoid uncertainties of being […]
EJWP1 Final online training week
January 21, 2021, The last full week before Christmas break (14 – 18 Dec.) was another intensive and satisfying training week for EJWP1. We planned before the pandemic to visit Kosice, Slovakia, so we were happy that the Technical University of Kosice was still our digital host. The week featured intensive masterclasses on remediation techniques on polluted ground […]
Meet Borko
January 21, 2021, Hi, my name is Borko, I am 25 years old and live in Nis, the third biggest city in Serbia. I grew up in an engineering family and work with my father in our small company for consulting and projecting. My field of interests are river engineering, hydraulic computations, flood risk and environmental sciences. I […]
‘Exhausted, excited and happy’
January 20, 2021, EJWP2 began their adventure in the week of 11-15 January. ‘Exhausted, excited and happy’, sum up the feelings of EJWP2 participants late on Friday afternoon wrapping up their first (online) training week. These EJWP training weeks are based on the three pillars of the EJWP programme: 1) Knowledge sharing and creation 2) Networking 3) Personal […]
From Water Directives to create an equal level of protection in the 1980s, to Water policy today as part of the leading EU project of the European Green Deal
December 4, 2020, Masterclass by Joachim D’EUGENIO, European Commission – Directorate General for the Environment, Policy Assistant ‘Quality of Life’ – 25 November 2020 Part of the WARMING UP of EJWP2 was a Masterclass of Joachim. He took participants back to the start to understand the position of water at the early stages of the European project, and […]
Water management in the future hydrogen technologies…
December 1, 2020, … on the way to a climate-neutral Europe Project Presentation EJWP hosted by Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling 14 December 11.00-12.0h (CEST) Register: info@juniorwaterprogramme.eu Future electricity production will be largely based on renewable resources. Hydrogen is the most important candidate for an energy carrier besides electricity. Water plays a crucial […]
Special times often require last-minute opportunities…
December 1, 2020, Last week, EJWP2 had a great warming-up session (read more about their experience), and there are still a few spots remaining for young professionals from ambitious and innovative minded water organizations. Are you ready to connect and learn with this great group of people? Our programme develops talent in creating the next generation water leaders. […]
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 […]
