The latest news from the Junior Water Programme and it’s partners
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 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 rule in this context as it provides the source of hydrogen in […]
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 […]
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 […]
