Lindsey Schwidder (Netherlands Water
Partnership)
It’s almost time for already the
ninth edition of Wetskills, which will be held in Mozambique in the last week
of August! It is for the first time that a Wetskills challenge will be
organised in Mozambique and everyone can follow us with our daily blog written
by one of the participants, supervisors or other interested people! I have the
privilege to write the first blog ;)
During the last years, a good
relationship has been built up between the Dutch water sector and the
Mozambican water sector leading to many successful projects and events. In the
light of this fruitful cooperation an event will be organised in Mozambique in
order to involve and inspire the younger generation in both countries. For two
weeks Dutch students and young professionals will be in Maputo to work together
with Mozambican students and young professionals to come up with innovative
solutions to solve current water challenges in Mozambique! During these weeks
the group will work on a poster and prepare their final presentation. On the
6th of September the groups will present the results during the official launch
of the Mozambican Water Partnership (PLAMA) where an expert panel will review
the results and announce the winner of Wetskills Mozambique.
In May the kick-off meeting of
Wetskills has been held in Maputo in which the participants established the
first contact via a videoconference. I was in Maputo to set up the kick-off
meeting together with two professors from the Eduardo Mondlane University
(Dinis Juizo and Lario Zualo). During my visit I met the Mozambican students
for the first time and I was inspired by their motivation and enthusiasm to
participate in Wetskills and help their country to solve certain water
challenges. The kick-off was hosted by SNV and opened by a representative of
the Dutch embassy. After this promising kick-off we are now heading for a very
promising event in Mozambique! Twenty enthusiastic students and young professionals
will join the programme. The programme
will start on the 24th of August with a welcome dinner after which
we will go on a team-building trip near Maputo.
I am very happy to organise this
event together with Johan Oost (World Water Academy) and Hugo Oosterkamp (SNV)
and together with the Mozambican counterparts (Dinis Juizo and Lario Zualo) I
am sure we will be able to create a fantastic event in Mozambique. I hope that
all the participants will have an inspiring time and that they will come to
creative and interesting solutions!
See you in Maputo!
Lindsey
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