One of the aims of the Water Youth Network is to help to build capacity for young people all over the world. As an important step in this process, we would like to introduce live workshops which can be followed online.
As a first kick-off, we would like to invite you to the workshop “Professional Proposal Writing” by Eelco van Beek (UNESCO-IHE). The workshop will take place from 9 to 12 on 12 April 2014 at UNESCO-IHE, Westvest 7, Delft. We will share the video with you as soon as possible.
Do you have interesting lectures, workshops, seminars, or instruction videos on water related issues you would like to share with other young people? Please let us know!
Agenda for 12 April
- 9:00-9:15: Introduction “State-of-the-art of the water sector and youth’s role”
- 9:15-10:00: Presentation given by Mr. Eelco van Beek
- 10:00- 10:30: Open discussion
- 10:30-10:45: Coffee break
- 10:45-12:00: Practical exercise in small groups
- 12:00: End
Eelco’s biography
Eelco van Beek is a civil engineer from the Delft University of Technology. From 1973 to 1976 he worked in Iran as a water resources engineer for the United Nations. Since 1976, he works as water resources management specialist at Deltares (WL | Delft Hydraulics).
Besides his position at Deltares he has worked since 1992 as part-time professor in Water Resources Management at Delft University of Technology, University of Twente and UNESCO-IHE.
During the nearly 40 years of his professional career, Eelco Van Beek has been actively involved in many water resources development projects, ranging from projects with emphasis on long-term planning to real-time operation, from projects aimed at pre-feasibility studies to detailed water management projects, and from integrated studies (water quantity, water quality, ecology, economics, socio-economics and institutional aspects) to single-aspect studies.