Blue Deal Romania participated in the Wetskills event in Romania from 16 - 29 November 2024 with 2 assignments.
The Wetskills Water Challenge is a 2-weeks programme for students and young professionals from all over the world with a passion for water. They join an event, and work in transdisciplinary and transcultural teams on challenging water cases. Blue Deal Romania contributed to this years’ event with 2 cases:
- Engaging young people in risk, crisis, and corporate communication;
- Nature-based solutions for drought measures.
For the communication assignment, a Wetskills team of 5 people developed an app called Personal Assistant for Communication with Organisation (PACO), complete with its own mascot. This team included 3 staff members from the Blue Deal partner organisation, the National Administration Romanian Waters.
For the nature-based solutions assignment, a Wetskills team of 4 people devised solutions to reconnect an old river branch and to restore a neglected spring. This team included a staff member from the Dutch water authority Brabantse Delta.
The solutions were presented on 28 November 2024 at the Dutch Embassy in Bucharest. They will be discussed during upcoming Blue Deal Romania meetings.