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HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2017 Looking back on 2017, it’s been quite an exciting year at WE&B, full of new adventures, experiences and results in social economic activities in the water, and environmental sectors. Here are few highlights:   We investigated the reasons for knowledge fragmentation in water and climate actions between Africa and the EU and […]

An ideology? A political creation? An act of God? As much as people will want to deny it, the Arctic is melting, temperatures are rising, droughts are occurring, Climate Change is a reality which one will only choose not to believe because perhaps you close your eyes to the realities of what is happening to […]

WE&B was present at the 77th AfWA Scientific and Technical Council in Accra Ghana from the  17th -21st of July, 2017 in Accra, Ghana. AfWA has produced a summary video of the event. See from minute 9:00 as WE&B explains the role of the AfriAlliance project within the AfWA event and its wider impact in […]

In my experience, I have rarely been made aware of coastal or river sand mining in academic terms or in my daily life. Only recently have I heard the term in my master’s course, in developmental reports and here at WE&B. However, did you know that the Economist (2017) reports that sand and gravel are […]

It has been 3 months since our Launch Conference in South Africa. All AfriAlliance partners are now back in their offices to continue their work on building Alliances between Africa and the EU in Water and Climate. If you would like to see WE&B in action, please join us from the 17th to the 21st of July in Ghana […]

On the 28-30th of June, The Interreg MED Programme hosted the ‘New challenges in the AgriFood sector as part of the 1st Green Grown Community Transnational Event’, organized to bring together and involve relevant stakeholders of the Mediterranean area and other European regions to discuss the challenges of the Agrofood sector. The conference held workshops, […]

With over 220 participants, Water Innovation Europe 2017 was a resounding success. The WssTP’s annual stakeholder conference dedicated to ‘The Value of water: The case for innovation and investment in water’ took place on the 14 and 15 of June in Brussels. This year’s edition of of the conference showcased that pro-actively addressing the European water challenges can create and […]

From the 12th to the 14th of June, 2017, WE&B participated in the Kick-off Meeting of the H2020 project RUN4LIFE. The kick-off meeting was held in Sneek, Netherlands, at one of the 4 Demonstration Sites of the project. In this 4 year project, WE&B will be leading Work Package 6 Strategic Organisational and Social Innovation. In […]

Three years ago we set out to build a consultancy in innovation in the water and environment sectors. It was not until May 4, 2017 that we decided to celebrate WE&Bs short but yet very successful track record, surrounded by our collaborators and closest partners taking advantage of our new office location in the Smart Community Trade Center in [...]

The 20th to the 24th of March 2017, Water Week Latin America was held in Santiago de Chile, where WE&B was present as partner in the project WaterClima LAC. The fourth meeting of the project consortium, consisting of: WE&B, CATIE, CAD, CTM, Amphos21, INTEC, FCH, EFB, CONICET, Tec de Monterrey, was held at Fundación Chile. The meeting dealt […]