Date: Wednesday 6th April 2022
Time: 09:30 – 16:00pm
Location: Rickety Bridge Winery, Main Rd, Franschhoek, 7690. Morning programme: both online and physical
Target Group: All OKP project partners and participants
Registration link: https://forms.gle/tBQSg21XHkztQdSP9
Facilitator: SALGA

Programme
09:00

Walk in

09:30
Welcome and introduction
Gabrielle Knufman (Director World Water Academy and Project Director OKP project)

09:40
Bilateral collaboration on water between The Netherlands and South Africa
Nichi Walker (Deputy Consul General
Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

09:45
Opening by South African lead project partner Durban University of Technology (DUT)
Sheena Kumani (Professor DUT and Project Coordinator OKP project)

09:50
Looking back at 3 years OKP: “Bridging the Water”
Gabrielle Knufman

10:05
Training of trainers and on the job training: highlights, lessons learned and good practices
Claudia Peters (Training Manager at World Water Academy and Project Coordinator OKP project)

10:25
Living Labs
Mariska Heijs (Senior lecturer Water at Hogeschool Rotterdam and work package leader of the OKP Living Labs)
Kevin Winter (Professor at UCT and Coordinator of living labs)
Emilie Buist (Project Manager Water Innovations at TU Delft and Coordinator of Living Labs)

10:45
Highlights of research done in the living labs
South African and Dutch students

11:00
Coffee Break

11:10
Future Opportunities after “Bridging the Water”
William Moraka (Manager at SALGA and work package leader of the dissemination)
Uchechi Obinna (Researcher at CEW and work package leader of the Institutionalization)

11:45
Conclusion and Q&A
Gabrielle Knufman

12:00
Lunch

12:30
Field Visit to the Franschhoek Waterhub
Kevin Winter

16:00
Networking and drinks