European Water Academy launch event

European Water Academy launch event

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) is launching the European Water Academy (EUWA), a flagship action of the European Water Resilience Strategy to tackle the European water crisis. The EUWA is a skill-building, research and innovation infrastructure. It is designed to address the pressing challenges of water management, namely, to foster the building of a modern next-generation water sector workforce while also enabling effective technology transfer and the creation of an attractive, competitive water sector.

The official launch of the EUWA will be opened by Bernard Magenhann, Director-General of the JRC, followed by the unveiling of the Academy. It will showcase the first EUWA Champions and give voice to 'the next generation water professionals'. Moreover, a business‑and‑stakeholder panel will discuss conditions and opportunities for a competitive European water sector.

The event will be streamed online, open to all and does not require registration. 

More information here 

Event agenda here

ERRIN's Blue Economy Working Group has been closely following developments in the area of Blue Skills, including the EU Water Academy, since its presentation during the Water Resilience Forum 2025. On top of that, the  Blue Economy WG and the Science & Education for Society WG are joining forces and will host the third session of ERRIN's Online Skills Talk on the topic of Blue Skills on Tuesday 6 October. Interested members are encouraged to register and can find more information here.