{"id":4399,"date":"2015-11-17T20:25:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T19:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/en\/actueel\/nieuws\/wrc-zuid-afrika-wordt-15e-watershare-lid\/"},"modified":"2017-01-23T12:11:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T11:11:51","slug":"south-africas-wrc-is-watershares-15th-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/en\/actueel\/south-africas-wrc-is-watershares-15th-member\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa\u2019s WRC is Watershare\u2019s 15th member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2015, the Watershare community welcomed the South African Water Research Commission (WRC) as a Gold Member. WRC\u2019s CEO, Dhesigen Naidoo, and his KWR counterpart, Wim van Vierssen, signed the Watershare partnership agreement during the official signing ceremony of the Dutch Trade Mission in Johannesburg, South Africa. The South African Minister of Water Affairs and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane, and Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, were present.<\/p>\n<h2>Promoting water research in South Africa<\/h2>\n<p>The accession of WRC brings the number of Watershare members to 15. Within Watershare, a community of institutes share their knowledge and expertise in the global water sector. WRC and KWR had already been collaborating for several years in their research. WRC\u2019s membership in Watershare creates new opportunities to generate knowledge and promote water research in South Africa, applying the different <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watershare.eu\">Watershare<\/a> tools.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WRC-Zuid-Afrika-wordt-15e-Watershare-lid.jpg\" alt=\"WRC Zuid-Afrika wordt 15e Watershare-lid\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kwrwater.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WRC-Zuid-Afrika-wordt-15e-Watershare-lid2-780x470.jpg\" alt=\"WRC Zuid-Afrika wordt 15e Watershare-lid2\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2015, the Watershare community welcomed the South African Water Research Commission (WRC) as a Gold Member. 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