Water as Leverage Academy USA – supporting the knowledge exchange partnership between Florida and Rotterdam and WaL-A USA connection to the Dutch context

About this project

Through the Water as Leverage Academy USA, the Government of the Netherlands aims to establish a structured trajectory that stimulates mutual learning, co-creation between Dutch and USA. cities, institutions, and practitioners inspired by Water as Leverage. The Academy provides a platform for mutual learning, cocreation and design, in which USA and Dutch partners co-develop approaches, test methodologies in real-world urban contexts, and jointly reflect on lessons learned to advance urban water resilience. This trajectory aims to contribute to strengthening institutional relationships, enhancing professional networks, and generating knowledge that is relevant to both countries and enriches the Water as Leverage methodology and toolkit. Explicit connections are to be sought with the Netherlands via Dutch platforms (e.g. NL2120), cities (Rotterdam, Amsterdam, others), governmental institutions and research organisations.This assignment aims to further strengthen the potential partnership between Florida and the City of Rotterdam, next to contributing to the landing strip for the knowledge exchange that takes place between the USA and the Netherlands. The activities and deliverables on short term focus on contributing to the Setting the Scene for the shared knowledge agenda, which will be presented mid-April. The Setting the Scene will be presented and elaborated during an event in Miami, for which the contractor is requested to partner with Rotterdam and other key counterparts…

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Netherlands Enterprise Agency · Government

Countries

United States

Sectors

Water sector policy and administrative managementUrban development

Focus

Climate adaptation · Also contributes

Funded by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Accountable

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Published by Netherlands Enterprise Agency to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 24 Jul 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27378529-PVW526WAL5.

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