My first blog in which I will tell a little bit about myself and my upcoming internship

Hello, my name is Margot van der Voort. I graduated from Grammar School,a pre-university school that includes the study of Latin and Greek. I was one of two girls in my year who decided to focus on science, mathematics and physics. I chose this direction because I’ve always been in interested in technical matters in general. That is also the reason why I have enlisted at the Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands.

The main purpose of this internship at the Strengthening Water Management and Irrigation Systems Rehabilitation Project is to get acquainted with technical projects abroad. During my time in Vietnam I will have to (i) Identify the organisations responsible for the management of the Bac Hung Hai irrigation system and prepare a short description of their tasks, responsibilities, manpower and financial resources;(ii) describe the interrelationship between the various organisations and the way of communication;(iii) carry out a stakeholders analysis and identify the role of the various stakeholders in the project;(iv) propose possible strategies for involving the various stakeholders and(v) prepare a report with findings and recommendations.

All this will help me a lot during my studies, for I will be studying systems engineering, policy analysis and management at the Technical University of Delft. In this study I will learn how to combine technical and science subjects with social and management aspects. This is exactly what I will be doing in Vietnam; study the social structures of the project and study who are responsible for the management of the project. All in a very technical environment.

I have never been to Asia before, so I am very excited to this first time experience . The only thing I really know about Vietnam is its history so I am very curious what the weather, food and people are going to be like.

Hereby I would like to thank Royal Haskoning and NEDECO for giving me the opportunity to do this internship.

At least every week I will be writing a blog, so I hope you will enjoy reading them,


Margot