Event Report

The WFEO Committee on Women in Engineering in collaboration with the International Science Council (ISC), the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES) and the United Nations University organized the webinar “Intersectionality of gender, climate change ...

The third Summit of the African Women Engineers organized by the Committee of Women in Engineering of the Federation of African Engineering Organization was held virtually on 4th December, 2020.

The theme of the symposium was “Achieving Gender Equality in Africa – Perspective of Female Engineers. The programme had about 120 Women Engineers in attendance ...

UNDESA, UNESCO, WFEO and UN Office of Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology have just released “Resource Guide on Artificial Intelligence Strategies” in June 2021.

This document is a continuation of the work on the STI for SDGs Roadmaps focusing on one specific area: AI strategy development. Unlike the ...

WFEO and its Committee on Young Engineers / Future Leaders organized the HLPF 2021 side event “Deploying Global Youth Capacity in UN Policy and Engineering for SDG 13” on Friday, 09 July 2021, as a side event of the 2021 edition of the High-level Political Forum

The crises of ...

The reviewed Graduate Attributes and Professional Competencies (GAPC) Framework was presented at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) TVET (Tertiary and Vocational Education and Training) Workshop on Regional Industry-Academia Collaboration for Talent Development and Inclusive Growth: Skill Training, Internship, Jobs and Women. This hybrid event was held on 7 May, 2021 in Taipei.

The workshop ...

HLPF 2021 Theme and in-focus SDGs

The theme of the United Nations 2021 HLPF is “Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development: building an inclusive and effective path for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda in the context of the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development”. ...

This Science & Technology Innovation (STI) Forum 2021 side event was organized by WFEO in collaboration with its Affiliate Member American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the International Science Council (ISC).

This event presented on 4th May 2021 the second UNESCO Engineering Report: “ Continue Reading →

A virtual dialogue with Ms. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and Dr. Liberato (Levi) Bautista, President of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) took place last 8 April, moderated by Mrs. Lidiya Grigoreva, Chief UNOG ...

Young engineers were featured at the celebrations of World Engineering Day by WFEO and UNESCO at a high level event on 4th March 2021.

Ms Genna Rajam Bangaroo, a Civil Engineering Student, University of Mauritius, Mauritius spoke about her desire to contribute to sustainable development to her Small Island Developing State (SIDS), Mauritius.

Round-table ...