The third annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) met June 5-6 2018 at the UN Headquarters in New-York in New York.
Members of WFEO UN Relations Committee (WURC) participated in the STI Forum with the side event “Systems Analysis and Capacity Building for Transformative Change toward Achieving the SDGs and long-term sustainability”, ...
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The International Science Technology and Innovation Center (ISTIC), a UNESCO Category 2 Center celebrated its 10th anniversary with a conference on Sustainable Development Practices in Climate Change Education in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7-8 May 2018.
ISTIC is a partner of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations ...
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The South Pacific Engineers Association (SPEA) held its inaugural SPEA Symposium on “Sustainable Infrastructure Successful Economy” on 23rd April 2018. The event was supported by the Government of Fiji with attendance by the President of Fiji and members of Parliament, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, University of the ...
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The 2018 session of the UN Economic and Social (ECOSOC) Partnership Forum, organized 4 April 2018 at the UN Headquarters in New York city, took place under the theme “Partnerships for promoting opportunities, increased prosperity and sustainable development for all” and discussed SDG 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure) and the role of partnerships.
This year, the focus was on how the private ...
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See below the article “IFEES signs MoU with WFEO” by WFEO President Elect Dr. Marlene Kanga published in “Global Engineer”, the IFEES (International Federation of Engineering Education Societies) and GEDC (Global Engineering Deans Council) Bulletin.
WFEO and IFEES signed a historic agreement to collaborate on projects ...
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1. General
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s rights. CSW established from 1946. Its mandate was to “prepare recommendations and reports to the Economic and Social Council on promoting women’s rights in political, economic, civil, social and educational fields” and to make recommendations “on urgent problems requiring ...
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The 2018 edition of the OECD Global Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum took take place in the OECD Headquarters, in Paris, on 27 – 28 March 2018.
Under the main theme “Planet Integrity: Building a Fairer Society”, discussions were held on how integrity cultivates a level playing ...
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The WFEO Committee for Women in Engineering (WIE) joined the world community in collaboration with UNESCO to celebrate the 2018 International Women’s Day in Paris, France.
The high point of the event which was held on March 9, 2018, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris was the ...
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The Global SDG 7 Conference was a Global Preparatory Meeting in support of the review of SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) at the 2018 UN High Level Political Forum and was jointly organized by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and United Nations Economic and Social ...
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The WFEO National member of Portugal, Ordem dos Engenheiros (OdE), celebrated the WFEO 50th Anniversary with a Symposium on “The Portuguese Engineer in the world context”, ...