I was invited by the UNESCO Addis Ababa Office to attend the Continental Conference on Transforming STEM in Africa held between 26 and 28 November 2024. In line with the program, the Minister of Science, Technology and innovation from south Africa and I gave Keynote Addresses at the Opening ...
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The Forum was held from 12 to 15 November and was organized by the International Competence Centre for Mining Engineering Education, under the auspices of UNESCO in collaboration with the Empress Catherine II St. Petersburg Mining University, Russia.
The theme of the Forum was “The Role of Engineering Education and Science in Achieving ...
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On 12 October 2024, I had the honor of leading a delegation of WFEO leadership to the UN Environment Program (UNEP) global headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, where we engaged in a fruitful discussion with Dr. Rose Mwabaza, Director and Regional Representative for Africa.
Key areas of mutual interest and potential collaboration between WFEO and UNEP were ...
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With members of the World Bank Department of Infrastructure
On the advice of the WFEO-UN Relations Committee (WURC), I visited the United States of America to have meetings with the following Officials/Organizations:
Marie-Line Vaiani, Chair of the WFEO Committee on Energy and Secretary General of the French Energy Council, participated in COP29 as a member of the UN Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET) delegation.
These days of intense discussions and reflections were structured around the CEET plenary meeting, thematic working sessions, an industrial visit and ...
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The Institution of Engineers Rwanda (IER), together with WFEO, the Rwanda Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA), UNESCO and the Federation Of African Engineering Organisations hosted the Global Engineering Conference (GECO) from 15 to 18 October 2024 at the ...
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The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP29, was the 29th United Nations Climate Change conference, held from 11 to 22 November 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The COP29 Presidency’s plan was based on two mutually reinforcing parallel pillars. ...
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The 40th meeting of UN-Water took place on 4-5 November at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
UN-Water Chair Alvaro Lario opened proceedings, and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Water, Mrs. Retno Marsudi, addressed around 130 representatives from UN-Water Members and Partners.
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The 2024 World Science and Technology Development Forum (WSTDF 2024), organized by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), was held from 22 to 24 October 2024 in Beijing, China.
WFEO President Mustafa Shehu had nominated Er Ashok Basa, WFEO Executive Vice President, to represent WFEO in this event.
The theme of ...
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The WFEO Committee on Young Engineers/Future Leaders (WFEO-YEFL) hosted the webinar “Leveraging Satellite Data to Address Poverty: Innovations and Impacts” on 20 November 2024.
The recording is available by clicking on the below image.
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