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 Liaison Unit.
The sixth annual “Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs” (STI Forum) will be held 4 to 5 May 2021. The STI Forum is a unique UN platform for debate, discussion and creation around STI for the SDGs. As a multi-stakeholder space, the STI Forum will include the participation of stakeholders ...
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.
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UNESCO and the World Federation of Engineering Organisations celebrated World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development with the launch of the second UNESCO Engineering Report, Engineering for Sustainable Development – Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals”, at a high level virtual event hosted by UNESCO on 4th March 2021. The event was live streamed to thousands of ...
World Engineering Day 2021 achieved great success with more than 100 events registered on the World Engineering Day website in every continent of the world.
An estimated 32 million people were engaged through conventional and social media.
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, UN and UNESCO all communicated their support for the Day.
Many companies, ...
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WFEO was proud to host two webinars that presented the insights of leading women engineers who have shared their leadership journeys in Rising to The Top Volume II.
This book was developed ...
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The UNESCO Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, Jakarta, in collaboration with the Association for Engineering Education in Southeast Asia and the Pacific (AEESEAP) and the Institution of Engineers Indonesia (PII), organised an online event to celebrate World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development on ...
The Philippines Technological Council (PTC) together with the Philippines Department (Ministry) of Science and Technology and the Manila Water Foundation, a foundation fostering WASH (Water Access, Sanitation & Hygiene) celebrated World Engineering Day on 4th March with a webinar and award ceremony for recognition of exemplary ...
WFEO, the International Network of Women in Engineering and Sciences (INWES) and the
International Science Council (ISC) are leading international organisations in science, technology and engineering, representing women in STEM from more than 100 nations.
Leaders from these organisations came together on 20 March 2021 at the United ...
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The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), and the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) jointly hosted a virtual conference on “Women in STEM in Time of the Pandemic – Facing Challenges, Finding Resilience.”, as ...