Registration closes April 15th for second offering of massive open online course (MOOC) Sustainability in Practice, which is available for free and for completion by May 17th.
The Massive Open On-Line Course – Sustainability in practice is available in english and ...
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In the scope of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reform and in response to the recommendations of the Executive Council in June 2018, the Commission of Hydrology (CHy) of the WMO has met between February 11 and 14 in Geneva in order to pave the way for the future of hydrology at the international level and propose a coherent solution to ...
The 30th meeting of UN-Water, which deals with ongoing and future issues to be addressed by UN-Water-related agencies and SDG 6 “Water and Sanitation”, was held on 31 January and 1 February 2019, in the presence and with the participation of the partners of UN-Water, among which is the World ...
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) 24 was held in Katowice, ...
The International Forum on Engineering Capacity, held in Beijing from 21-23 November 2018 and hosted by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) was an important event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the World Federation of Engineering ...
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On 19 November 2018, Jacques de Méreuil, WFEO Executive Director, participated in a meeting organized by UNESCO Natural Science Sector on the theme of “Mobilization of knowledge systems for sustainable development: new challenges for local knowledge of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS)”.
Knowledge systems refer to a whole set of understandings about the world around us, ...
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See below the report of WFEO President Elect Gong Ke, who attended the 46th board meeting of UNIDO in Vienna, Austria, from 26 to 28 November 2018.
The Industrial Development Board (IDB) comprises 53 members, elected for a four-year term on a rotational basis from all Member States. It reviews the implementation of the work programme, the regular and operational budgets, makes recommendations ...
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Opening the World Intelligence Congress, Tianjin, June 2017.
It could be argued that engineers have saved more lives than doctors; the work of civil engineers, for example, in ensuring clean water and sanitation, has eradicated diseases like cholera and typhoid in the developed world. Today, the 50-year-old World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) makes sure that the work of engineers ...
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Dr. Marlene Kanga, AM, FTSE Hon. FIEAust, Hon. FIChemE, is the President of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO), and has had a successful career in the oil, gas and chemical industry. A previous National President of Engineers Australia, she was ...
WFEO celebrated its 50th anniversary and the membership of its latest national member, the Myanmar Engineering Council and associate organization, Myanmar Engineering Society at a series of meetings and a gala dinner in Yangon, Myanmar , from 23 to 25 August 2018.
WFEO President Dr. Marlene Kanga visited the offices of Myanmar Engineering Council and ...