The UN SDGs and WFEO’s strategic approach to advancing these – Dr Marlene Kanga interview by Research Features


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 ...

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Celebrating WFEO 50th anniversary and membership of Myanmar Engineering Council and Myanmar Engineering Society


 
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 ...

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Massive Open On-Line Course – Engineers Canada – Sustainability in practice

Massive Open On-Line Course - Engineers Canada – Sustainability in practice

 

Registration is now open for the massive open online course (MOOC) being developed by Engineers Canada website and Polytechnique Montréal based on the National Guideline on Sustainable Development and Environmental Stewardship for Engineers, which is the Canadian adoption of the Continue Reading →

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WFEO participation in the 62nd IAEA General Conference

WFEO participation in the 62nd IAEA General Conference
 

Like every year, WFEO Past President Eng. Jorge Spitalnik and Executive Vice president and Chair of the WFEO-UN Relations Committee (WURC) Eng. Reginald Vachon attended the 62nd International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna, Austria, 17-21 September 2018.

They represented WFEO, an ...

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The 5th Africa Engineering Week

Report of the 5th Africa Engineering Week
 

The Institution of Engineers Kenya in collaboration with the Federation of African Engineering Organisations (FAEO) hosted the African Engineering Conference in Mombasa, Kenya, between 17 and 21 September, with the support from UNESCO and guidance from the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO).

The Theme of the Conference, “Harnessing Blue Economy for Accelerated Economic Growth”, is ...

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World Conference on Science Literacy 2018 held in Beijing

World Conference on Science Literacy 2018

World Conference on Science Literacy 2018 was held in 17-19 September 2018 in Beijing by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) with the support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the International Science Council ...

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Workshop on Human and Artificial Intelligence during WIC2018 was successfully held in Tianjin, China

Workshop on Human and Artificial Intelligence during World Intelligence Congress WIC2018 was successfully held in Tianjin, China

The Workshop on Human and Artificial Intelligence was held on May 16th 2018 at the 2nd World Intelligence Congress (WIC2018), in Tianjin, China and was jointly organized by the Knowledge Society Division of United Nations Education ...

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WFEO participation in the UN Session of STI Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs

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 ...

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ISTIC 10th Anniversary celebration and International Conference on Climate Change Education: address the UN Sustainable Development Goals 4 and 13 – Education and Climate Change

ISTIC 10th Anniversary celebration and International Conference on Climate Change Education

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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