The World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) and the International Science Council (ISC), partners in the UN Scientific and Technological Community Major Group, organized the side-event “The Role of the Science and Technology (S&T) Community on the Pillars for Accelerating Progress and Transformative Actions on SDG 6” on 23 March 2023.
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Aligned with 2023 Theme: Engineering Innovation For A More Resilient World and as part of the World Engineering Day Celebrations, the Young Engineers / Future Leaders Committee organized a webinar on 24 February 2023 entitled “Smart Sustainable Communities and Frontier Technologies” in collaboration with the
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WFEO, the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI), the Commonwealth Engineers’ Council (CEC), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) organized the webinar “Collaborative Engineering Initiatives for a Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment” on 21 February 2023, ...
The 2023 FAEO Conference and Investiture ceremony held successfully on 27 January 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda at the Convention Centre and attracted over 100 delegates composed of leaders of engineering institutions from Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, DRC, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Burundi, USA and the host country, Rwanda.
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The WFEO Committee on Engineering and the Environment (WFEO-CEE), in partnership with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) presented a side event at the UNFCCC COP27 Conference titled “The global engineering view: delivering an ...
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In November this year, COP27 was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Representatives of the WFEO Committee on Young Engineers / Future Leaders Working Group for Climate Action (SDG13) were amongst the 35,000 present at the Conference and reflected on its outcomes.
The atmosphere of the annual United Nations ...
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I had the opportunity to participate as a member of the WFEO Executive Council in the First Global Conference on Sustainable Plant Production (GPC) from 2 to 4 November in Rome, Italy, at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters.
The inauguration was ...
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Esteemed Members and the Community at large,
Today is International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) (https://www.un.org/en/observances/anti-corruption-day), The 2022 IACD seeks to highlight the crucial link between anti-corruption and peace, security, and development which imply the start of efforts to mark the twentieth anniversary of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). The theme of this year focuses on ...
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The UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – Mondiacult 2022 was held from 28 to 30 September 2022, in Mexico City.
This meeting organized by UNESCO represented a very important forum worldwide to discuss cultural policies and world development. All the Secretaries of Culture attended, and a large number of ...
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WFEO organized a webinar on Climate Change on 5 December 2022, in which the speakers were representatives from many WFEO Standing Technical Committees actively involved in the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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