The Committee on Engineering and the Environment (CEE), in partnership with the Engineering Institute of Canada, hosted a side event entitled “Implementing Equitable, Sustainable and Climate Resilient Infrastructure & Local Adaptive Capacity” at the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference on 11 June.
The side event presented ...
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Dr Marlene Kanga AO, an outstanding and transformative leader of engineering and technology organisations in Australia and internationally has been made an Officer of the Order of Australia, a national honor, “for distinguished service to engineering, particularly as a global leader and role model to women, to professional organisations and to business.”
Listed among Australia’s ...
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The World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS Forum) 2022 High-Level Track took place from 30 May to 3 June 2022, at ITU Headquarters in Geneva with enhanced remote participation, featuring an Opening Segment, High-Level Policy Sessions, a Ministerial Round Table, and High-Level Dialogues.
Under the theme “ICTs for Well-Being, Inclusion and Resilience: WSIS Cooperation ...
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The seventh annual UN Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) was held from 5 to 6 May 2022 at the UN-HQ in New York, during the 2022 session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
The collaborative STI Forum ...
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The seventh annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) was held from 5 to 6 May 2022, convened by the President of UN ECOSOC. The theme of the STI Forum is closely aligned with the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and is “Science, technology and ...
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See below a paper by Jorge E. Abramian, President of the World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE) and Member of the WFEO Executive Council, that analyzes a survey concerning the current challenges of Civil Engineering. The original article is available on this page.
International engineering forum discussions always ...
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On May 6, 2022, The WFEO Committee on Young Engineers / Future Leaders (YE/FL) – Working Group on SDG#13 “Climate Action” presented the Side event on “Preparing the Future Engineering Workforce to Achieve the SDGs Through Multi-Stakeholder Engagement” at the UN STI Forum.
The side event explored how to ...
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See below an article from the March 2022 edition of the magazine “Human Futures”, by World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF) publication.
With Dawn Bonfield, MBE, Deputy chair of the WFEO Committee on Women in Engineering & Claire A. Nelson, Chief ...
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The WFEO committee on Anti-corruption in collaboration with Global Infrastructure Anti-corruption Centre (GIACC) hosted the webinar “2022 Chandler Good Government Index findings – Why Government Capabilities Matter for Anti-corruption ?” on 12 May 2022.
The Chandler Good Governance Index (CGGI) is a new measurement tool ...
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In November 2021, at the 41th session of the General Conference of UNESCO, 193 Member States unanimously adopted the first global standard-setting instrument on open science, the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.
Developed through a regionally balanced multistakeholder, inclusive and transparent consultation process, this landmark international agreement defines shared values and principles for ...
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