The Chinese Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and its associated societies hosted an international webinar on global development and governance in science and technology on 30th May 2020, the 4th National Science and Technology Workers’ Day.
This Day celebrates the contributions of science and technology workers and acknowledges the knowledge, talents and innovation ...
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The World Federation of Engineering Organisations hosted a successful consultation webinar on the draft International Standard ISO DIS 37000 Guidance for the Governance of Organisations on 11 July 2020. The event was attended by delegates from more than 20 countries.
The proposed structure of the draft ISO DIS 37000 Standard and key areas of interest to ...
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The release of the WFEO, World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) and UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) joint report entitled “White Paper: Resilient Infrastructure – Geospatial & BIM” (available here) has been announced on 9th June during the
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The 4th World Intelligence Congress (WIC2020), supported by WFEO, was successfully held online in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic around the globe, in Tianjin from June 23 to June 24, 2020 under the theme of “Intelligence New Era: Innovation, Energization and Ecology”.
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There is an increasing pressure, need and opportunity to shape an economic recovery from COVID-19 which will be based on climate-related actions.
According to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the recovery must respect the rights of future generations, enhancing climate action aiming at carbon neutrality by 2050 and protecting biodiversity. “We will need to ‘build-back-better’ and ...
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The International Center for Creativity and Sustainable Development (ICCSD) organized an online event “Creativity 2030 Forum” in May 8 to conduct discussions in response to the unprecedented common challenge posted by COVID-19 from perspectives of public health policy, urban planning, application of science and technology, community building, environmental protection and global governance.
Prof. ...
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The current health crisis has raised many questions in the public and political sphere of the society on the ways to ...
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To all members of WFEO.
The human community is facing an extraordinary challenge with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). The Covid-19 disease is progressing rapidly, more than 175 countries and territories impacted, with more than 750,000 confirmed cases by March 30, and 36,000 deaths.
These are difficult times for everyone as individuals, with families and friends being victims ...
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Registration is currently open for the first edition of the online course “Risk Management for Tsunami-Related Disasters”, which is being offered through the WFEO Committee on Disaster Risk Management (WFEO-CDRM) platform. The course is completely free and begun on March 6th, 2020 and must be completed by April 10th.
This course is a ...
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Registration is open for the fourth offering of the massive open online course (MOOC) Sustainability in Practice, which is available for free. This self-paced course starts March 18 2020 and must be completed by May ...
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