WFEO successfully co-organised the Global Solutions Summit (GSS) (GSS 2023), in partnership with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), at the margins of the 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs, which convened at the United Nations in New York on May 3-4, 2023
Announcement of Dr Marlene Kanga AO as Keynote speaker at the Global Solutions Summit
The theme of GSS2023 was: Leveraging the Diaspora, Youth, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) to Harness STI for the SDGs by 2030.
The GSS2023 amplified the discussions held at the first STI in Africa Day which was held as part of the UN Science Technology and Innovation Forum on 2 May 2023. It explored case studies on the successful implementation of various SDGs.
GSS2023 assembled a roster of thoughtful doers – women and men who are actively working in the field to surmount these development challenges – to explain what they did, how they did it, what went right and what went wrong, where gaps or broken circuits exist in the innovation/deployment ecosystem, and what needs to be done to create an ecosystem that can support the design, development, and deployment of solutions on the scale required to achieve the SDGs by 2030.
Dr Marlene Kanga AO, Former WFEO President 2017-2019, delivers the keynote address at the Global Solutions Summit
Topics discussed included specific capacity building policies and programs, including workforce training and development, financially and socially sustainable, inclusive business models for deploying development solutions at scale, programs to strengthen the capacity of the local private sector, the local workforce, and the local engineering community to participate in smart global and local value chains in manufacturing, agriculture, and value-added services and how the African diaspora can support these objectives.
Dr Marlene Kanga AO, Former WFEO President 2017-2019, delivers the keynote address at the Global Solutions Summit
Dr Marlene Kanga AO, former WFEO president 2017-2019, presented a keynote presentation on the work being done by WFEO to address the quality of engineers through the review of the International Engineering Alliance Graduate Attributes and Professional Competencies benchmarks and capacity-building efforts for more engineers with the right skills in Africa. She also presented a case study on the implementation of sustainable water infrastructure in Greater Sydney.
The link to the recording of the Global Solutions Summit 2023 by UN Web TV is available here:
Global Solutions Summit (GSS 2023) (STI Forum 2023 Special Event) | UN Web TV
A link to the Policy Brief on the Case Study on implementing sustainable water solutions for smart cities by Dr Marlene Kanga AO is available here:
Sustainable and Climate Resilient Solution for Water Services – from Policy to Implementation – a Case Study
You can see below the video recording of the Policy Brief on the Case Study on implementing sustainable water solutions for smart cities by Dr Marlene Kanga AO, between 32:35 and 36:55.
Article Contributed by Dr Marlene Kanga, WFEO President 2017-2019.
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