Message from WFEO President Dr Gong Ke to all members of WFEO, highlighting the crucial role that engineers have to play together to fight the Covid-19 progression rapidly. Engineering and Engineers are needed now more than ever !
The World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) is the international organization for the engineering profession. Founded in 1968, under the auspices of UNESCO, WFEO brings together national engineering institutions from some 100 nations and represents more than 30 million engineers.
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As a result of the rapidly developing Covid-19 outbreak, and in accordance with the recommendations given by the World Health Organization (WHO), find in this link for your information the message sent by WFEO Secretariat.
Covid-19 virus
Engineering: Stepping up to the challenge of coronavirus and other global threats: WFEO has followed the developments in the global spread of Covid-19 with deep concern, both for those affected and those on the frontline of response. In English / Chinese.
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Risk Management for Tsunami-Related Disasters
Registration is open for the first edition of the online course “Risk Management for Tsunami-Related Disasters”, which is offered through the WFEO Committee on Disaster Risk Management (WFEO-CDRM) platform. The course is completely free and will begin on April 6.
UN / WFEO Call for Innovations
Given the current concerns regarding Covid-19 disease, the second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference will be postponed. Accordingly, the deadline of this Call for Innovations will be extended, and the submission will remain open.
MOOC Sustainability in Practice
Registration is open for the 4th offering of the MOOC Sustainability in Practice, which is available for free, in English and French. This self-paced course starts March 18 2020 and is a joint project between Engineers Canada and Polytechnique Montréal.
Joint Capacity Building Workshop on STI
The UN-MoST Joint Capacity Building Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development (STI), organized by UN-DESA, the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, and UN-ESCAP was held from 9 to 17 December in Guilin, China.
International Forum on NGOs – UNESCO
The 11th International Forum of NGOs in official partnership with UNESCO took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, on 16 and 17 December 2019, on the theme “Challenging Inequalities”, with a focus on areas such as youth, income, technology, gender and education.
Report on UN SDG Summit 2019
The Civil Society Organization Forum (CSO) took place on 24 September during the UN SDG summit 2019 at UN Headquarters in New York. The UN Scientific and Technological Community (STC) Major Group, formed by 3 delegates from the International Science Council and WFEO, participated in the discussions.
Report on World Robot Conference 2019
WRC 2019, supported by WFEO, was held from August 20 to 25, 2019 in Beijing, China. The theme was “Creating Intelligent Momentum for a New Era of Openness and Shared Benefits” and aimed at promoting scientific and technological progress under the new industrial development trends in the world.
Report on WFEO-CIC seminar on Smart Cities
The WFEO Committee on Information and Communication with the Institution of Engineers India, the Federation of Myanmar Engineering Society (MES) & the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) organised an International Seminar on “Smart Cities-The Evolution of Urban Development” on 29th August 2019.
CEIT Innovation Stories 01 – Blasting Away the Iced Floods
The WFEO Committee on Engineering for Innovative Technologies (CEIT) wrote an innovation story about a group of young engineers in the field of water who have developed a new toolbox on the freezingly cold river ice to prevent ice-jam flooding in the high-latitude northeastern area of China.
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