WFEO Secretariat wishes to inform you about the excellent news concerning our Federation’s approval as a Member of UN Water and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Following an application which was sent to UN Water last December, under the leadership of our Executive Board and of our Committee on Water. It ...
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Hosted by the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES), the award celebrated Ir Prof Dr Leong Wai Yie’s achievements in global capacity building (developing and building knowledge and skills internationally) and commitments to the representation of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).
Ir Prof Dr Leong Wai Yie ...
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Last 4th of March, the World Engineering Day 2023 (WED2023) was celebrated across the globe with the theme Engineering Innovation For a More Resilient World by many engineering institutions, businesses, UN bodies and social groups.
The 4th March celebration took place after the 2 day-conference “Engineering: the cities of the future” that was organized by Continue Reading →
See below the article by Chloe Hava, on 30 August 2023, published in the Create website, powered by Engineers Australia. The original article is available on this page.
Last 21 August, WFEO President José Vieira and his team visited Tsinghua University. YANG Bin, Vice President of Tsinghua University and Executive Director of the International Centre for Engineering Education (ICEE), a category II center of UNESCO met with them at Gong Zi Ting.
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WFEO was invited to attend the 43rd Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Conference held from 1st to 7 July 2023, at the FAO headquarters, in Rome.
Dr. Ania Lopez, WFEO National Member Representative for Italy (National council Italian engineers, CNI) at the WFEO Executive Council, represented the federation.
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The WFEO Committee on Women in Engineering in collaboration with the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES), the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI), the Institution of Civil Engineers UK, the Engineering Council of ...
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The Graduate Attributes and Professional Competencies Framework (GAPC) is the international engineering benchmark which is the basis for mutual recognition of engineering qualifications and professional engineering credentials across more than 30 nations.
The GAPC was reviewed between November 2019 and March 2021 and unanimously approved by the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) signatories in June ...
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The UNESCO Capacity Building Section, Natural Sciences Sector hosted a webinar on Large-Scale Renewable Energy Deployment for Climate Change Mitigation, on 10 July 2023, as part of its the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme.
The event featured speakers who are UNESCO University Chairs in this field from around the world.
Former WFEO President Dr Marlene ...
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Launched on 20 July, the new International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI) report captures key takeaways from the ICSI-led convening on 17 May 2023, at the UNDRR’s Risk Reduction Hub. The convening brought together stakeholders from the infrastructure sector to discuss how the calls-to-action and recommendations of the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster ...