The tenth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) and Side Events took place from 5 to 8 May 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
The theme for the STI Forum 2025 is: “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, and evidence-based, science and technology solutions and innovations for the 2030 Agenda ...
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The 2024 World Science Forum took place in Budapest, Hungary, from 20 to 23 November. Every two years, over 900 leading scientists, decision-makers from the world of politics, industry, representatives of the civil society and the media from all over the world gather for the World Science Forum to engage in dialogue about pressing global ...
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The Forum was held from 12 to 15 November and was organized by the International Competence Centre for Mining Engineering Education, under the auspices of UNESCO in collaboration with the Empress Catherine II St. Petersburg Mining University, Russia.
The theme of the Forum was “The Role of Engineering Education and Science in Achieving ...
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With members of the World Bank Department of Infrastructure
On the advice of the WFEO-UN Relations Committee (WURC), I visited the United States of America to have meetings with the following Officials/Organizations:
The WFEO Committee on Young Engineers/Future Leaders (WFEO-YEFL) hosted the webinar “Leveraging Satellite Data to Address Poverty: Innovations and Impacts” on 20 November 2024.
The recording is available by clicking on the below image.
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On 18 October 2024, leaders of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), representing some 30 million engineers, and its sister organization, the Atlas Initiative for Climate Resilient Infrastructure (Atlas), a global leader in sustainability and disaster resilience, held a bilateral meeting with high-level representatives of the World Bank on ...
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The recognition of the Institution of Engineers Mauritius (IEM) Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB) as a provisional signatory of the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) was celebrated on the national Engineers Day 13 September 2024 by the President of the Republic of Mauritius His Excellency Prithvirajsing Roopun and by the Vice Prime Minister and Minister ...
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The WFEO Committee on Young Engineers / Future Leaders (YEFL) in partnership with Project Catalyst organized the webinar “Engineering Insights” on 8 August 2024.
The recording is available by clicking on the below image.
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I was at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on Friday 28th June 2024 to sign the Framework Agreement between WFEO and UNESCO after the expiration of the previous Agreement in May this year. The UNESCO Director for Natural Sciences Sector Division of Science Policy and Capacity Building Hu Shaofeng, Engr. Mukhtar Zakari, WFEO Executive Vice President Continue Reading →
The 5th Engineering Partnerships Convention (EPC) 2024 was held from 7 to 10 May at the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT) a public university located in Nyeri County, Kenya, under the theme “Engineering@60: Reflections, Response, Resetting”
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