Review the IEA Graduate Attributes and Professional Competencies Framework
WFEO has an MoU with IEA which was renewed in November 2019 and which established a Working Group to review the IEA Graduate Attribute and Professional Competency Framework which is the basis for mutual recognition of engineering qualifications and professional credentials across more than 30 countries.
The Working Group has the following objectives:
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An important milestone was achieved in June 2020 at the annual meetings of the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) when the WFEO National Member of Costa Rica,
The Colegio Federado de Ingenieros y de Arquitectos de Costa Rica (CFIA), became a signatory of the Washington Accord.
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The World Engineers Convention 2019, featured a successful plenary session on engineering education which was hosted by the World Federation of Engineering Organisations.
The session was held on 21 November 2019 at the Melbourne Convention Centre and was called: “World Engineering Education – the paradigm shift to engineer the future”
The session was moderated by Dr Marlene Kanga, WFEO President.
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The Civil Society Organization Forum (CSO) Forum took place on 24 September 2019 in Conference Room 4 at UN Headquarters in New York.
The Civil Society SDG Forum aims to create a space for constructive and propositional dialogue between civil society and UN Member States, international organizations and other related constituencies on the possible responses to the challenges exposed by the first ...
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The 2019 edition of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2019) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) focused on “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”.
The session took place from 9 to 15 July 2019 in New York, at the UN Headquarters, and conducted in-depth reviews of five Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDG 4 (quality education), SDG 8 (decent work and ...
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The 2019 edition of the International Engineering Alliance Meetings (IEAM 2019) was hosted in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) at the Crowne Plaza, Hong Kong Kowloon East from 9 to 14 June 2019.
The International Engineering Alliance (IEA) ...
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The Fourth Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum), co-chaired by Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations and Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations, took place on 14-15 May 2019 in UN Headquarters, New York.
The annual STI Forum, convened by UN ECOSOC and UN DESA, provided ...
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The International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) offers capacity building webinars for engineering educators and stakeholders. Each webinar tackles cutting-edge and controversial topics in engineering and engineering pedagogy, facilitated by top-rated professionals from academia and industry. The 2019 series is being facilitated by Krishna Vedula from ...
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The Mobile Learning Week 2019, under the theme “Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable development” co- organized by UNESCO, the International Telecommunication Union, the ProFuturo Foundation and Skillogs, was held from 4 to 8 March 2019, at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
The ...
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