Last 9 and 10 April, Eng. Dr. Martin Manuhwa, Chair of the WFEO Committee on Engineering Capacity Building (WFEO-CECB), met in Beijing with Ms. Luo Hui, Director-General of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) Department of International Cooperation, and Vice President and Co-Secretary-General of the Chinese Society of Engineers (CSE).
The CAST team was informed that the WFEO-CECB was indeed a global Committee of WFEO and to demonstrate that it has activities in Europe, in the UK and France, the US at the STI forum later in May and in Asia as partners of the Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP) and the Pan American Federation of Engineering Societies (UPADI) in the Africa, Asia and the Pacific Accord. The Engineering Capacity Building for Africa Programme (ECBAP) is the WFEO Committee‘s signature project.
From left to right: Ms. Zhang Zhen, Secretary-General, Preparatory Committee of the International Federation of Engineering Societies for the Belt and Road; Mr. Zhou Daya, Director-General, Center for Professional Training and Services of CAST, Executive Deputy Secretary-General, CSE; Ms. Luo Hui, Director-General, CAST’s Department of International Cooperation and CSE’s Vice President and Co-Secretary-General; Eng. Dr. Martin Manuhwa, Chair of WFEO-CECB and Mr. WANG Guanyi, Head of ECBAP Programme at CAST Headquarters.
The two sides also held in-depth exchanges and reached preliminary consensus on advancing collaboration between the Engineering Council of Zimbabwe (ECZ) and the CSE Secretariat, systematically promoting the ECBAP and supporting the establishment of the ‘Belt and Road’ International Federation of Engineering Organizations. They also explored enhanced cooperation in facilitating engineer exchanges between China-Zimbabwe and China-Africa, organizing Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities, and pooling training resources for mutual benefit.
The meeting was attended by representatives from the CSE Secretariat, the preparatory office of the Belt and Road International Federation of Engineering Organizations, and ECBAP International Programme Office (IPO).
Eng. Dr. Martin Manuhwa also met with IPO staff in Tianjin and delivered a lecture to Nankai University students, introducing WFEO and its ECBAP programme.
Eng. Dr. Martin Manuhwa delivering a lecture at Nankai University.
Eng. Dr. Martin Manuhwa with ECBAP International Programme Office (IPO) staff in Tianjin
Report by Eng. Dr Martin Manuhwa, Chair of the WFEO Committee on Engineering Capacity Building (CECB)
MAY
2025