Between 10 and 12 June 2025, I spent three days at the Second Belt and Road Forum on Engineering Capacity Building in Chengdu, China, through my role as President of the Commonwealth Engineers’ Council (CEC), at the invitation of my WFEO colleague and Past President Prof. Gong Ke from the Tianjin University ...
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After ten previous successful offerings and more than 10,000 participants worldwide, Engineers Canada and Polytechnique Montréal have opened registration for an eleventh offering of their free online course, Sustainability in Practice.
Register here / S’inscrire ici.
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The first meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development 2024-2033 (IDSSD) took place at the UNESCO HQ in Paris, on 4 September 2024.
IDSSD originates from a resolution adopted in August 2023 by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
This resolution offers a distinctive ...
The first International Conference on Engineering and Technologies for Sustainable Development (ICETSD 2024) took place virtually and in person on 28 August 2024 at the INTI International University, in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
The theme was Sustainable Engineering and Technologies’ Best Practices for a Better Tomorrow and aimed to address global challenges through innovative solutions.
ICETSD 2024 brought together ...
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IDEAS, the Engineering Education Journal No. 21 of the WFEO Committee on Education In Engineering (CEIE), has been republished, thanks to the Myanmar Engineering Council, a WFEO National Member.
IDEAS Journal 21 is based onon articles from speakers amongst international academic experts at the international ICEEA 2022 and ICEEA 2023 conference. This issue ...
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WFEO Committee on Young Engineers / Future Leaders (WFEO-YEFL) and Young Engineers Australia (YEA) organized the webinar “Psychological Safety in the Workplace” on 20 November 2022.
Psychological safety has become increasingly popular due to its relevance to agility, diversity, inclusion and remote working, especially since the pandemic.
Psychological safety is a belief ...
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In an exclusive interview, the World Federation of Engineering Organizations’ (WFEO) immediate past president Prof. Dr. GONG Ke discusses the value of engineering in global development, its role in achieving UNSDGs, and WFEO’s successful partnership with World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC).
WGIC: Prof GONG Ke, thank you for speaking ...
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The 3rd World Science and Technology Development Forum (WSTDF2021), themed on “Openness, trust and cooperation”, was successfully held both on site in Beijing and online, from 6 to 7 November 2021.
The forum was sponsored by the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), the Chinese Academy of ...
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See below an article from Marlene Kanga published on 19th October on the International Science Council (ISC) website, on the eve of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).
This article is part of the ISC’s new series, Transform21, which will explore the state of knowledge and ...
During the 212th session of the UNESCO Executive Board, which takes place from 6 to 20 October 2021 at Headquarters in Paris, the meeting of the Committee on Non-Governmental Partners (NGP) held on Friday 8, considered the renewal of the associate status of 59 NGO partners of UNESCO, including WFEO, with a favorable advice ...