The WFEO Committee on Disaster Risk Management celebrates the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, on October 13th.
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health.
The Committee on Disaster Risk Management of the ...
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 given by ...
Last 1st and 2nd of June, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the CESAER, the united voice of universities of science and technology in Europe, brought together leading scientists, decision-makers, ...
The International Network for Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES) recognized the contributions of Dr Marlene Kanga to women in Science Technology Engineering and mathematics (STEM) with the 2021 INWES Distinguished Service Award.
The Award has been presented “in recognition of her outstanding contribution at both the national and international levels, her effective leadership of engineering organizations that ...
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First ever international benchmark for good governance, ISO 37000:2021 Governance of Organizations – Guidance was published on 14 September 2021.
ISO 37000:2021 Governance of organizations – Guidance was developed by the ISO technical committee ISO/TC 309. WFEO is a category A Liaison representative to this Technical Committee. WFEO Immediate Past President Dr Marlene Kanga was a member of ...
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The WFEO Committee on Energy organized a symposium devoted to “Energy transition and Covid-19 crisis: the role of engineers” on Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th October 2021.
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted our economies and our lifestyles, but both climate and biodiversity emergencies are still with us. New health, economic, political and societal uncertainties complicate ...
Continue Reading →The massive open online course is offered in both English and French and uses real-life case studies from across Canada to demonstrate the practical application of WFEO’s 10 principles of sustainable development and environmental stewardship for engineers.
The course is completed entirely online and can be completed at each participant’s own pace. After all six previous editions of the course, an overwhelming majority of participants have attested to the high quality of the training content and agreed ...
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The WFEO Committee on Women in Engineering (WIE) in collaboration with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN), the Federation of African Engineering Organisations (FAEO) and the ...
Joined by over 12,000 enterprises from 153 countries and regions, the 2021 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), under the theme “Towards Digital Future and Service Driven Development”, kicked off on 2 September 2021 in Beijing.
CIFTIS serves as a platform for China to share development opportunities with rest of the world. WFEO ...
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The WFEO Committee on Women in Engineering in collaboration with the International Science Council (ISC), the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES) and the United Nations University organized the webinar “Intersectionality of gender, climate change and ...