The third Summit of the African Women Engineers organized by the Committee of Women in Engineering of the Federation of African Engineering Organization was held virtually on 4th December, 2020.
The theme of the symposium was “Achieving Gender Equality in Africa – Perspective of Female Engineers. The programme had about 120 Women Engineers in attendance from ...
Continue Reading →
UNDESA, UNESCO, WFEO and UN Office of Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology have just released “Resource Guide on Artificial Intelligence Strategies” in June 2021.
This document is a continuation of the work on the STI for SDGs Roadmaps focusing on one specific area: AI strategy development. Unlike the ...
Continue Reading →
WFEO and its Committee on Young Engineers / Future Leaders organized the HLPF 2021 side event “Deploying Global Youth Capacity in UN Policy and Engineering for SDG 13” on Friday, 09 July 2021, as a side event of the 2021 edition of the High-level Political Forum
The crises of climate breakdown ...
Continue Reading →
UNESCO, the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO), the Office of Climate Change Education (OCE), the National Environment Agency Singapore (NEA), the Continue Reading →
WFEO Immediate Past President Dr Marlene Kanga and WFEO Committee on Education in Engineering (CEIE) Chair, Myanmar Engineering Council Chair Prof Dr Charlie Than, presented the reviewed Graduate Attributes and professional Competencies (GAPC) Framework at the 3rd Pakistan Engineering Council Deans ...
Continue Reading →
The reviewed Graduate Attributes and Professional Competencies (GAPC) Framework was presented at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) TVET (Tertiary and Vocational Education and Training) Workshop on Regional Industry-Academia Collaboration for Talent Development and Inclusive Growth: Skill Training, Internship, Jobs and Women. This hybrid event was held on 7 May, 2021 in Taipei.
The workshop was intended ...
Continue Reading →
A new handbook entitled ISO 37001:2016 – Anti-bribery management systems – A practical guide has been published to assist users of the standard by giving more in-depth guidance and advice about bribery and the measures they can take to eradicate it.
The handbook features examples and advice on how the requirements can be met, supported by a ...
Continue Reading →
The theme of the United Nations 2021 HLPF is “Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development: building an inclusive and effective path for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda in the context of the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development”. Understanding the ...
Continue Reading →
This Science & Technology Innovation (STI) Forum 2021 side event was organized by WFEO in collaboration with its Affiliate Member American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the International Science Council (ISC).
This event presented on 4th May 2021 the second UNESCO Engineering Report: “ Continue Reading →
A virtual dialogue with Ms. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and Dr. Liberato (Levi) Bautista, President of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) took place last 8 April, moderated by Mrs. Lidiya Grigoreva, Chief UNOG Liaison Unit.