To all members of WFEO.
The human community is facing an extraordinary challenge with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). The Covid-19 disease is progressing rapidly, more than 175 countries and territories impacted, with more than 750,000 confirmed cases by March 30, and 36,000 deaths.
These are difficult times for everyone as individuals, with families and friends being victims of thevirus, or ...
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Registration is currently open for the first edition of the online course “Risk Management for Tsunami-Related Disasters”, which is being offered through the WFEO Committee on Disaster Risk Management (WFEO-CDRM) platform. The course is completely free and begun on March 6th, 2020 and must be completed by April 10th.
This course is a joint ...
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Registration is open for the fourth offering of the massive open online course (MOOC) Sustainability in Practice, which is available for free. This self-paced course starts March 18 2020 and must be completed by May 15. The ...
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The United Nations – MoST Joint Capacity Building Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development (STI), organized by the United Nations Department of ...
Organized by the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee in close cooperation with the UNESCO Secretariat, the 11th International Forum of NGOs in official partnership with UNESCO took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, on 16 and 17 December 2019, on the theme “Challenging ...
WFEO, following its 2019 General Assembly in Melbourne, and in the frame of the COP25 held from 2 to 13 December 2019 in Madrid, expresses its deep concern on the matter of climate emergency.
WFEO has summarized its position and commitment to act quickly through a Declaration on Climate Emergency, available ...
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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.
UNESCO ...
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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 63rd Annual Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference was held from 16 to 20 September 2019 at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) in Vienna, Austria, where high-ranking officials and representatives from IAEA Member States will consider a range of issues.
WFEO Immediate Past-President Engr. Jorge Spitalnik and Executive Vice-President Engr. Reginald Vachon participated in the 63rd Congress as representatives of WFEO. ...
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Innovation is one of the crucial drivers for the development of many aspects of modern society, in particular engineering that depends on new ideas and technologies to plan, design, build, maintain, and life-cycle management. It is embedded in the Sustainable Development ...