World Federation of Engineering Organizations
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| Abbreviation | WFEO FMOI |
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| Formation | 1968 |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | Active |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
Members | 100 nations |
Head | President of WFEO |
| Website | WFEO.net |
The World Federation of Engineering Organizations (French: Federation Mondiale des Organisations d'Ingenieurs; WFEO) is an international, non-governmental organization representing the engineering profession worldwide.
Founded in 1968 by a group of regional engineering organizations, under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO) in Paris, WFEO is a non governmental international organization that brings together national engineering organizations from over 90 nations and represents some 20 million engineers from around the world.
Structure[]
The governing body of WFEO is the General Assembly. Between meetings of the General Assembly the affairs of the Federation are directed by the Executive Council. The business of the Federation is dealt with by the Executive Board, supported by the Executive Director. Actions by the General Assembly, Executive Council, or Executive Board are by majority vote.
Standing technical committees[]
- Anti-corruption
- Disaster Risk Management
- Education in Engineering
- Energy
- Information & Communication
- Engineering & the Environment
- Engineering Capacity Building
- Engineering for Innovative Technology
- Women in Engineering
- Young Engineers / Future Leaders
Conferences[]
WFEO body meets annually for the General Assembly and the individual Standing Technical Committee meetings. These meetings are framed by a conference, where non affiliated engineers can join. In general these conferences are annually in November.
| Year | City | Country | Name of the conference | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | Alternative Energy Applications – Option or Necessity | |
| 2010 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | World Engineering Week (WEW) | Technology, Innovation and Production for Sustainable Development |
| 2011 | Geneva | Switzerland | World Engineering Conference (WEC) | |
| 2012 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | World Engineering Forum (WEF)[1] | Sustainable Construction for People |
| 2013 | Singapore | Singapore | World Engineering Summit (WES)[2] | Innovative and Sustainable Solutions to Climate Change |
| 2014 | Abuja | Nigeria | Nigeria, World Engineering Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure (WECSI)[3] | Development of Sustainable Infrastructure in Africa |
| 2015 | Kyoto | Japan | World Engineering Conference and Convention (WECC)[4] | Engineering: Innovation and Society |
| 2016 | Lima | Peru | World Engineering Conference ON Disaster Risk Reduction [5] | Engineering: Disaster Risk |
| 2017 | Rome | Italy | World Engineering Forum [6] | Engineering for humankind’s heritage |
| 2018 | London | UK | Global Engineering Congress [7] | Engineering for the Sustainable Development Goals |
Presidents[]
WFEO's President is elected by the General Assembly for a 2-years term, in the context of an immediate past president/president/president-elect system.
| Years | President | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1968-1974 | Eric Choisy | Switzerland |
| 1975-1986 | Sadok Ben Jemaa | Tunisia |
| 1986-1991 | A.Y Ishlinsky | Russia (U.S.S.R.) |
| 1991-1995 | William J. Caroll | USA |
| 1995-1999 | Conrado Bauer | Argentina |
| 1999-2003 | José Medem | Spain |
| 2003-2005 | Dato Lee Yee Cheong | Malaysia |
| 2005-2007 | Kamel Ayadi | Tunisia |
| 2007-2009 | Barry Grear | Australia |
| 2009-2011 | Maria Prieto Laffargue | Spain |
| 2011-2013 | Adel Al-Kharafi | Kuwait |
| 2013-2015 | Marwan Abdelhamid | Palestine |
| 2015-2017 | Jorge Spitalnik | Brazil |
| 2017-2019 | Marlene Kanga | Australia |
| 2019-2021 | China |
International members[]
- Commonwealth Engineers Council (CEC)
- Federation of Arab Engineers (FAE)
- Federation of African Engineering Organizations (FAEO)
- European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI)
- Federation of Engineering Institutions of South and Central Asia (FEISCA)
- Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP)
- (IESF)
- Pan American Federation of Engineers Society (UPADI)
- Union of Scientific and Engineering Societies (USEA)
- ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations (AFEO)
- World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE)
References[]
- ^ www.wef2012.si, last visit on 29 March 2013
- ^ www.wes2013.org, last visit on 29 March 2013
- ^ www.wec2014.org, last visit on 18 September 2013
- ^ www.wecc2015.com, last visit on 29 March 2013
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Brochure" (PDF). www.tuttoingegnere.it. 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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