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. WFEO is part of the United Nations system as an NGO in official relations with UNESCO (associate status) since its foundation, and as taking part in the work of its main bodies, mainly the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and its specialized agencies, notably the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme. At the UN ECOSOC, WFEO co-organizes with the International Science Council the Scientific and Technological Community Major Group.
In 2019, based on proposal by WFEO, the UNESCO's General Conference approved the creation of the UNESCO World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development, to be celebrated on 4 March of each year. Since then, WFEO has been coordinating the related celebrations around the world, through its membership and partnering institutions.
Structure, membership, activities 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 the General Assembly, Executive Council, or Executive Board are by majority vote. WFEO's membership comprises a hundred member institutions, including national members representing a country, and international members representing either a global region or continent, or representing a branch of the engineering profession at the global scale.
Committees WFEO's main activities in specialized fields of engineering is carried out by its committees, which are hosted by national members for a four-year term. Anti-corruption Disaster Risk Management Education in Engineering Energy Information & Communication Engineering & the Environment Engineering Capacity Building Engineering for Innovative Technology Water Women in Engineering Young Engineers / Future Leaders
Conferences WFEO body meets annually for the General Assembly or Executive Council, and the Committees' meetings. These meetings are framed by a conference, where non affiliated engineers can join. In general these meetings and conferences are held in November.
+ Last conferences 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) www.wef2012.si, last visit on 29 March 2013 Sustainable Construction for People 2013 Singapore Singapore World Engineering Summit (WES) www.wes2013.org, last visit on 29 March 2013 Innovative and Sustainable Solutions to Climate Change 2014 Abuja Nigeria Nigeria, World Engineering Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure (WECSI)www.wec2014.org , last visit on 18 September 2013 Development of Sustainable Infrastructure in Africa 2015 Kyoto Japan World Engineering Conference and Convention (WECC), last visit on 29 March 2013 Engineering: Innovation and Society 2016 Lima Peru World Engineering Conference ON Disaster Risk Reduction Engineering: Disaster Risk 2017 Rome Italy World Engineering Forum Engineering for humankind's heritage 2018 London UK Global Engineering Congress Engineering for the Sustainable Development Goals 2019 Melbourne Australia World Engineering Convention 2022 San José Costa Rica World Engineers Summit
Presidents
WFEO's President is elected by the General Assembly for a two-years term, in the context of an immediate past president/president/president-elect system.
+ WFEO's presidents since its foundation 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 US 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 Gong Ke China 2021–2023 José Manuel Vieira Portugal 2023–2025 Mustafa Shehu Nigeria
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) International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) International Federation of Municipal Engineers (IFME) Pan American Federation of Engineers Society (UPADI) Union of Scientific and Engineering Societies (USEA) World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE)
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