World Federation of Engineering Organizations

World Federation of Engineering Organizations
World Federation of Engineering Organizations


Abbreviation	WFEO FMOI
Formation	1968
Type	NGO
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	Paris, France
Head	Marwan Abdelhamid President of WFEO
Website	WFEO.net

Logo of WFEO

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. The current president is Marwan Abdelhamid.

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 millions engineers from around the world.

Structure

The governing body of WFEO is be 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 September.

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)^[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

International Members

Commonwealth Engineers Council (CEC)
Federation of Arab Engineers (FAE)
Federation of African Organizations of Engineers (FAOE)
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)
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 29th March 2013
↑ www.wes2013.org, last visit on 29th March 2013
↑ www.wec2014.org,last visit on 18th September 2013
↑ www.wecc2015.com,last visit on 29th March 2013

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