World Federation of Engineering Organizations

Abbreviation| WFEO
FMOI
Formation| 1968; 58 years ago (1968)
Type| NGO
Legal status| Active
Headquarters| Paris, France

Members

| 100 nations

Head

| Mustafa Shehu
President of WFEO
Website| WFEO.net

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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.

## Contents

* 1 Structure, membership, activities
* 1.1 Committees
* 1.2 Conferences
* 1.3 Presidents
* 2 International members
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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

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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
2019 | Melbourne | Australia | World Engineering Convention[8] |
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

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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)

## References

1. ↑ www.wef2012.si, last visit on 29 March 2013
2. ↑ www.wes2013.org, last visit on 29 March 2013
3. ↑ www.wec2014.org , last visit on 18 September 2013
4. ↑ www.wecc2015.com, last visit on 29 March 2013
5. ↑ "Home". http://wecdrr2016.cip.org.pe/.
6. ↑ "Brochure". 2017. https://www.tuttoingegnere.it/images/eventi/2016/Allegato_1_Brochure_WEF_2017.pdf.
7. ↑ "Global Engineering Congress | Institution of Civil Engineers". https://www.ice.org.uk/eventarchive/global-engineering-congress.
8. ↑ "World Engineers Convention 2019 contribution goes beyond the economic benefits". 22 November 2019. https://www.melbournecb.com.au/blog/post/world-engineers-convention-2019-contribution-goes-beyond-the-economic-benefits/.

## External links

* Official website

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