World Federation of Engineering Organizations

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World Federation of Engineering Associations
- WFEO / FMOI -
World Federation of Engineering Organizations

WFEO logo
Organization type Specialized agency
Abbreviation WFEO
management Ke Gong
Founded 1968
Headquarters Paris
www.wfeo.net

The World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO; French Federation Mondiale des Organizations d'Ingenieurs , FMOI ) is an international non-governmental organization of all engineers worldwide. The current president is Ke Gong (* 1955) from Beijing, China.

In 1968, the organization of regional engineering associations was founded in Paris under the patronage of UNESCO . The WFEO is the only international and transcontinental engineering association that represents 15 million engineers through its national member associations.

structure

The administrative body is the General Assembly. Between the meetings of the General Assembly, all Federation matters are dealt with by the Executive Council and implemented by the Executive Board under the direction of the Executive Director. All decisions of the General Assembly, the Executive Council or the Executive Board are made 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

The WFEO organs meet annually for the General Assembly and in the Standing Technical Committee meetings. These meetings are combined with a conference in which independent engineers or interested parties who do not belong to the member associations can also take part. Most of the time, the WFEO conferences are in September each year.

Last conferences
year city country Conference name 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) Sustainable Construction for People
2013 Singapore Singapore World Engineering Summit (WES) Innovative and Sustainable Solutions to Climate Change
2014 Abuja Nigeria Nigeria, World Engineering Conference (WEC) Development of Sustainable Infrastructure in Africa
2015 Kyoto Japan World Engineering Conference and Convention (WECC) Engineering: Innovation and Society

International member clubs

  • Commonwealth Engineers Council (CEC)
  • Federation of Arab Engineers (FAE)
  • Federation of African Organizations of Engineers (FAOE)
  • Federation of European 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)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.wfeo.org/president/
  2. ↑ http://www.wfeo.org/president/
  3. ↑ http://www.wfeo.org/about/
  4. ↑ http://www.wec2011.ch/ (link not available)
  5. ↑ www.wef2012.si , accessed on March 28, 2013
  6. ↑ www.wes2013.org , accessed on March 28, 2013
  7. ↑ www.wec2014.org ( Memento from May 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 29, 2013
  8. ↑ WECC2015 ( memento from April 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on March 28, 2013