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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. The current president is Adel Al-Kharafi from Kuwait.

World Federation of Engineering Organizations
Established1968
TypeNGO
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersParis, France
Members87Nations, 10 Int'l Members
WebsiteWFEO.net
Logo of WFEO

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 15 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
2009 Kuwait City Kuwait
2010 Buenos Aires Argentinia World Engineering Week (WEW)
2011 Geneva Swissland World Engineering Conference (WEC)
2012 Ljubljana Slovenia World Engineering Forum (WEF)[1]
2013 Singapore Singapore World Engineering Summit (WES)[2]
2014 Abuja Nigeria Nigeria, World Engineering Conference (WEC)[3]
2015 Kyoto Japan World Engineering Conference and Convention (WECC)[4]

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

  1. ^ www.wef2012.si, last visit on 29th March 2013
  2. ^ www.wes2013.org, last visit on 29th March 2013
  3. ^ www.wec2014.org,last visit on 29th March 2013
  4. ^ www.wecc2015.com,last visit on 29th March 2013
 
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