Today representatives from eight national Engineers Without Borders organisations from around the world assembled to begin a co-design journey to develop a new programme.

Representatives from EWBs Australia, Canada, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, Somalia, Sweden and USA have launched the development phase of a global innovation programme with EWB International providing coordination, facilitation and support.

We believe this is one of the first attempts to mobilise such a diverse, multinational EWB collaboration and represents a landmark moment as we look towards building a future where national EWBs work together more frequently and the movement becomes more unified.

Over the next three months, the team will be designing a programme to drive innovation, primarily focused on delivering traction within the significant issue of malnutrition.

The expected outputs include a programme launch pack – detailing what the programme aims to achieve, who it will engage, how it will work, the anticipated roll out plan, and the resource plan and budget needed to deliver – and, an innovation brief highlighting the specific areas engineering can add value to in addressing malnutrition. With all this compiled, we will be in position to develop a compelling pitch and secure funding to implement the programme together.

It’s going to be an exciting few months, and a true experiment in bringing EWBs to work together. We look forward to keeping you up to date.