With the signing of a joint memorandum of understanding at the World Engineers Convention, the partner organizations have outlined a robust action plan to promote engineering as a means to achieve global, sustainable development.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic – October 14, 2023 – Today, Engineers Without Borders International (EWB International) and the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) announced the signing of a joint memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the annual World Engineers Convention outlining a framework for a multitude of upcoming co-operations and projects. Given the common interest of both organizations in promoting engineering as a means to achieve sustainable development and equitable outcomes, this ongoing partnership is seen as a key relationship to foster international cooperation amongst engineering associations, practitioners and companies, and students and faculties.
The MoU outlines a series of future activities and policies between EWB International and WFEO for the cultivation and support of a global engineering community providing vital resources to drive forwards a future where all people and the planet can thrive. Under the MoU, the organizations will work in tandem on impactful items such as strengthening the education of engineers, mobilizing worldwide engineering capability to address infrastructure gaps, and bringing leading edge expertise on how engineering contributes to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals into global dialogues, such as at UN agency events.
“We are thrilled to officially partner with EWB International on so many important projects uplifting the worldwide engineering community,” said Jacques de Méreuil, World Federation of Engineering Organizations Executive Director. “Through this partnership, both organizations will be able to deliver high-quality education and training for engineers to develop skills and expertise in sustainable, equitable engineering. We aren’t just making lofty promises to our community, we are providing tools, education and support that will help us all deliver equitable engineering solutions.”
“Officially bringing together our WFEO and EWB International communities makes so much sense,” shared Katie Cresswell-Maynard, EWB International Executive Director. “EWB International has been keen to extend our joint scope of cooperation with WFEO to new areas, including establishing shared projects and programmes to widen opportunities for both volunteer bases. EWB as a whole has an enormous community, with national EWB organizations spanning the globe. I am confident the opportunities listed in this MoU will be a starting point in ways we can creatively work together to foster life-changing and sustainable engineering work globally.”
The MoU between EWB International and WFEO will have a duration of an initial period of four years, and may be extended and amended.
—About Engineers Without Borders—
The global Engineers Without Borders movement extends across all global regions, with 30+ national organizations and operations across 90+ different countries. Our work improves peoples’ lives today through delivering critical infrastructure to communities in need and people in crisis to provide clean water, improved sanitation and reliable energy. We’re also working to reimagine tomorrow through nurturing new engineering solutions and a capable engineering community so that all people and the planet can thrive.
Engineers Without Borders International is the coordinator of the global movement of Engineers Without Borders organizations and is driving greater collaboration and unity so that together the global Engineers Without Borders movement becomes an effective agent of meaningful scale change in the world.
www.ewb-international.org
If you’d like to follow in WFEO’s footsteps and partner with the global Engineers Without Borders movement, contact us at partnerships@ewb-nternational.org.
—About World Federation of Engineering Organizations —
The World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) is the peak body for professional engineering institutions. Founded in 1968, it has members from about 100 countries representing some 30 million engineers. WFEO works with the UN and other international institutions, to address issues relating to engineering, promote globally agreed good practice and to address the challenges of sustainable development around the world. Through these activities, WFEO regularly engages with governments, policymakers, and United Nations leaders to present the engineering perspective. WFEO is an official partner of UNESCO, and its Secretariat is based in Paris. Among many activities, WFEO attaches strategic importance to engineering capacity building and considers it as a key endeavor.
www.wfeo.org