World Engineering Day Tag

04 Mar Message from Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development, 4 March 2020

Posted at 15:31h in 2020 Highlights, Offical Announcements, Smart Cities, Sustainable Engineering, WED News & Media, Women in Engineering

The Pont du Gard in southern France, the Parthenon in Athens, the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza at Memphis: four sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List which are masterpieces of engineering and which still inspire awe today. Today, we consider these sites to...

04 Mar Celebrating World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development

Posted at 04:33h in 2020 Highlights, Climate Change, Smart Cities, Sustainable Engineering, UNSDGs, WED News & Media, Women in Engineering

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03 Mar African leaders must invest in engineers to drive growth

Posted at 16:54h in Climate Change, Smart Cities, Sustainable Engineering, UNSDGs, WED News & Media, Women in Engineering

The continent cannot fulfil its potential without training technicians to tackle its infrastructure shortfall. By Mustafa Shehu, WFEO Executive Vice president To diversify its economy away from oil, Nigeria needs to train more engineers When, earlier this month, the Nigerian goverment forecast ambitious growth in its mining sector...

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29 Feb COVID-19 crisis reveals the extraordinary promise of bioengineering

Posted at 09:31h in Climate Change, Smart Cities, Sustainable Engineering, UNSDGs, WED News & Media

From tackling the spread through open-source platforms to delivering food using robots, the COVID-19 outbreak has shone a light on engineering’s potential to make a difference, says Gong Ke. By Gong Ke, WFEO President BEIJING: They say that science is about knowing and engineering is about doing. But...

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23 Jan Surviving bushfires and beyond will depend on our engineers

Posted at 07:07h in Climate Change, Sustainable Engineering, UNSDGs, WED News & Media

by Marlene Kanga Tuesday, 21 January 2020 14:15 GMT * Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. If we are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while also better anticipating future climate threats, we need to renew and reinvent,...

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16 Jan World Engineering Day: Sustainable Designs to Support a Worldwide Movement

Posted at 22:26h in Climate Change, Smart Cities, Sustainable Engineering, UNSDGs, WED News & Media, Women in Engineering

The First Global Engineering Day On March 4th, 2020, the world will celebrate the first ever “World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development“. Until now, “engineering day” was celebrated on a different day in each country. The UNESCO Executive Board passed a motion in April, with the support of...

15 Jun DiscoverE

Posted at 06:03h in Climate Change, Offical Announcements, Smart Cities, Sustainable Engineering, UNSDGs, WED News & Media, Women in Engineering

Calling all Engineers, Technicians, and Technologists! We want to hear from you about the future of engineering. Take our second annual Global Engineer Survey and share your opinion. Ten lucky participants will be randomly selected to receive a $50 gift card ($US). The survey is open...

12 Jun Creating World Engineering Day

Posted at 06:00h in Climate Change, Offical Announcements, Smart Cities, Sustainable Engineering, UNSDGs, WED News & Media, Women in Engineering

Did you know that until recently, “engineering day” differed all over the world? Engineers in Bangladesh were honoured on 7 May, Mexican engineers were feted on 1 July, and here in Australia we got a week in August. But there’s never been a global day to...

12 Jun Recognising the profession: World Engineering Day

Posted at 00:34h in Climate Change, Offical Announcements, Smart Cities, Sustainable Engineering, UNSDGs, WED News & Media

Summary UNESCO’s recent declaration that 4 March will henceforth be celebrated as World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development was a significant moment for both early-career and established engineers alike. Starting in 2020, the annual celebration presents a global opportunity to recognise the profession and encourage...

Promotion and Celebration of World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development

29 Apr Plans on track for an annual World Engineering Day: The UNESCO Executive Board has backed proposals to create an annual World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development

Posted at 06:05h in Climate Change, Offical Announcements, Smart Cities, Sustainable Engineering, UNSDGs, WED News & Media, Women in Engineering

Plans for a day to globally celebrate and raise awareness of the important work of engineers in achieving sustainable development are a step closer, after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Executive Board endorsed a recommendation. Earlier this month, the UNESCO Executive Board...