Under the High Patronage of
Mr Emmanuel MACRON
President of the French Republic
UNESCO World Engineering Day
for Sustainable Development
March 4, 2025
Welcome to the home of the UNESCO World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development 2025 webcast, hosted by UNESCO and the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on March 4, 2025.
A live stream of the day’s flagship event took place at UNESCO Headquarters, featuring all the day’s main events, news, and debates, and can be viewed above. The day was attended by representatives from government, industry, and the scientific community, and featured a series of discussions about engineering’s critical role in sustainable development.
About World Engineering Day
Proclaimed by UNESCO in November 2019 at its 40th General Conference, World Engineering Day is celebrated annually on March 4. Since 2020, WFEO has co-led this global movement with UNESCO, uniting engineers, policymakers, scientists, and innovators to address many of society’s most pressing challenges. This year’s theme, “Shaping Our Sustainable Future Through Engineering”, highlights the critical role of engineering in addressing the UN’s SDGs.
The day’s highlights included:
- Welcome address
- Keynote lecture
- High-level panel on the key role of engineering in designing policies for sustainable development
- Hackathon 2025 results
- Roundtable: Africa Priority – capacity building and digital transformation
- Roundtable: Challenges women engineers face across age groups and regions
- Roundtable: Energy, infrastructure, and effective solutions for sustainable development
- Closing addresses