Our History
World Engineering Day 2023
The United Nations General Assembly announced the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
2015
As part of its
50th-anniversary celebrations, WFEO initiated the proposal to establish a World Engineering Day on March 4th every year
2018
This initiative soon received support from around 80 peak international and national institutions of engineering and seconded by more than 40 nations
2018
The 40th General Conference of UNESCO adopted the resolution to proclaim 4th March of every year a World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development
2019
Marlene Kanga Announcing WED at WEC 2019 Opening, World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development will be celebrated annually from 2020 onwards
2019
The First World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development
2020
ENGAGEMENT
4,000
Hashtags
88
Registered Events
2020
WED 2021 broke new ground when it achieved overwhelming participation on Social Media with 32 million engagements.
2021
The World Engineering
Day 2021, with the theme “Engineering for A Healthy Planet”, focused on celebrating the launch of the 2nd UNESCO Engineering Report
2021
ENGAGEMENT
16,000
Hashtags
115
Registered Events
2021
The World Engineering
Day 2022, with the theme “Build back wiser, engineering the future”
2022
ENGAGEMENT
25,000
Hashtags
135
Registered Events