Promoting engineering as a means to achieve sustainable development

Given the common interest of both organisations 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 organisations will work in tandem on impactful items such as strengthening the education of engineers, mobilising 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 Organisations Executive Director. “Through this partnership, both organisations 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.