World Federation of Engineering Organizations

The World Federation of Engineering Organizations (French: Federation Mondiale des Organisations d'Ingenieurs; WFEO) is an international, non-governmental organization representing the engineering profession worldwide.

World Federation of Engineering Organizations
AbbreviationWFEO
FMOI
Formation1968 (1968)
TypeNGO
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersParis, France
Members
100 nations
Head
Gong Ke
President of WFEO
WebsiteWFEO.net
Logo of WFEO

Founded in 1968 by a group of regional engineering organizations, under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO) in Paris, WFEO is a non governmental international organization that brings together national engineering organizations from over 90 nations and represents some 20 million engineers from around the world.

Structure

The governing body of WFEO is the General Assembly. Between meetings of the General Assembly the affairs of the Federation are directed by the Executive Council. The business of the Federation is dealt with by the Executive Board, supported by the Executive Director. Actions by the General Assembly, Executive Council, or Executive Board are by majority vote.

Standing technical committees
  • Anti-corruption
  • Disaster Risk Management
  • Education in Engineering
  • Energy
  • Information & Communication
  • Engineering & the Environment
  • Engineering Capacity Building
  • Engineering for Innovative Technology
  • Women in Engineering
  • Young Engineers / Future Leaders

Conferences

WFEO body meets annually for the General Assembly and the individual Standing Technical Committee meetings. These meetings are framed by a conference, where non affiliated engineers can join. In general these conferences are annually in November.

Last conferences
YearCityCountryName of the conferenceTheme
2009Kuwait CityKuwaitAlternative Energy Applications – Option or Necessity
2010Buenos AiresArgentinaWorld Engineering Week (WEW)Technology, Innovation and Production for Sustainable Development
2011GenevaSwitzerlandWorld Engineering Conference (WEC)
2012LjubljanaSloveniaWorld Engineering Forum (WEF)[1]Sustainable Construction for People
2013SingaporeSingaporeWorld Engineering Summit (WES)[2]Innovative and Sustainable Solutions to Climate Change
2014AbujaNigeriaNigeria, World Engineering Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure (WECSI)[3]Development of Sustainable Infrastructure in Africa
2015KyotoJapanWorld Engineering Conference and Convention (WECC)[4]Engineering: Innovation and Society
2016LimaPeruWorld Engineering Conference ON Disaster Risk Reduction [5]Engineering: Disaster Risk
2017RomeItalyWorld Engineering Forum [6]Engineering for humankind’s heritage
2018LondonUKGlobal Engineering Congress [7]Engineering for the Sustainable Development Goals

Presidents

WFEO's President is elected by the General Assembly for a 2-years term, in the context of an immediate past president/president/president-elect system.

WFEO's presidents since its foundation
YearsPresidentCountry
1968-1974Eric ChoisySwitzerland
1975-1986Sadok Ben JemaaTunisia
1986-1991A.Y IshlinskyRussia (U.S.S.R.)
1991-1995William J. CarollUSA
1995-1999Conrado BauerArgentina
1999-2003José MedemSpain
2003-2005Dato Lee Yee CheongMalaysia
2005-2007Kamel AyadiTunisia
2007-2009Barry GrearAustralia
2009-2011Maria Prieto LaffargueSpain
2011-2013Adel Al-KharafiKuwait
2013-2015Marwan AbdelhamidPalestine
2015-2017Jorge SpitalnikBrazil
2017-2019Marlene KangaAustralia
2019-2021Gong KeChina

International members
  • Commonwealth Engineers Council (CEC)
  • Federation of Arab Engineers (FAE)
  • Federation of African Engineering Organizations (FAEO)
  • European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI)
  • Federation of Engineering Institutions of South and Central Asia (FEISCA)
  • Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP)
  • Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France (IESF)
  • Pan American Federation of Engineers Society (UPADI)
  • Union of Scientific and Engineering Societies (USEA)
  • ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations (AFEO)
  • World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE)

References
  1. www.wef2012.si, last visit on 29th March 2013
  2. www.wes2013.org, last visit on 29th March 2013
  3. www.wec2014.org,last visit on 18th September 2013
  4. www.wecc2015.com,last visit on 29th March 2013
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Brochure" (PDF). www.tuttoingegnere.it. 2017.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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