{"id":18501,"date":"2019-03-12T16:25:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T15:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?p=18501"},"modified":"2020-06-05T17:04:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T15:04:24","slug":"presentation-by-wfeo-on-capacity-building-for-engineering-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/presentation-by-wfeo-on-capacity-building-for-engineering-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation by WFEO on Capacity Building for Engineering in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-31-jan-32-Africa.jpg\" alt=\"Speakers from WFEO for the UNESCO Africa Group event\" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-31-jan-32-Africa.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-31-jan-32-Africa-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-31-jan-32-Africa-768x475.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 15px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 90%;\">Speakers from WFEO for the UNESCO Africa Group event<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this event, held on 31 January 2019, was <b>to provide UNESCO member nation delegations from Africa with information on the work of WFEO in relation to engineering<\/b>. In particular, the goal was to show the work of WFEO and the strategic objective of WFEO to support the nation building aspirations of African nations. <\/p>\n<p>The event was convened by the Africa Working Group on Natural Sciences at UNESCO, which is Chaired by the delegation from Namibia. Attendees were from English and French speaking member delegations from Africa. <\/p>\n<p>UNESCO officials Ms. Flavia Schlegel, Assistant Director General at UNESCO, Natural Sciences Sector and Mr. Firmin Matoko, Assistant Director-General for Priority Africa and External Relations made opening remarks. Mr. Yahia Al-Matarr Jobe, Deputy Permanent Delegate of Gambia to UNESCO, Member of the Africa Group on Natural Sciences chaired the session.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-31-jan-2-Group-ADG.jpg\" alt=\"UNESCO leaders with WFEO President Dr. Marlene Kanga\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-31-jan-2-Group-ADG.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-31-jan-2-Group-ADG-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-31-jan-2-Group-ADG-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 15px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 90%;\">UNESCO leaders with WFEO President Dr. Marlene Kanga<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Presentations were made by WFEO leaders including the President and President Elect and leaders from Africa representing the East, West and South of Africa and women engineers. The speakers were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/un\/January-2019\/WFEO_Africa_Group_Presentations_31Jan2019-Final.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Dr. Marlene Kanga<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-1x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i>, Australia, President World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) \u2013 on the background of WFEO as an organisation and the strategic objective to build capacity for engineers for sustainable development in Africa and the WFEO Engineering 2030 Plan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/un\/January-2019\/WFEO_Africa_Group_Presentations_31Jan2019-Final.pdf#page=15\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Prof. Gong Ke<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-1x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i>, China, WFEO President Elect, on the WFEO UNESCO Declaration, and commitment of WFEO to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the work of WFEO technical committees and partners.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/un\/January-2019\/WFEO_Africa_Group_Presentations_31Jan2019-Final.pdf#page=33\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Mr. Mustafa Shehu<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-1x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i>, Nigeria, \u2013 Past President Federation of African Engineering Organisations (FAEO), WFEO Executive Council member on the work of WFEO in Africa including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/declarations\/Abuja-Declaration_Dec_2013.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WFEO Abuja Declaration<\/a> and the recognition of Africa in the affairs of WFEO.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/un\/January-2019\/WFEO_Africa_Group_Presentations_31Jan2019-Final.pdf#page=41\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Mr. Martin Manuhwa<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-1x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i>, Zimbabwe, President Federation of African Engineering Organisations (FAEO), on the work of FAEO in collaboration with WFEO and the Work of the WFEO Committee on Anti-Corruption.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/un\/January-2019\/WFEO_Africa_Group_Presentations_31Jan2019-Final.pdf#page=52\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Ms. Valerie Agberagba<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-1x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i>, Nigeria, Chair WFEO Committee for Women in Engineering \u2013 on the work of the Committee to attract girls in STEM careers \u2013 what is needed, what WFEO is doing statistical Data on women in Science &#038; Engineering in Rwanda Nigeria &#038; Malawi, the Africa Women\u2019s Forum at Africa Engineering Week and other projects.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/un\/January-2019\/WFEO_Africa_Group_Presentations_31Jan2019-Final.pdf#page=64\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Mr. Papias Kazawadi Dedeki<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-1x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i>, Rwanda, President Institution of Engineers Rwanda (IER), Host WFEO Annual Conference and meeting 2020, and IER work in developing the registration system for engineers in Rwanda. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/un\/January-2019\/WFEO_Africa_Group_Presentations_31Jan2019-Final.pdf#page=70\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Mr. Jacques de M\u00e9reuil<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-1x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i>, WFEO Executive Director, spoke on the Proposal for World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development &#8211; the benefits of the Day and relevance to Africa \u2013 i.e. increasing the profile of engineering, encouraging more young people to consider engineering and encouraging more women and girls into engineering careers. <\/li>\n<li><b>Dr. Peggy Oti-Boateng<\/b>, Director for Capacity Building in Sciences at UNESCO, spoke about the need for more work on engineering at UNESCO and for increased funding of projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-31-jan-18-Peggy.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Peggy Oti-Boateng, UNESCO Director Capacity Building for Sciences\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-31-jan-18-Peggy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-31-jan-18-Peggy-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-31-jan-18-Peggy-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 15px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 90%;\">Dr. Peggy Oti-Boateng, UNESCO Director Capacity Building for Sciences<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following a lively discussion, the WFEO President read a draft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/un\/January-2019\/WFEO_Statement_on_Advancing_SDG_through_Engg_in_Africa_300119.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Action statement for endorsement by the Africa Working Group on Natural Sciences<\/a>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-1x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i>. Copies of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/declarations\/WFEO-UNESCO-Paris_Declaration.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Paris Declaration on Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-1x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/un\/WFEO-ENgg-Plan_final.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WFEO Engineering 2030 Plan<\/a>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-1x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/stc-young_engineers\/WYEC-BROCHURE_FINAL_VERSION.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Young Engineers Competition Report<\/a>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-1x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> in English and French were distributed to attendees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-31-jan-30-Marlene.jpg\" alt=\"WFEO President Dr. Marlene Kanga\" width=\"664\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-31-jan-30-Marlene.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-31-jan-30-Marlene-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/4-31-jan-30-Marlene-768x893.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 15px; margin-left: 10px; font-size: 90%;\">WFEO President Dr. Marlene Kanga<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The event was very successful with WFEO providing information on its activities in English and French and simultaneous translation facilities. This is also an opportunity to build membership of WFEO in Francophone Africa and to build awareness and support of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/world-engineering-day-for-sustainable-development\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">proposal for World Engineering Day<\/a>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-1x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><b>For more information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/un\/January-2019\/WFEO_Africa_Group_Presentations_31Jan2019-Final.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WFEO presentations<\/a><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/un\/January-2019\/WFEO_Statement_on_Advancing_SDG_through_Engg_in_Africa_300119.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WFEO Statement on Advancing SDG through Engineering in Africa<\/a><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/un\/WFEO-ENgg-Plan_final.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WFEO Engineering 2030 Plan<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/un\/WFEO-ENgg-Plan_final_fr.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Version fran\u00e7aise abr\u00e9g\u00e9e<\/a><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/stc-young_engineers\/WYEC-BROCHURE_FINAL_VERSION.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Young Engineers Advancing the UN SDGs<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/stc-young_engineers\/WYEC-BROCHURE_FINAL_VERSION_fr.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Version fran\u00e7aise abr\u00e9g\u00e9e<\/a><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/declarations\/WFEO-UNESCO-Paris_Declaration.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Paris Declaration<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/declarations\/WFEO-UNESCO-Paris_Declaration_fr_final.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Version fran\u00e7aise<\/a><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf-o fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/declarations\/Abuja-Declaration_Dec_2013.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Abuja Declaration<\/a><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-internet-explorer fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/photos-of-wfeo-2019-meetings-on-capacity-building-for-engineering-at-unesco\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">All the photos in high quality<\/a><br \/>\n<i class=\"fa fa-internet-explorer fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/world-engineering-day-for-sustainable-development\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development webpage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nSpeakers from WFEO for the UNESCO Africa Group event<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe purpose of this event, held on 31 January 2019, was to provide UNESCO member nation delegations from Africa with information on the work of WFEO in relation to engineering. 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