{"id":24552,"date":"2020-11-19T13:02:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T12:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?p=24552"},"modified":"2023-05-30T17:28:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T15:28:39","slug":"feiap-wfeo-faeo-jointly-host-conference-on-engineering-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/feiap-wfeo-faeo-jointly-host-conference-on-engineering-education\/","title":{"rendered":"FEIAP-WFEO-FAEO Jointly Host Conference on Engineering Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe Joint Conference of the Federation of Engineering Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP)<\/a>, WFEO and the Federation of African Engineering Organizations (FAEO)<\/a> on Engineering Education Accreditation System and Capacity Buildings was successfully held on 7 November 2020, simultaneously online and offline at the Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), Xi\u2019an, China. <\/p>\n

Prof. Gong Ke, President of WFEO<\/a>, Huang Wei, President of FEIAP, and Martin Manuhwa<\/a>, President of FAEO, attended and addressed the online meeting respectively. Engineering education experts from Malaysia, Singapore, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and other countries have shared their views and experience in engineering education with more than 100 participants via online webinars. <\/p>\n

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Gong Ke, in his speech, pointed out that improving the quality of engineering education is significant for the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. He also conveyed a message of solidarity on behalf of WFEO to welcome the cooperation between FEIAP and FAEO and said that WFEO is the platform providing opportunities and supports to member organizations to help each other to improve the quality of engineering education and enhance engineering capability buildings. <\/p>\n

Huang Wei extended appreciation to WFEO and FAEO for their long-standing support to FEIAP’s work, and reviewed the course of establishment of cooperative relationship between FEIAP and FAEO. He stressed the importance of educating engineering talents and reinforcing international research cooperation in disciplines of basic and frontier science. <\/p>\n

Martin Manuhwa also thanked WFEO and FEIAP for their efforts on cooperation with Africa, and expressed Africa’s willingness to participate actively in the “Belt and Road Initiative”. He quoted an African saying, \u201cif you want to go fast, walk alone; and if you want to go far, walk together\u201d to convey that FAEO member organizations will work closely with WFEO and FEIAP to implement the agreements reached by all parties, and to ensure engineering education in Africa, Belt & Road region and Asia-Pacific region will be coordinately and steadily improved.<\/p>\n

With the theme \u201cEngineering Education Accreditation System and Capacity Buildings in Belt & Road Region, Africa, Asia and the Pacific\u201d, the event was organized in two sessions.<\/p>\n

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In the first session, with respect to the FEIAP engineering education guidelines and accreditation system, six speakers gave introductions to the accreditation of engineering qualifications, African engineering education accreditation system and capacity building for engineers, and explained the role of accreditation and education in driving economic development. <\/p>\n

The speakers included:<\/p>\n