{"id":26258,"date":"2021-04-12T17:08:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?p=26258"},"modified":"2022-04-28T18:08:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T16:08:17","slug":"launch-of-engineering-the-future-of-mauritius-and-the-world-engineering-and-the-un-sustainable-development-goals-in-a-small-island-developing-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/launch-of-engineering-the-future-of-mauritius-and-the-world-engineering-and-the-un-sustainable-development-goals-in-a-small-island-developing-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of Engineering the Future of Mauritius and the World &#8211;  Engineering and the UN Sustainable Development Goals in a Small Island Developing State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IEMauritius_Journal_banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"631\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IEMauritius_Journal_banner.png 905w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IEMauritius_Journal_banner-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IEMauritius_Journal_banner-768x535.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Journal of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iemauritius.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Institution of Engineers Mauritius (IEM)<\/a>, March 2021 Edition, Engineering the Future of Mauritius and the World, was released at a gala event on World Engineering Day, 4th March 2021.<\/p>\n<p>This publication showcases the strategies and work of engineers to address sustainable development in the context of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Mauritius is a small and beautiful island state that is facing many of the issues of SIDS around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Sustainable Development Goals are particularly relevant to the SIDS. The articles in the Journal show that engineers have an important role in developing reliable access to clean water and efficient sanitation systems renewable energy sources and effective education systems for engineering.<\/p>\n<p>This document will also encourage young people in Mauritius to consider how they can make a difference through engineering and thereby make a positive and long lasting impact on their beautiful country and to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals<\/p>\n<p>This edition contains <a href=\"https:\/\/worldengineeringday.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Marlene-Kanga-address-IEM-Final-Journal-March-2021.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a message from the Immediate Past President of WFEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/executive-board\/#Marlene_Kanga\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Marlene Kanga<\/a>, who also wrote the article <a href=\"https:\/\/worldengineeringday.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Marlene-Kanga-IEM-Final-Journal-March-2021.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Importance of Education For A Sustainable Future\u201c<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/committee-young-engineers-future-leaders\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WFEO Young Engineers\/Future Leaders Committee<\/a>, Eng. Firas Bou Diab has also valued the Journal with the article entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/worldengineeringday.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Firas-Bou-Diab-IEM-Final-Journal-March-2021.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Next-generation Mauritius: Smart, Resilient And Sustainable\u201c<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Several SDGs have been covered by all the papers of the edition. Sincere thanks to all the authors for their efforts and valuable contributions to this Journal. The full edition is <a href=\"https:\/\/worldengineeringday.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IEM-Final-Journal-March-2021-V260221.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">available in this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>For more information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-internet-explorer fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iemauritius.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institution of Engineers Mauritius (IEM) website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe Journal of the Institution of Engineers Mauritius (IEM), March 2021 Edition, Engineering the Future of Mauritius and the World, was released at a gala event on World Engineering Day, 4th March 2021.<br \/>\nThis publication showcases the strategies and work of engineers to address sustainable development in the context of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Mauritius is a small and beautiful island state that is facing many of the issues of SIDS around the world.<br \/>\nThe UN Sustainable &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[97,189,95],"class_list":["post-26258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event-report","tag-goal-13","tag-small-island-developing-states-sids","tag-sdgs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Launch of Engineering the Future of Mauritius and the World - Engineering and the UN Sustainable Development Goals in a Small Island Developing State - WFEO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/launch-of-engineering-the-future-of-mauritius-and-the-world-engineering-and-the-un-sustainable-development-goals-in-a-small-island-developing-state\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Launch of Engineering the Future of Mauritius and the World - Engineering and the UN Sustainable Development Goals in a Small Island Developing State - WFEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Journal of the Institution of Engineers Mauritius (IEM), March 2021 Edition, Engineering the Future of Mauritius and the World, was released at a gala event on World Engineering Day, 4th March 2021. 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