{"id":41366,"date":"2024-12-20T17:58:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T16:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?p=41366"},"modified":"2024-12-20T19:05:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T18:05:14","slug":"dr-marlene-kanga-ao-former-wfeo-president-2017-2019-presented-with-international-distinction-award-at-national-engineers-day-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/dr-marlene-kanga-ao-former-wfeo-president-2017-2019-presented-with-international-distinction-award-at-national-engineers-day-in-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Marlene Kanga AO, former WFEO President (2017-2019) presented with International Distinction Award at National Engineers Day in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1583\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros.png 1583w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-1024x420.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-768x315.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-1536x631.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1583px) 100vw, 1583px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordemdosengenheiros.pt\" target=\"_blank\">Order of Engineers, Portugal (Ordem dos Engenheiros)<\/a> presented its International Distinction Award to former WFEO President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/Marlene_Kanga-Bio_WFEO_President_2017-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Marlene Kanga AO<\/a>, <i>\u201cfor the contribution of excellence given to the development and strengthening of relations between the Portuguese Engineers Association and the global Engineering community, embodied in the WFEO\u201d<\/i> at the Solemn Session of the National Engineer&#8217;s Day, 23 November 2024, at Gare Mar\u00edtima de Alc\u00e2ntara, in Lisbon, Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>The Solemn Session was a moment of celebration for engineers and engineering with many service awards presented to recognise members of the Order of Engineers who have distinguished themselves through their engineering works. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordemdosengenheiros.pt\" target=\"_blank\">Order of Engineers, Portugal (Ordem dos Engenheiros)<\/a> is the national member of WFEO for Portugal and is the regulatory and licensing body for the engineering profession in Portugal. It is headquartered in Lisbon, and has several regional branches in other Portuguese cities. It was established by law in 1936, succeeding the Portuguese Association of Civil Engineers, founded nearly 70 years earlier, with the mission to contribute to the progress of engineering by supporting the efforts of its members in scientific, professional and social areas, as well as to ensure compliance with professional regulations and ethics.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<i>Report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/Marlene_Kanga-Bio_WFEO_President_2017-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Marlene Kanga<\/a>, Former WFEO President, 2017-2019<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1816\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-1024x726.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-1536x1089.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-2048x1453.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><br \/>\n<i>Presentation of the International Distinction Award  by Order of Engineers Portugal (OEP) to Former WFEO President Dr Marlene Kanga AO, 23 November 2024, Lisbon. L to R OEP President Mr Fernando Almeida Santos; Dr Marlene Kanga; Vice President OEP, Ms Lidia Santiago and WFEO Immediate Past President Prof Jose Vieira.<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1584\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-2-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-2-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-2-1536x951.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Presentation-of-Intl-Distinction-Award-Ordem-dos-Engenheiros-23-Nov-2024-2-2048x1267.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><br \/>\n<i>Presentation of the International Distinction Award by Order of Engineers Portugal (OEP) to Former WFEO President Dr Marlene Kanga AO, 23 November 2024 at Gare Mar\u00edtima de Alc\u00e2ntara, Lisbon.<\/i><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>For more information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-internet-explorer fa-2x\" style=\"color: #115578;\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/mEs01UPwDV0?si=ZgPR7bz9OuQx4POa&#038;t=4221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #115578;\">The link to the ceremony at Gare Mar\u00edtima de Alc\u00e2ntara, in Lisbon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe Order of Engineers, Portugal (Ordem dos Engenheiros) presented its International Distinction Award to former WFEO President Dr Marlene Kanga AO, \u201cfor the contribution of excellence given to the development and strengthening of relations between the Portuguese Engineers Association and the global Engineering community, embodied in the WFEO\u201d at the Solemn Session of the National Engineer&#8217;s Day, 23 November 2024, at Gare Mar\u00edtima de Alc\u00e2ntara, in Lisbon, Portugal.<br \/>\nThe Solemn Session was a moment of celebration for engineers and &#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":[95],"class_list":["post-41366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event-report","tag-sdgs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dr Marlene Kanga AO, former WFEO President (2017-2019) presented with International Distinction Award at National Engineers Day in Portugal - 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\/dr-marlene-kanga-ao-former-wfeo-president-2017-2019-presented-with-international-distinction-award-at-national-engineers-day-in-portugal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr Marlene Kanga AO, former WFEO President (2017-2019) presented with International Distinction Award at National Engineers Day in Portugal - WFEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Order of Engineers, Portugal (Ordem dos Engenheiros) presented its International Distinction Award to former WFEO President Dr Marlene Kanga AO, \u201cfor the contribution of excellence given to the development and strengthening of relations between the Portuguese Engineers Association and the global Engineering community, embodied in the WFEO\u201d at the Solemn Session of the National Engineer&#8217;s Day, 23 November 2024, at Gare Mar\u00edtima de Alc\u00e2ntara, in Lisbon, Portugal. 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