{"id":745,"date":"2016-11-20T18:06:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T18:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?page_id=745"},"modified":"2025-02-05T11:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:38:58","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;13197&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1530448198810{padding-top: 2px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/globe_clair-background.jpg?id=957) !important;background-position: 0 0;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2 class=\"heading-horizontal\" style=\"margin:0px 0 20px 0;\"><span>Our Story<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"hr_gap\" style=\"height:20px;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p align=\"justify\">On March, 4th 1968, representatives of 50 scientific and technical associations from all over the world met under the auspices of the <b>United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)<\/b> in Paris to establish the <b>World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)<\/b>, whose charter as an international, non-governmental organization is to unite multidisciplinary engineering associations throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><div class=\"hr_gap\" style=\"height:30px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading-horizontal\" style=\"margin:0px 0 20px 0;\"><span>Our Vision<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"hr_gap\" style=\"height:10px;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p align=\"justify\">WFEO is the internationally recognized and chosen leader of the engineering profession and cooperates with national and other international professional institutions in being the lead profession in developing and applying engineering to constructively resolve international and national issues for the benefit of humanity.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">WFEO encourages all of its national and international members to contribute to global efforts to establish a sustainable, equitable and peaceful world by providing an international perspective and enabling mechanisms:<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><div class=\"hr_gap\" style=\"height:10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>To provide information and leadership to the engineering profession on issues of concern to the public or the profession.<\/li>\n<li>To serve society and to be recognized, by national and international organizations and the public, as a respected and valuable source of advice and guidance on the policies, interests and concerns that relate engineering and technology to the human and natural environment.<\/li>\n<li>To make information on engineering available to the countries of the world and to facilitate communication between its member nations.<\/li>\n<li>To foster peace, socioeconomic security and sustainable development among all countries of the world, through the proper application of technology.<\/li>\n<li>To facilitate relationships between governments, business and people by adding an engineering dimension to discussions on policies and investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><div class=\"hr_gap\" style=\"height:30px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading-horizontal\" style=\"margin:0px 0 20px 0;\"><span>Our Mission<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"hr_gap\" style=\"height:10px;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>To represent the engineering profession internationally, providing the collective wisdom and leadership of the profession to assist national agencies choose appropriate policy options that address the most critical issues affecting countries of the world.<\/li>\n<li>To enhance the practice of engineering.<\/li>\n<li>To make information on engineering available to the countries of the world and to facilitate communication between its member nations about the world\u2019s best practices in key engineering activities.<\/li>\n<li>To foster socio-economic security and sustainable development and poverty alleviation among all countries of the world, through the proper application of technology.<\/li>\n<li>To serve society and to be recognized by national and international organizations and the public, as a respected and valuable source of advice and guidance on the policies, interests and concerns that relate engineering and technology to the human and natural environment.<\/li>\n<li>To cooperate with Funding Agencies such as development banks.<\/li>\n<li>To encourage public private partnerships by including the engineering dimension.<\/li>\n<li>To address the issue of what public policies need to be implemented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"shadow_img_frame shadow_three_col_large tt_animate_none true-img-none\"><div class=\"img-preload\"><img 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Groups addressing key engineering issues<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532364120410{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"true-counter-wrap tt_animate_none number-2 weiixctQ\"><h3 class=\"true-counter true-timer\" data-to=\"100\" data-speed=\"1500\" data-refresh-interval=\"100\" style=\"font-size:50px;font-weight:100;\"><\/h3><h4 style=\"font-size:24px;font-weight:100;\">National engineering institutions members<\/h4><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"true-counter-wrap tt_animate_none number-2 rhkGdfCm\"><h3 class=\"true-counter true-timer\" data-to=\"57\" data-speed=\"1500\" data-refresh-interval=\"100\" style=\"font-size:50px;font-weight:100;\"><\/h3><h4 style=\"font-size:24px;font-weight:100;\">Years of existence<\/h4><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"true-counter-wrap tt_animate_none number-2 bBKoHddS\"><h3 class=\"true-counter true-timer\" data-to=\"30\" data-speed=\"1500\" data-refresh-interval=\"100\" style=\"font-size:50px;font-weight:100;\"><\/h3><h4 style=\"font-size:24px;font-weight:100;\">Million engineers represented<\/h4><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532363973343{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1479665888947{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/who_we_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/who_we_1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/who_we_1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/who_we_1-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/who_we_1-71x71.png 71w, 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