NEWS

October 2006

12 October 2006

IFEES Strategic Planning Committee Formed

Javier Páez Saavedra, President of IFEES member ASIBEI, has agreed to lead the IFEES Strategic Planning Committee. The planning committee aims to refine the scope of IFEES by balancing its resources with its ambitious agenda. The Planning Committee will have its inaugural conference call Friday, March 16.
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12 October 2006

IFEES Signs Multilateral Agreement

On the 12 of October 2007, IFEES joined six other multinational organizations to sign the Engineering Collaboration Agreement in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The document formed a partnership to work toward the following goals:

• to promote the professional educational and research development of world class engineers,
• to enhance engineering education and to support engineering academia under global quality assurance and program accreditation processes,
• to promote and develop continuing education programs, extension services, and lifelong learning activities to support lifelong productivity enhancement to strenthen enterprise competitiveness,
• to work toward meeting world demand for global engineers committed to solving problems of society,
• to build bridges for networking and resource sharing between industry, professionals, governments, academia and the civil society to meet the challenges for developing global engineers to impact worldwide economic development,
• to promote sustainability values and proactive actions on behald of forthcoming generations,
• to envision and carry out collaborative efforts and activities for the benefit of all,
• to help enhance social, political and professional equity, justice and welfare and provide opportunities for those underrepresented in the global engineering community,
• to promote job creation and alleviate poverty,
• to jointly seek funding to support all activities related to engineering, and
• to broadly disseminate woldwide this agreement and attract other interested partners into this partnership.

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9 October 2006

Engineering Educators Go Global to Share Solutions & Resources

New Alliance to Shape International Engineering Education for 21st Century World

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Recognizing that the 21st century global economy requires well-trained and culturally-sensitive engineers, representatives of 31 organizations in 10 countries gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 9, 2006 to launch the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES). In addition to electing a distinguished leadership team and approving governing documents, the organization's members discussed their overarching goal of building a vibrant, virtual global community to foster collaboration and learning among the world's engineering-education societies...
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9 October 2006

IFEES Inauguration and First Elections Held in Rio

Representatives of 31 organizations in 10 countries gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 9, 2006 to elect the first IFEES Executive Board and officers. The elected leadership team includes a president plus an executive board of 11 individuals, including vice presidents representing four geographic regions of the globe: Americas, Africa/Middle East, Europe, and Asia/Pacific. Claudio Borri was elected IFEES president. Mervyn Jones, Qing Lei, James Melsa, Lueny Morell, and Nitte Shetty were elected as executive board members for the next two years. Kwang Sun Kim, Norbert Kraker, Maria Larrondo-Petrie, Sipho Madonsela, Yuri Pokholkov, and Javier Paez Saavedra were elected as executive board members for the next year. Learn More about the IFEES Leadership Team »