|
|
 |
NEWS
October 2006
|
 |
 |
|
|
 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.
Learn More about IFEES »
|
|
|
|
|
 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 » |
|
TOP ˆ
|
12
October 2006
