Partnership SANet - WFEO World Federation of Engineering Organizations Dr. Quian Yi Vice President, WFEO
Background of WFEO An Assembly of National Engineering Organizations. More than 80 national members and 9 international members. Represents over 10 million engineers from countries around the world. Founded in Paris 1968, under the sponsorship of UNESCO. A non-governmental international organization.
CAST and WFEO-China CAST---China Association for Science and Technology, a member of WFEO; Founded in 1958; A federation of 167 professional societies, including 64 engineering societies; 4.3 million members all around China; WFEO-China consists Chinese members of WFEO Exe. Board and Standing Committees, representatives from the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Objectives Encourage the application of technical knowledge to promote sustainable development; Disseminate information about sustainable technologies to improve the capacity of engineering community; Organize cooperation among engineering organizations to serve the society and the people around the world.
Standing Committees of WFEO Committee on Transfer of Technology (ComTech) Committee on Information and Communication Committee on Education and Training Committee on Engineering and Environment
Views of the Engineering Community: Engineering and application of technologies are a source of global environmental problems but also key to their solution; Engineering communities are practitioners who are most frequently involved in TT across sectors and MEA Primary driver of TT always is business or broader economic demand, not MEA However, responses to demand often offer multiple opportunities to address environmental concerns covered by different agreements
Views of the Engineering Community New industrial revolution is underway for providing engineering solutions to environmental problems across MEA; Engineers and WFEO take responsibility of developing, disseminating, and applying cleaner technologies for a sustainable future.
Views of the Engineering Community Example: Sustainable Bio-fuel Technologies are offering win-win opportunities to contribute to the implementation of: Biodiversity Agreement Desertification Convention Climate Change Convention Montreal Protocol (Mbr) and is also reducing the risk of POPs residues
WFEO, FIDIC and SANet SANet is a tool from engineers for engineers It has been developed in close cooperation with FIDIC and WFEO experts Design responds to the needs of TT practitioners in China and around the globe SANet supports clean TT throughout the planning and implementation cycle Emphasis on win-win solutions, and on tools to establish their viability is crucial to enable sustainable TT and widespread replication
FIDIC, WFEO and SANet WFEO and FIDC have communication channels that reach more than 15 Million Technology Transfer Practitioners More than half of them are engineers in the developing world. These communication structures are being integrated into SANet This is to enable targeted contributions to the SANet clearinghouses and effective use of SANet services in day to day work
FIDIC, WFEO and SANet Hundreds of annual meetings, seminars and workshop programs of FIDIC and WFEO member organizations offer excellent platform for SANet outreach & training Local WFEO Secretariats will serve as SANet focal points and may become cross-cutting national support centers
Agreed initial activities: Dissemination of information about SANet services to membership; Population of SANet Clearinghouses by Engineering Communities (win/win cases, policies, experts, resources) Provision of on-line support to peers through SANet s Matchmaking Function Planning of joint training activities within existing WFEO and FIDC member programs: Focus identification and validation of win-win solutions
World Engineers Convention (WEC 2004) Organizer: WFEO Co-organizer: CAST, CAE, SAST Venue: Shanghai, China Themes: Engineers shape the sustainable future. Subjects for Parallel Sessions: IT, Bio-engineering, Water resources, Energy and transportation, Mega-cities, Environmental Protection, Natural disaster control, Food Security, Poverty eradication, etc.
CAST is an active SANet partner. WFEO-China will do its best to contribute to and gain benefits from SANet.