Sophia's awakening, a story of rural women empowerment through engineering
"This was my presentation, like a story. I am going to tell you a story that is a real fact and that has as its protagonist a lady who uses engineering to achieve a dream ".
The dream referred to by Alfonso González, the president of the World Council of Engineers, takes place in Mexico and is part of a project that shows that engineering helps improve the quality of life of indigenous women.
Alfonso González presented this project during an event dedicated to the empowerment of rural women in the field of engineering within the framework of the Commission on the Status of Women.
https://news.un.org/es/audio/2018/04/1430081 - Audiocast in Spanish
The story of Sophia can be fully read here [+]
1st edition of Manuel Lorenzo Pardo Awards
On Wednesday, February 28th, the awarding ceremony of the first edition of Manuel Lorenzo Pardo’s Awards on Water Management best practices was held. On a biennial basis, the Association of Civil Engineers awards people, organizations and institutions regarding water which stand out for their best practice in the integrated water resource management model.
The entities awarded this year were the Ebro river Basin Authority and Valencia’s Water Court. In the awardee proclamation speech, Association of Civil Engineers’ Vicepresident Tomás A. Sancho, highlighted the avant garde nature of both organizations in their different areas: Valencia’ Water Court as a millenial institution regarding the ruling of water rights and Ebro river Basin Authority, as the first basin organization, created by Mr. Manuel Lorenzo Pardo in 1926.
Madrid Declaration: Water, the future that we want
The Declaration of Madrid which was signed on early March on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of WFEO hosted by Instituto de Ingeniería de España organized jointly with Spanish Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos and its twin association, Asociación de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos.
Such statement declares the true commitment of the civil engineering community with the accomplishment of UN's Sustainable Development Goals and highlights the role of civil engineering in this deed.
Water & Economy - Water Monograph Series V1 Issue 4 Presentation
The President of the World Council of Civil Engineers, D. Alfonso Alberto González Fernández, and the President of the Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos D. Juan A. Santamera Sánchez are pleased to invite you to the presentation of the publication "Water and economy" from WCCE’s Water Monographies Series to be held at Colegio’s premises - Calle Almagro 42, 28010 Madrid on February 28 at 18:00h.
This monograph is the fourth in the Water Monographies Series. This joint series of publications between UNWater and WCCE have provided insight on the topics defined within each years' theme for UN's International Water Day. Within the publication, UN agencies' officials and other stakeholders have discussed these topics from different perspectives candidly and some times in opposition.
The presentation will be streamed live from WCCE' sYoutube Channel. [+]
Echoes of the 12th General Assembly of WCCE
WCCE’s 12th General Assembly of the World Council of Civil Engineers was held in Antalya, Turkey from 18 to 20 October 2017, organized by the Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers - TCCE . The Assembly was welcome by TCCE's President Cemal Gökçe. Attendance at WCCE activities by WCCE delegates was enriched by the attendance of FAEO's Past President Mustapha Shehu as well as delegations of three new countries: China, Georgia and Montenegro..
WCCE President visits Sociedad de Ingenieros de Bolivia
President Alfonso González has held meetings with the Executive Board of Sociedad de Ingenieros de Bolivia - SIB's during his visit on early June. The theme of these meeting has been how to enhance SIB's contribution to WCCE joint initiatives with UNESCO and UN-Water, how to enable WCCE communication with SIB's members and how can SIB's news and activities and deliverables can be disseminated to WCCE member organizations and the civil engineering community as a whole.
President González declared that "WCCE principles bring all organizations on equal foot to address society's needs and is committed to contribute to enhance life standards globally. On such grounds, all contributions are welcome and participation is open to any organization or its professionals". SIB President, Marco Antonio Fuentes Villa, confirmed the sound commitment of his organization to contribute to WCCE's current standing committees and his intention to attend our next General Assembly to be held in Antalya, Turkey on October 2017.
Sociedad de Ingenieros de Bolivia joined WCCE in 2011 and is the first member of the Andean region to join WCCE.
Following, we enclose some photos from the meeting.
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