WCCE - World Council of Civil Engineers

WCCE attends UNAICC's Civil Enginnering International Conference

In late June, our Cuban member, National Union of Architects and Construction Engineers of Cuba – UNAICC organized the Civil Engineering International Convention held in Varadero. WCCE delegation comprised our President, Alfonso González Fernández, together with President Elect Carlos Mineiro Aires and Past President Tomás Sancho.

President González participated as a speaker to the Session “Civil Engineering: Lessons learnt and challenges”. In addition to this, Past President Sancho participated as a speaker at the Round Table ("the Hydraulic Engineering for integrated water management and environment"), organized by the Society of Hydraulic Engineering UNAICC.

WCCE attends UN's First Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals

The first annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) will take place on 6-7 June 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The 2016 STI Forum will address the topic "realizing the potential of science, technology and innovation for all to achieve the sustainable development goals."

WCCE delegation to the Forum comprises our President, Alfonso González and our Communications Director, Ramiro Aurín. The objective of our attendance is to show the commitment of WCCE and its members organizations to UN's Sustainable Development Goals and contribute for its accomplishment.

WCCE attends UN Global Compact's SDG Forum

The SDG Business Forum within UN's High-Level Political Forum, HLPF took place on 19 June 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. SDG Business Forum was co-hosted by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN Global Compact, and International Chamber of Commerce, as Chair of the Global Business Alliance for 2030. The SDG Business Forum convened leaders from business and governments, together with heads of UN agencies, key international organizations and civil society groups.

WCCE delegation to the Forum comprised our President, Alfonso González. The objective of our attendance is to show the commitment of WCCE and its members organizations to UN's Sustainable Development Goals and contribute for its accomplishment.

WCCE attends Transparency International Presentation of Ethic Principles for Parliamentary Bodies

Transparency International Spain presentation on Ethics principles for Parliamentary Bodies was held on June 10 on the Center for Constitutional Studies in Madrid. The Ethics principles Charter for Parliamentary Bodies compiles twenty proposals to provide transparency to parliamentary activity for both representatives and lobbies.

WCCE delegation to the the presentation comprised our Executive Director, José Francisco Sáez. The objective of our attendance is to engage further in the activities of Transparency International and their public procurement subcommittee, which is currently addressing the topics of integrity pacts, which resemble Public administration commitments present in Global International Anti-corruption Centre - GIACC's Projects Anti-Corruption System PACS.