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.
65th General Assembly of the European Council of Civil Engineers
On June 1 and 2 the 65th General Assembly of the European Council of Civil Engineers was held in Antalya, Turkey, hosted by the Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers. During this Assembly, WCCE President Alfonso Gonzalez was unable to attend the ECCE meeting and was represented our Executive Board member, Professor Tügrul Tankut.
This meeting has endorsed the first activities of the new Board elected last October in Athens. This meeting was chaired on interim basis by the Polish engineer Wlodimiercz Sczymczak, due to current responsibilities assumed by President Massimo Mariani in the Italy's Government Committee for Reconstruction of the seismic episodes ocurred by the end of 2016. This meeting has also consolidated initiatives undertaken by the 2014 - 2016 Executive Board as well as new initiatives to make the profession visible naming 2018 European year of Civil Engineering, in which several anniversaries of our professional chambers will take place such as the celebration of the bicentennial of the Institution of Civil Engineers in October with WFEO's and FECIC's 50th anniversary.
WCCE attends UNDSR's Global Platform for Risk Reduction
The UNDSR's Global Platform for Risk Reduction took place on 16-17 May 2017 in Cancun, Mexico. The theme of the 2017 Global Platform was "From Commitment to Action", and is expected to provide contributions from a disaster risk reduction perspective to the deliberations of UN governance bodies and mechanisms, such as the General Assembly, the ECOSOC and the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, and especially for the follow-up processes to UN conferences and summits, in particular the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
WCCE was represented by our President, Alfonso González and our Standing Committe Chairman, Mauricio Porraz. The objective of our attendance is to show the commitment of WCCE and its members organizations to UNDSR's Platform for Risk Reduction and on the implementation of the Sendai Framework.
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