Partnership SANet - WFEO

World Federation

of Engineering

Organizations

Dr. Quian YiVice 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 residue

s

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 SANetHundreds 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.