President Alfonso Gonzรกlez 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 Gonzรกlez 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.