WCCE President attends Portugal's Ordem new Bastonario
WCCE President attended the taking office ceremony of Ordem dos Engenheiros new Bastonario, Carlos Alberto Mineiro Aires, current President Elect WCCE. The ceremony took place on 10 May at Culturgest, and was presided by the President of Portugal. There, the President of the Republic addressed a message of recognition to the attending technical community regarding these professionals, showing his appreciation for Engineering and its essential role in the economic and social development.
“Engineers have always been essential to the country’s development process. Whenever economic and social development is mentioned, engineers are there”, said the President, identifying these professionals as “examples of the ability of building a new Country”.
WCCE in the III World Justice Forum
From June 20 - 23, 2011 in Barcelona, Spain, over 450 diverse leaders--from heads of state and Supreme Court justices, to medical doctors, school teachers, business people and artists-- have come together to develop projects to advance the rule of law across disciplines, and around the world. This action-oriented Forum builds on the success of the first and second World Justice Forums, as well as nine regional outreach meetings in Africa, South America, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and North America.
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.
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