The World Water Council selected Daegu Gyeongbuk and the Republic of Korea to welcome the 7th World Water Forum in 2015, during its 43rd Board of Governors meeting organised on 14-15 November in Rome at the headquarters of the FAO. The selection followed a rigorous evaluation process for the candidates, closed by a final vote of the Governors.
Dr. Eun-kyung Park, Water Ambassador for the Republic of Korea, thanked the WWC Governors and expressed her wish to work in close collaboration with Scotland and the City of Glasgow, that competed with them to host the 7th World Water Forum. The vote is conditional upon the signature of an agreement between the World Water Council, Daegu Metropolitan City and the Korean Government, between now and 31 January 2012, so as to specify the terms of their agreement.
7th World Water final dates have been released. 7th World Water will be held from April 12 to 17 April 2015.
Further information: http://worldwaterforum7.org/en
WCCE’s 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Civil Engineers was held in San Jose, Costa Rica from 7 to 10 September 2016, organized by the Association of Civil Engineers of Costa Rica in parallel with its the International Congress of Civil Engineering. These activities were welcomed by the Hon. Minister of Public Works of Costa Rica, Carlos Villalta Villegas. Attendance at WCCE activities by our colleagues in Costa Rica and WCCE delegates was very high and enriched our activities with their experience.
During the past week, WFEO held its General Assembly in Kyoto, Japan on the occasion of the World Engineering Congress 2015. In this Assembly, the Brazilian engineer, Jorge Spitalnik, takes over the presidency for the next two years succeeding the Palestinian civil engineer, Marwan Abdel Hamid. In addition to this, elections to WFEO Executive Board were held with the following results.
- Marlene Kanga, Past President of Engineers Australia has been elected President Elect of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations - WFEO taking over the presidency for the period 2017- 2019. On this same meeting, WCCE's Past President Tomás Sancho has been elected as a national representative to the executive Board of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations - WFEO representing Spanish Instituto de Ingeniería de España. In addition to this several other WCCE member representatives have been elected such as Italy's CNI representative, Nicola Monda.
From WCCE, we want to congratulate them on their election and wish them all the best on their work on behalf of the engineering community.
On other grounds, during this Assembly WFEO presented his tribute to WCCE's founding President and WFEO's former president, José Medem Sanjuan, passed away past January.
The 10th General Assembly of the World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE), a UN- Water partner, took place in Victoria Falls, from 15 - 19 September 2015, hosted by the Engineering Council of Zimbabwe on the occasion of UNESCO's African Engineering Week at the same venue. The attendance to WCCE activities by our African counterparts and WCCE delegates was very high and enriched our activities with their expertise.
Eng. Carlos Mineiro has been appointed President Elect on September 18th, 2015. He will take over the presidency of the World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE) during its 13th General Assembly to be held in 2018. Mr. Mineiros, a worldwide recognized engineering professional from Portugal will serve a three year term for the period 2019-2022. Carlos Mineiro will suceed mexican engineer Alfonso González.
He currently holds the office of Southern Region's Bastonario from Ordem dos Engenheiros from Portugal. Its areas of hydraulic engineering expertise is specifically in water supply and sanitation. Born in Abrantes (Portugal), 64 years old, and civil engineer with a brilliant academic record culminated in his studies of Civil Engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon 1975.
Eng. Alfonso Gonzalez has been appointed President on September 18th, 2015. He took over the presidency of the World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE) during its 10th General Assembly to be held in 2015. Mr. Gonzalez, a worldwide recognized engineering professional from Mexico will serve a three year term for the period 2016-2019. Alfonso Gonzalez suceeds Tomás Sancho, Spanish engineer.
He is former President of the Mexican Federación de Colegios de Ingeniería Civil de la República Mexicana, the Mexican civil engineering professional organization. His areas of expertise are construction management, and land development. Civil Engineer (1985). Born in Mérida (Mexico), age 53 years, holds a brilliant academic record, culminating in his Civil Engineering studies in Yucatan University.
