WCCE attends the Panamerican Academy of Engineering 15th Anniversary
WCCE President and several other WCCE representatives are presently attending to the Panamerican Engineering Congress 2015 which is taking place in Cancun. Such congress tributes Panamerican Academy of Engineering 15th Anniversary.
The Panamerican Academy of Engineering was founded in Panama City in 2000 under the auspices of UPADI PanAmerican Union of Engineering Organizations.
Several WCCE representatives are members of the body of Academicians. WCCE Past President Emilio Colon currently holds its vice Presidency as well as our Coastal Engineering Standing Comittee Chairman, Mauricio Porraz, and our passed away founding President.
From WCCE we would like to congratulate API and all its academicians and wish them a frutiful future in disseminating the importance of engineering on the Americas.
WCCE - INBO Partnership Agreement
During the last general Assembly of the International Network of Basin Organizations - INBO held in Merida, Mexico from June 1st to June 4th, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the World Council of Civil Engineers - WCCE andΒ the International Network of Basin Organizations.
The general objective of the collaboration among the organizations is to facilitate, in all regionsΒ of the world, the emergence of effective and efficient water governance and of sustainableΒ development of water resources, through the implementation of IWRM at basin level, whichΒ allows a better taking into account of all needs, including those of ecosystems.
WCCE - IAHR Publishing joint initiative Survey
DearΒ members,
World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE)Β in collaboration with IAHR and Taylor and Francis is conducting a survey using SurveyMonkey to explore launching a new peer-reviewed journal focussed on best practice, case studies and application of research to bridge the gap between academia and the world of practice in the area of water.
You are invited to participate in this research project because of your importance in our Association. If you like we will follow up in a few days with a telephone call to help you to fill the survey on line (20 minutes). In addition to the selected group of people in which you are involved, the survey will be sent to a largest number of contacts -with no telephone follow up.- An Apple ipod plus a free IAHR membership will be raffled among all the respondants the week after the deadline, which is May 25th.
If you have any questions about the research study, please contact Estibaliz Serrano at
Water Monographies III: Water & Sustainable Development
We are proud to introduce the third report of our Water monographies series , Water & Sustainable DevelopmentΒ presented on the occasion of the UN's Conference of the Parties which took place in Paris during the first weeks of December. This initiative is published in collaboration with UN-Water and AQUAE Foundation and is published in English and Spanish.
Water Monographies II: Water & Energy
We are proud to introduce the new WCCE initiative, the second report of our Water monographies series , Water & Energy presented on the occasion of our 9th General Assembly which took place in Lisbon on November the 25th. This initiative is published in collaboration with UN-Water and AQUAE Foundation and is published in English and Spanish.
Water in the green economy in practice: towards Rio+20
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The focus of this conference was water and the green economy. The green economy will be one of the two key themes for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development βRio+20β. A green economy is one that promotes human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risk and ecological scarcities. For water, this means managing water in a way that catalyses social and economic development, whilst also safeguarding freshwater ecosystems. The conference was held at the headquarters of the Ebro River Basin Authority in Zaragoza and has been organised by the UN Office to Support the International Decade for Action 'Water for Life' 2005-2015.
The conference brought together experts, UN professionals, stakeholders and journalists from five continents to discuss and share experiences of best practice in water management, and water and sanitation services provision. The cases presented innovative policies, projects and initiatives that generate the economic, social and environmental benefits that the green economy should deliver. Moving from theory to practice, the conference has illustrated how water can be a building block in the transition to a green economy, and will provide input to the preparations for Rio+20.
The structure of the three day conference was based around βtoolsβ which could be used to generate change and support the transition to a green economy.
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International Conference "Water in the green economy in practice: towards Rio+20
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