WESF plays a role in promoting standardization and eliminating global trade barriers.
The World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development (WED) is an official International day proclaimed in by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). This was based on a proposal from the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO).
WED is an opportunity to celebrate engineering and the contribution of the world’s engineers for a better, sustainable world. It was celebrated for its fifth time last 4th of March as an international celebration promoting the critical role of engineers and engineering to achieve a better and more sustainable world.
This year’s theme was “Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable World” and the main event was celebrated in Lisbon, Portugal, with a conference organized at the Ordem dos Engenheiros headquarters on 4 March.
Celebrations of World Engineering Day 2024 were very successful. The 24hrs Global Stream, Hackathon and other celebration events exceeded 67 million on social media, almost 10 million more than last year !
The 24hrs Global Stream, composed of 37 videos from 21 partners, has more than 29,000 viewers, making it one of the largest engineering events held in the world in 2024.