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CONTACT INFORMATION
September 2006
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December,
2005
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Prof G P Lal,
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World Federation of Engineering Organisations
8 Gokhale Road,
Kolkata 700 020, India
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Meeting of the Committee on
Engineering & Environment on 30 September & 1st October 2002 at
Acapulco, Mexico
For Details Click
Expert Workshop on
Engineering & Technology for Poverty Eradication
on 23-24 May 2002 at Paris
Prof G P Lal, Vice President, World Federation of Engineering Organisation (WFEO)
and President of Committee on Engineering & Environment, WFEO, participated
in the above workshop, on invitation by WFEO/UNESCO, at Paris on 23-24 May 2002.
In all, eighteen experts from engineering organisations across the globe
participated in the workshop jointly organised by UNESCO & WFEO.
Prof Lal presented the Indian scenario and India's efforts through successive
five years abnd of NGOs for poverty eradication and interacted with experts
about the problems, remedies and the areas of emphasis in South Asian and
developing countries.
THE OUTCOME PAPER HAS BEEN RELEASED ON THE WEB (click on the URL below
to view).
Engineering
. & Technology
for Povery Eradication : Outcome Paper
Engineering
. & Technology
for Povery Eradication : A Report
VESSEL for Engineering Education in the Developing World :
William J Rourke
William J.Rourke, Special Advisor to the President WFEO
has presented a paper on the above subject. ABSTRACT is given below
In 1999, the General Assembly of the World Federation of Engineering
Organizations (WFEO), representing world's national and
international engineering organizations, unanimously endorsed a proposal to
establish a Virtual Engineering Library for Sustainable Development. It was
envisaged that virtual engineering libraries would be established on the
Internet, and that material provided by them would be useful in supporting
engineering education in schools, technical colleges, and universities. The
Institution of Engineers, Australia and the Institution of Professional
Engineers New Zealand, each agreed to lend support to development
of the Australasian Virtual Engineering Library (AVEL) seen as the prototype of
the WFEO Virtual Library System. The world system
envisaged has been named the Virtual Environment and Sustainable Systems
Engineering Library (VESSEL).
The President of the World Bank and the Australian Foreign Minister recently
agreed on a program of educational assistance developing
nation named the Virtual Colombo Plan. They agreed that US $ 7SO million would
be spent on its implementation over the next five years. It is considered that
science, engineering and technology should be important elements of the
information transferred. National and international engineering institutions
have an important part to play in defining developing country need and ensuring
those needs are satisfied. The services of a VESSEL network, meeting the needs
of its users, can make substantial contribution to this information transfer.
Indian effort for Virtual Engineering Library on Sustainable Development
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