ENGINEERS
WITHOUT BORDERS
History
Engineers
Without Borders was initially founded in France in the 1980′s (as Ingénieurs
Sans Frontiers). Since then many countries throughout the world have founded
their own branches. Each EWB national group has developed independently and
many are not formally affiliated with each other. Each group does however share
the same common principle of promoting sustainable development through
engineering.
Engineers Without Borders –
International (EWB-I) is an international federation of national
Engineers Without Borders/ Ingeneiurs Sans Frontiers (EWB/ISF) Member
Associations whose mission is to facilitate collaboration, exchange of
information, and assistance among its member groups. EWB-I helps its
Member Associations develop their capacity to assist poor communities in poor
countries.
The Member Associations of
EWB-I share a similar mission, which is to partner with disadvantaged
communities to improve their quality of life through education and
implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while promoting global
experience for engineers, engineering students, and similarly motivated
non-engineers. EWB-I creates links between like-minded organizations and cuts
across national borders.
Projects coordinated by individual
EWB/ISF member groups are grassroots and small and benefit poor people in poor
countries. It is a matter of policy that prior to taking on projects,
EWB-I member groups make sure that they are not competing with private
engineering firms.
EWB-I member
groups and partner organizations contribute to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)through capacity building in their projects. EWB-I
endorses the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
EWB-I provides a unique platform for its member groups,
affiliates,
and outside organizations to:
and outside organizations to:
·
Create a new
generation of global engineers
·
Contribute to meeting
the MDGs through capacity building in local projects
·
Collaborate on
projects and studies worldwide
· Share ideas,
experiences, technical knowledge, and documentation
·
Develop partnerships
on community projects
·
Address more global
issues and projects
·
Coordinate student
exchanges, internships, and professional volunteers
·
Advertise meetings and
events
·
Train and connect
engineering professionals and students around the world
·
Create synergy among
their members
MiSSION
Engineers Without
Borders – International facilitates links and collaboration among its member
groups toward improving the quality of life of disadvantaged communities
worldwide through education and implementation of sustainable engineering
projects, while promoting new dimensions of experience for engineers,
engineering students, and similarly motivated non-engineers.
VISION
The vision of
Engineers without Borders – International is to be recognized and respected as
an international organization whose members deliver sustainable solutions to
developing communities worldwide and make use of their diverse technical
expertise to solve critical problems affecting the health of our planet.
VALUES
We believe in
change that can contribute positively to communities; change that started
now will provide new solutions over time; and change that can interrupt the
cycle of poverty.
PEOPLE IN HOST COMMUNITIES who define the development projects and contribute to
ensuring ownership, appropriateness, and long-term effectiveness; people who
can solve their own problems.
PARTNERSHIPS with
a broad cadre of institutional, academic, development, and engineering
organizations that are willing to assist in building toward a more equitable
and sustainable world.
SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS that are symbiotic with the environment,
society, and culture and build capacity for people to solve their own problems.
EDUCATION that develops a new generation of
engineers, who will benefit from seeing the many facets of engineering
solutions to problems in developing communities, beyond the technical skills
obtained in their basic education; and in the education of host-community
partners.
ETHICS that require the highest level of
integrity; ethics that promote honesty, communication, and forthright
disclosure; ethics that promote human dignity, value, and respect of diversity;
ethics that promote social responsibility and appropriate action; ethics that
promote fairness and equitable distribution of time, effort, and resources;
ethics that promote responsibility to share skills and resources; and ethics
that recognize that people should not be exploited in any form whatsoever.
EWB-I member
groups and partner organizations contribute to meeting the Millennium development Goals (MDG) through
capacity building in their projects. EWB-I endorses the Universal Declaration of Human Right.
Alternative energy, water, sanitation/ health, agriculture /food security, education, shelter are the fields of action of EWB.
This post is updated by
MD. MOSHIUR RAHMAN MISU SHAH
EWB-RUET
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