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6th Africa Engineering Week & 4th Africa Engineering Conference,Livingstone, Zambia, 2019.

FAEO PRESENTATIONEng. Martin Manuhwa, FZwIE, HonFGhIE.

[email protected] :- Federation of African Engineering Organisations (FAEO).

Vice President World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) :- Anti-Corruption Committee (Chair).

Past President :- Southern African Federation of Engineering Organisations (SAFEO).

Past Chairman :- Engineering Council of Zimbabwe (ECZ).

Past President :- Zimbabwe Institution of Engineering (ZIE)

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President Kwame Nkrumah,first speech at the foundation summit ofthe Organization of African Unity,Addis Ababa, 24 May 1963

“We shall accumulate machinery and establish steel works, ironfoundries and factories; we shall link the various states of ourContinent with communications; we shall astound the world withour hydroelectric power; we shall drain marshes and swamps, clearinfested areas, feed the undernourished, and rid our people ofparasites and disease. It is within the possibility of science andtechnology “ENGINEERING” to make even the Sahara bloom into avast field with verdant vegetation for agricultural and industrialdevelopments”.

Engineering for Sustainable Development to Achieve the Africa we want

Outline of Presentation

• Introduction

• About FAEO

• Motivation of Paradigm Shift in HEI & Engineering Education Policies

• The Africa Engineering Week as a Platform for Collaboration

• FAEO Engineering 2063 Vision and Plan

• Pillars for Action on Engineering Education Standards and Capacity Building

• FAEO Focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Recommendations and call for Action through Implementation

• Conclusion

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Introduction• Engineering and other interventions are answers and enablers to deliver our FAEO Vision 2063 which is inspired by the AU

AGENDA 2063 and the UN Agenda 2030 on SDGs for people, planet and prosperity and the Strategies contained in the AU

Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA) 16-25/ Science, Technology & Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA) 2024.

• FAEO calls for the ethical practice of engineering by infusing competences that promote professionalism and zero tolerance to

corruption and high levels of integrity.

• FAEO commits to raising awareness of the importance of accreditation of engineering qualifications and competence assessment

to global standards to allow for mobility and recognition of qualifications;

• FAEO also joins other organisations in building political and financial commitment for the development of national engineering

accreditation and competence assessment bodies for the rest of Africa.

• We have ECSA as Africa’s sole representative in the IEAM family, and we now concerted interest from other countries like

(Nigeria, Rwanda – under the FEIAP mentorship), Mauritius, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe who are in various stages of

the preparation and will ride on the WFEO/IEA MoU and other capacity building efforts.

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UNESCO Africa Engineering Week (AEW) – A Platform for Collaboration

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UNESCO AEW is an excellent platform for promoting quality engineering education and engineering capacity building in

Africa and to cooperate with UNESCO/WFEO/IEA to extend the global reach of standards of FAEO by offering mentoring

programmes and other co-operation activities.

About FAEO• At a General Assembly of 8th May 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya, it was unanimously agreed to merge the former Federation of African

Organizations of Engineers (FAOE) and the Africa Engineering Forum (AEF) formed in 1972 and 2001 respectively, and establish a central

united home for African Engineering Organisations under the name Federation of African Engineering Organisations (FAEO). FAEO

represents the African Engineering Agenda at the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO), The African Union (AU) and any

other International Organisations.

• The FAEO constitution was unanimously accepted and adopted. The FAEO Constitution recognises five regional groups to work under

FAEO. The five regional groups are in alphabetical order are:

• Central African Federation of Engineering Organisations (CAFEO);

• Eastern African Federation of Engineering Organisations (EAFEO);

• North African Federation of Engineering Organisations (NAFEO);

• Southern African Federation of Engineering Organisations (SAFEO) – This involved only changing the name from AEF to SAFEO,

aligning to the FAEO Constitution and making minor adjustments to the protocol, secretariat and operations of the former AEF; and.

• West African Federation of Engineering Organisations (WAFEO).


FAEO VISION“To be the leading engineering professional body offering sustainable development

solutions for the benefit of humankind in Africa and beyond .”

Our Motto “To Achieve the AU Agenda 2063 through Engineering for Sustainable

Development to Create the Africa we want.”

Our Mission

> To Serve humanity through the use of best practiced technology.

> To represent the African engineering profession.7


The Path we Have Walked as FAEO

• Created the Engineering Capacity Building Initiative for Africa to be operationalized through the AU Department of Human Resources, Science and Technology Agreement of Co-operation which FAEO signed in 2017 that calls for an Action and Results oriented mindset in our operations in Africa.

• We have signed MoUs with International Organisations to mobilise support and Development for the Africa want. We will this week engage UNESCO on a more comprehensive hands on relationship for more activities in Capacity Building, Gender, Water and Energy.

• FAEO has positioned Africa for International Engineering Leadership at WFEO:• Engineering Capacity Building (Hosted by South Africa)

• Anti-Corruption (Hosted by Zimbabwe)

• Women in Engineering (Hosted by Nigeria)

• Working Group on Global Infrastructure Report Card

• (Hosted by Federation of African Engineering Organisations)

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The Path we Have Walked as FAEO

• Together with WFEO & UNESCOO we have driven the success of the AEW to be the brand that is now.

• We have started the first Africa Engineering Conference AEW which premiered in Nigeria and is now in its fourth edition.

• We have facilitated Funding opportunities for PEIs and infrastructure development reporting in Africa (Scorecard Reports).

• We have taken part in the UNESCO Engineering Report No. 2 (ERII) soon to be launched.• Engineering Capacity Building (Hosted by South Africa)

• Anti-Corruption (Hosted by Zimbabwe)

• Women in Engineering (Hosted by Nigeria)

• Working Group on Global Infrastructure Report Card

• (Hosted by Federation of African Engineering Organisations)

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Global Industry Player Viewpoint• Engineers play a critical role in fueling the global

economy. Industry needs highly educated, entrepreneurial engineers to ensure innovation and technological leadership for us to catchup or leapfrog.

• Industry needs engineers who strive for the best in a high – performance global market.

• Industry needs a new breed of engineer that are:• technically broad,

• commercially savvy and

• globally adept

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Africa’sEngineering Capacity Building Put in Context

• The majority of Infrastructure Development is for-seen to happen in the African Continent

• Our wish is by 2024 at least 50% of infrastructure development should be done by citizens of Africa using their beneficiated materials.

• We have the Batoka Gorge Project ? What’s the involvement of our local engineers?

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True Global Transformation Vision for the African Continent:

•Citizens within Africa should direct, par-take and benefit from their infrastructure development projects in Africa for their full social and economic transformation.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED?

• The international markets have already entered our space

• E.g Renewable Energy no localised manufacturing for African Governments and Engineers

• The AU Agenda 2063 should address this weakness.

• The real competitor is beyond the boundaries of the African Continent!!!!

Engineering is essential to achieve the UN SDGs

Source: Image from International Science Council



FAEO Focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The AU Agenda 2063 & STISA2024


The Role of Engineering in STISA

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Industry 4.0 – Where Are We?


Source: PWC, 2017

From Industry 1.0 to Industry 4.0: Towards the 4th Industrial Revolution


Some Tipping Points of Technological Shifts expected to occur by 2025



FAEO Engineering 2063 Plan – The basis• Engineering a better Africa requires a new paradigm that focuses on building capacity, inspiring the

youth through diversity and inclusion to join the profession and rallying stakeholders to create strategies to achieve sustainable development goals.

• FAEO through its Agreement with the Africa Union (AU) Commission Department of Human Resources, Science and Technology envisions the implementation of Engineering Solutions in the AU Science, Technology & Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA2024) to create the AFRICA that we want.

• FAEO Engineering 2063 Plan intends to develop engineering capacity for a sustainable Africa through partnerships with educators, government, industry and professional engineering institutions.

• a strategic initiative to address the gap in engineering capacity and the quality of engineering professionals.

• recognises that engineering is essential for achieving all the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

• FAEO will lead and co-ordinate the Plan with its partners and stakeholders.


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1. Inspire and Encourage young people and women – To consider engineering as a career of choice.

2. Innovate Graduate Outcomes - Agree with educators, government, industry and review them regularly to catch up with shifting trends (especially I.R. 4.0 and intercultural competences).

3. Infuse Global standards and trends to create the Africa we want - for engineering education and practice via a relevant continuous professional development.

i. Establish an African platform for engineering standards which are aligned to the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) – Education and professional development, under auspices of Professional Engineering Institutions, FAEO, WFEO, AU and UNESCO.

ii. Create Partnerships and stakeholder engagements – with international standard setting organisations for a consistent international framework for co—operation.

iii. Support – development of national engineering education systems to comply with agreed standards.

4. Instil a Capacity Building mindset – for accreditation of engineering education and accreditation bodies and professional engineering institutions (PEIs).


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5. Initiate and develop professional development pathways and harmonised CPD recognition frameworks – so graduates meet employer needs.

6. international and national registration of engineering professionals – for recognition of qualifications and experienced of practising engineers.

7. Interactions with international development agencies as well as liaison with national governments and PEIs – to establish consistent regulation policies for engineering practitioners throughout Africa.

8. Insisting on periodic progress reporting, continuous reviews and quality assurance systems - to WFEO, IEA, AU, UNESCO and other international organisations.


Recommendations and call for Action through Implementation

• We recommend a programme to build the capacity of national accreditation and

competence assessment agencies and underlying facilities, so that those agencies

can be mentored to achieve best global practice.

• FAEO also recommends the building of the capacity of national accreditation and

competence assessment bodies to the point where they can join the Accords and

Agreements as provisional and eventually full members; and seeking partners and

resources that will enable the achievement of these aims globally.


Recommendations and Action Plans

• There is need to develop regional centres of excellence and hubs for a strategic critical mass

in Accreditation development to facilitate Mobility of Engineers in Africa.

• Sharing known effective models within/ across sectors and nations must be achieved in

Africa.

• There is need for FAEO to create a strong professional Engineering Organisations, industry,

Government and academia linkage which will create the quadruple helix that will

continuously review the strategy to meet the demands of BUILDING QUALITY ENGINEERING

CAPACITY FOR THE AFRICA WE WANT.

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• Our Aim is to improve the Quality of Education in Africa.

• We need to create good jobs, entrepreneurial and economic growth for Africa.

• FAEO commits to a Capacity Building Programme for the assessment of each African country’s current systems of engineering education and requirements to achieve provisional status with IEA.

• FAEO commits to work with mentors for African countries in the process of making a provisional application and going all the way for the full membership of those that are ready.

FAEO Commitment and Focus on Working with the IEA, WFEO & UNESCO to improve Engineering Standards in Africa


CONCLUSION• FAEO would like to participate in the training of assessors for Africa via our PEIs and Accrediting Bodies by taking part in the IEA Global Reach

Initiative, the Train the Trainer Sessions as well as FEIAP and other partners training.

• FAEO Commits for further development of capacity building to increase the number and quality of engineers, technologists, and technicians, who

meet international standards through opportunities at Africa Engineering Week and other gatherings. To this effect, we request WFEO to rescind

the decision of combining Capacity Building & Engineering Education for the two are complementary and have several mutual exclusive elements.

Africa was not consulted before this decision was made and neither was the chair of capacity building or the chair of all STCs nor the Executive

Council. This landmark decision needs a stakeholder consideration.

• FAEO also commits to Diversity and Inclusion Policies in Engineering and encourage youth, women and minorities to take up STEM subjects leading

to engineering careers!

• FAEO will Engage in Partnership for the Goals with Stakeholders like WFEO, IEA, UNESCO, AU etc to increase mobility and

recognition of engineering as a major force to achieve the SDGs.


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