At its 20th Anniversary event, Engineers Without Borders renewed its commitment to global responsibility
From earlier this year until March 2025, Engineers Without Borders UK is focusing on one competency per month from their Global Responsibility Competency Compass. The competencies cover essential knowledge, skills and mindsets, such as technology stewardship, creative collaboration, and social and ecological wellbeing.
Each month, the charity will deliver events, videos and written material that dive into the topics relating to each competency. The aim is to help engineering practices and educators embed a globally responsible approach into their training and to encourage more businesses and individuals to participate in Engineers Without Borders initiatives.
Engineers Without Borders UK offers various strategic partnering, sponsorship and educational initiatives for business and academia. Among its achievements are the Engineering for People Design Challenge, which to date has helped more than 70,000 undergraduate students across the world to understand their impact as engineers on both people and the planet.
The Global Responsibility Competency Compass was developed with the support of the Royal Academy of Engineering and is endorsed by the Engineering Council. It offers individuals, teams and companies a clear pathway to identify strengths and any gaps in the skills needed to ensure projects deliver sustainable, equitable and ethical results, and provides access to practical learning resources.
The need to reduce climate change and our impacts on the natural world while delivering equitable access to vital resources is driving Engineers Without Borders UK to be more ambitious than ever in effecting positive change.
According to John Kraus, CEO of Engineers Without Borders UK, the focus is on reaching a tipping point where global responsibility becomes integral to the way engineering is taught and practised.
“It is firmly focused on addressing the issues that the planet and society face today,” he concludes.
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