Engineering for Humanity Weekend 2022

Together with openhack, EWB-SWE is delighted to open up for registration to join Engineering for Humanity Weekend 2022 on March 11-13. The 42-hour virtual event is focused on developing sustainable solutions to challenges related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Participation in the event offers a unique chance to collaborate with people of varied backgrounds, design solutions for real-world challenges and compete for the opportunity to realize your solution after the event. The cases are derived from ongoing projects within national Engineers Without Borders organisations in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Germany.

Anyone is welcome to join for a fun and rewarding weekend! At this moment, registration is open for participants, mentors, jury members and partners.

Contribute as a Participant
As a participant, you will join a team of designers, developers, innovators, industry experts, project managers and others ready to find solutions to global challenges. With your team, you will brainstorm, start sketching or building a prototype. All teams will receive guidance from highly skilled professionals and industry experts. In the final hours, you will submit your solution to a jury, who will identify doable, scalable and impactful solutions to support for further implementation.

Help out as a Mentor
To provide the participants with the best resources possible, mentors play a key role. As a mentor, you will be assigned a team to guide, either through scheduled checkpoints or with supportive input throughout the event (minimum time commitment is 2h in total). Additionally, each mentor will be able to respond to questions from any team via the event platform’s chat forum. If you are a subject matter expert, project manager or got experience that can help out, you are welcome to join the event as a mentor and help the participants with their mission.

Be part of the Jury
In order to bring forth the best suitable submissions for further development and implementation, competent jury members are crucial. As a jury member, you will spend 1-3h reviewing submissions at the end of the 42-hour weekend event. As a jury member, you will be part of a jury group consisting of subject matter experts, key partner representatives and project owners.

Partner with us
Companies and organizations are invited to actively take part in the event and support the development of the most promising solutions. As a partner you may contribute with mentors, jury members, prizes, spreading the word and, most importantly, supporting the teams to further develop their ideas after the event. This can be done by mentoring a team in the idea-implementing phase, providing office space, financial support or supervision. Gain recognition for your sustainability goals and get unique recruiting opportunities while helping us engineer for humanity! Get involved as a partner by reaching out to partners.e4h@ewb-swe.org.

EWB-SWE renews partnership with Vattenfall

EWB-SWE is pleased to announce the renewal of the partnership with Vattenfall, to continue a joint commitment to drive sustainable change and work towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

As part of the earlier two-year partnership, Vattenfall participated in activities towards EWB-SWE´s local groups, and employees supported the organization´s capacity building by lending their expertise within the group on partnership assessment, competence groups on energy and construction, as well as risk-management and policies evaluation. 

“Our work is powered by the support of our partners, and we are extremely pleased with the renewed support from Vattenfall towards our mission“, says Jan Byfors, Chairperson of  EWB-SWE.

The current partnership will foster deeper collaboration between EWB-SWE and Vattenfall by involving more employees and participation in workshops and webinars organized by EWB-SWE with a specific focus on diversity and inclusion work.

About Vattenfall:
Vattenfall is a leading European energy provider which for more than 100 years has electrified industries, supplied energy to people's homes and modernised our way of living through innovation and cooperation. The company is committed to attaining a life free from fossil fuels within one generation through innovation and cooperation.

EWB-SWE releases “2021 in review: Engineering for Humanity”

EWB-SWE is pleased to release the video “2021 in review: Engineering for Humanity” to look back and celebrate another year of humanitarian engineering.

During the past year, the organisation has strengthened its capacity to provide sustainable solutions and improve the living standards of people today and in the future. Together with supporters, members and volunteers, EWB-SWE is ready to take on 2022 and keep working for everyone´s right to a sustainable future.

EWB-SWE calls for nominations: Board & Chairperson

EWB-SWE is opening up for nominations to the upcoming election of board and chairperson.

During the annual meeting in May, the members of EWB-SWE will elect the new board for the following period of one full year. This year, there will also be an election for a new chairperson of the board.

What is the Board?
The Board is the body within EWB-SWE that represents all members through operative decisions. Their role is to coordinate the work of the different focus areas, support local groups and lead the work from a strategic perspective. The Board meets regularly (approximately once a month) either online or physically. Each board member is elected for one full year and is usually responsible for a focus area or an internal function. Read more about the board here.

Who is the Chairperson?
Besides being the official representative of EWB-SWE as an organisation and an employer, the chairperson is overall responsible for annual and member meetings, as well as for the board's strategic work and monthly meetings. The chairperson works in close cooperation with the Secretary-General.

Who can nominate and be nominated?
Anyone can nominate either themselves or someone else. As to provide a good representation of the organization, the aim is to maintain a dynamic group of different backgrounds and competencies. Experience of similar work and/or previous engagement within the organization is valued but not required - more important are the values, commitment and aspiration of the candidate, to help lead the organization through further development and growth. After interviews and evaluation of the nominees, a proposal is presented by the election committee to the annual meeting. Any candidate can still be nominated and considered during the meeting before the election is made jointly by the members. Existing members of the board are allowed to run for re-election. To be elected, the candidate has to be or become a member of EWB-SWE.

How do I nominate a candidate?
The election committee warmly welcomes nominations for the board by email to election.committee@ewb-swe.org, by the 14th of February 2022 at the latest.

For questions about the work within the board or the role of the chairperson, please contact Caroline Bastholm, Secretary-General (caroline.bastholm@ewb-swe.org) or Jan Byfors, chairperson (jan.byfors@ewb-swe.org).

EWB-SWE announces Membership of Giva Sverige

As a cheerful start to the new year, Engineers Without Borders Sweden proudly announces a new membership of Giva Sverige (the Swedish Fundraising Association). 

Giva Sverige is a professional membership body for fundraising organisations in Sweden. Their aim is to increase giving in Sweden by improving the conditions for organisations to fundraise in a trustworthy way.

Giva Sverige is a leading provider of fundraising training in Sweden. By offering supporting activities, such as fundraising specific training courses, seminars and research, member organisations are able to enhance fundraising activities based on three main areas - professional development, governance and compliance, and advocacy.

This membership allows EWB-SWE to develop and improve its fundraising activities to advance the mission of #EngineeringforHumanity. As members, EWB-SWE is also part of supporting better conditions for transparent, ethical and professional fundraising in Sweden.

We are delighted to be part of this important initiative!

Read more about Giva Sverige > https://www.givasverige.se/in-english/