New Podcast - Meet Marianne from EWB-SWE and Kinna from Sandvik

Meet Marianne Grauers, Board member of Engineers Without Borders Sweden and Kinna Brundin, Global Event and Partnership Manager at Sandvik in a brand new podcast, in which they share their inspiring experiences from one of our projects in Tanzania, discuss the important role of engineers in development and highlight the long-term successful partnership between Sandvik and EWB-SWE.

As a Board member of EWB-SWE, Marianne has been part of our school project with Mavuno in Tanzania for several years. Mavuno Boarding School opened in 2016 and aims to give young girls the opportunity to attend school in a very rural region of the country and prepare them for university studies. In this podcast, she is joined by Kinna, responsible for the collaboration with EWB-SWE at Sandvik who visited the school in September 2022 and shares her experience from the field trip.

Call for Board Nominations

Are you looking for a way to contribute to our cause and make an impact? Do you have ideas to help Engineers Without Borders Sweden become a stronger organization? 2023 call for nominations to the Board is now open!

Deadline: February 19th

Engineers Without Borders Sweden´s Board has the overall responsibility for the organization and mainly works with the development of the organization and support for the management team of 4 full-time employees. In line with the launch of our new strategy for 2023-2027, we are taking a more strategic approach to our cause and are looking for new Board members to lead the way, bring a breadth of skills and perspectives, and make a significant impact on our organization and for the communities we engage with.

In the role as Board member, you get to work with competent colleagues and participate in the organizational development of our growing organization. 

What we are looking for is an individual who:

• has a strategic mindset

• can support a non profit and growing organization

• has a broad experience in strategy, growth and follow-up

In the role as Board member, you are expected to:

• dedicate approx. 4-6 hours of work per month for Board meetings, ongoing Board work and work with the organization's management;

• share your expertise, contribute with challenging questions and, if possible, act as a sounding board for EWB-SWE´s team.

Does this sound like an interesting role for yourself or someone you know? Share your nomination with our election committee before February 19th > election.committee@ewb-swe.org

For questions about the work within the Board, please contact Jan Byfors, acting Secretary General and Board member > jan.byfors@ewb-swe.org

Engineers Without Borders Sweden celebrates 15 years of impact!

It's official - EWB-SWE has turned 15! As we reach this important milestone for our organization, we couldn't think of a better way to mark the occasion than to gather our amazing community for two days of celebration, throwback, inspiration, learning and networking.

It all started in 2007 when a handful of students and a retired engineer initiated Engineers Without Borders in Sweden. A lot has happened since. And there is so much more to look forward to. 

On November 11th, we had the pleasure to invite our members, volunteers, partners and stakeholders to a celebration evening at Ingenjörshuset in Stockholm, honoring our 15 years of engineering for humanity and social impact for the communities we engage with. Following two years of digital events, we are grateful to be able to meet again with our fabulous community of like-minded people standing behind our vision and supporting our ambitions to use humanitarian engineering to engage, inspire and unite people to build sustainable communities.

A growing community 

After a quick walk down memory lane featuring how our organization and its impact have grown over the years, we took a chance to honor our volunteers who play a pivotal role in our work. Together, they form a network of passionate and experienced people bringing their skills and experiences to our projects, activities and organization, carrying out most of the important work of EWB-SWE. 

Our work is also powered by the commitment of corporate partners and supporting companies and we are thrilled that so many joined us. We are incredibly happy to see our community of partners growing year after year and grateful for the funding and knowledge-sharing they offer to increase our impact and develop our activities further.

Engineering for a sustainable future

EWB-SWE mobilizes its engineering expertise to power innovative solutions and solve challenges related to poverty and global development. We believe that engineering is a critical enabler of change for communities in need - a vision also shared among the global community of Engineers Without Borders organizations.

 We are grateful to our keynote speaker Joe Mulligan, “Change Maker” at our sister organization EWB-UK, for joining us on stage and sharing spot-on thoughts on globally responsible engineering. Based on his extensive engineering experience in different contexts, Joe emphasized the role and the importance of engineering in the development of our societies and our globe, as well as the four principles of globally responsible engineering: purpose, inclusivity, regeneration, and responsibility. We see many synergies in our approach, putting global responsible engineering on the map for a sustainable future for all, and look forward to a stronger collaboration with EWB-UK. 

Member Day 

The second day of our weekend was dedicated to Members Day - an important arena for our organization to build our community and also share new ideas and thoughts on how we can improve our work. Over 60 members joined on this sunny Saturday to network, get inspired, shape the future of the organization, and have fun! 

Throughout the day, we focused on social impact through humanitarian engineering and the important role of our members in achieving this. First, we deep dived into the concept of social impact and how it links to our work at EWB-SWE. We then had the privilege to hear more on humanitarian engineering and the engineers' role from Keven Passino, Director of the Humanitarian Engineering Center - Ohio, and writer of the book: Humanitarian Engineering: Advancing Technology for Sustainable Development Research. The last part of the day was dedicated to workshops based on some of our ongoing projects to invite our members to think beyond the technical solution and share perspectives on our work. 

Until we meet again

This fall's events were truly inspirational and we are very much looking forward to the next time we all meet again soon. There is quite an exciting journey ahead of us and we will rely on our community to reach our ambitions. Thank you for your continuous support and commitment toward Engineering for Humanity!