Greetings from our Secretary General!

Caroline is the newest addition to the management team of EWB-SWE. Join us as we reflect with her on the first months with us and most importantly what is the pipeline for the rest of the year for the organization.

>Two months on the job. What are your initial thoughts and how has it been so far?

It has been two very interesting months in learning more about the organization, its supporters and all the important work EWB-SWE conducts and the actual impact the organization has for communities in need. The incredible, warm spirit of everyone volunteering and committing to all our work and projects is very inspiring, how we together can work for a better and more sustainable future. Further, it has been very interesting to discover all designs and creative solutions to real-world problems and sustainable development projects that are innovative and community centered.

>What are the plans for the fall and beyond?

After the summer will be quite exciting for all of us at EWB-SWE as we will present a new strategy for our international projects and continue to push projects that have been active or moving at slow speed following the pandemic. We are keeping a strong focus on fundraising so we can contribute more to our projects and we are already starting planning for upcoming campaigns - “Giving Tuesday '' on November 28th and year-end giving around Christmas Campaign. We are also working to launch a new feature for everyone willing to make their support last with monthly donations.

Our important work with Missing Maps continues and we will be back with more news on our upcoming mapathon after the summer holidays. Another exciting news is the launch of “Meet our Partners”, a series of interviews with our partners to talk about our collaboration and achievements together.

Last but not least, we will start in October the third edition of our Connect Mentorship Program in collaboration with our main partner Sandvik that aims at sharing knowledge and increasing insight about both organizations through pairing between their Global Graduates and our local groups. 

>Anything else?

Yes! EWB-SWE is now a proud member of The West Sweden Chamber of Commerce, a privat and politically neutral organization working to strengthen the region's business community. This collaboration gives us a wonderful opportunity to work with integration and sustainability in the region.

And I look forward to working with all of you and wish you a happy summer!

// Caroline Edelstam

Bangladesh: addressing health and water quality issues

About 25 million people in Bangladesh do not have access to clean drinking water and 40% of the population is affected by health issues caused by dirty water while it is the first cause of death among children. The village of Goaldihi experiences a similar situation to the rest of the country with a stressed water situation and a population suffering from many illnesses such as diarrhea assumed to be linked to poor quality water consumption and even leading to some deaths.

Pre-study

Previous tests in the village revealed the presence of a coliform bacteria E-coli in the wells confirming that water is the rooting cause of the health issues that also increase significantly during the monsoon as mosquitos and other bacteria thrive in these conditions. With a lack of knowledge of the current water situation in the village, further information was required to be able to address the health and water quality issues in the best way for the population.

Between 2020-2023 EWB-SWE conducted a pre-study to find the main issues of water contamination and to find potential solutions for the problems in hand. After months of planning, water quality tests, surveys and more, the project team has now been able to point out the main issues to the water contamination and sanitation issues as well, and suggest solutions that are economically feasible to increase the quality of the drinking water.

Issues and solutions

One of the first causes to water contamination identified is animal waste runoffs as the terrain is flat and part of riverine is flood plains. Another cause is the proximity of the tube wells next to pit latrines. Our survey data also shows a very high-water table of 2.5 meters. This is disadvantageous as the minimum vertical distance between the bottom of latrine pits and the water table should be at least 2 meters.

Based on this analysis, the project team has evaluated and proposed two different solutions for safe drinking water (raised deep tube wells which can be powered by solar cells and ceramic filtration which is an old but effective to purify water), two solutions for safe sanitation (composting toilets and elevated pit latrines), together with a sludge management solution (biogas).

Next step

Based on the survey done by our local partner BRIF with the village as their preferred solution, we will implement the solution consisting of raised deep tube wells with solar cells to supply the village with safe drinking water in the comin months.

We are grateful to our supporters for their funding in this key phase of our project: Vatten och Miljökonsulterna AB, HVR Water purification AB as well as everyone that participated in Marcus Nilsson´s fundraising campaign. We  also extend a special thanks to all the volunteers donating their time and expertise toward this project.

Openhack - Coding for Humanity joins EWB-SWE´s venture

EWB-SWE is pleased to announce the takeover of openhack to further invest in and develop socially sustainable solutions with humanitarian benefits.

Founded in 2015 as a project under Engineers Without Borders Sweden to answer pressing societal and humanitarian challenges through open source development, openhack grew into a subsidiary in the following years. In line with our digitalization strategy, EWB-SWE is now fully taking over the social company and collaborative community with one purpose: continue to solve challenges related to the Global Goals and Agenda 2030 through innovation.

- There are many good ideas, a strong will for innovation and a great entrepreneurial spirit in Sweden that we must cultivate and create conditions for. This is an important investment in our digitization strategy to be able to influence around the world. It is essential that we work together for social impact and increase collaborations in order to reach the Global Goals and create a better and more sustainable world, says Caroline Edelstam, Secretary General of EWB-SWE.

15 events and 10,000 participants

openhack is Sweden's hackathon pioneer and has won the CIO Awards as Digital Inspirer of the Year. To date, it has organized 15 successful hackathons on a physical, digital and hybrid basis in the last years, bringing together over 10,000 participants taking over 60 different humanitarian and social impact-oriented challenges.

Among these events, Hack the Crisis Sweden organized in 2020 during the pandemic broke record numbers with 7,500 people participating in the event, 160 partner organizations joining and supporting the initiative, leading to 530 solutions to different societal challenges. Just Arrived, BrightAct and VoiceMed, among others, are some of the startups that were successfully launched from the ideas. 

Welcome on board openhack!

- This is the beginning of an important collaboration where we have the opportunity to influence in a larger, international context. With EWB-SWE’s national and international network and unique engineering expertise, we can broaden our operations. Openhack has a large potential and we get a greater opportunity to create humanitarian benefits through innovation and social impact together, says Lukas Scheffer Leander, co-founder and CEO of Openhack.

We look forward to taking the next step in bringing together organizations and tech-volunteers to meet and exchange ideas and knowledge to advance humanity.

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For more information on the venture, you can read our press release here (in Swedish) and reach out to Caroline Edelstam, caroline.edelstam@ewb-swe.org.

For more information on openhack, visit their website.

New Secretary General: Welcome Caroline Edelstam

We are very pleased to announce that Caroline is joining EWB-SWE from May 2nd and warmly welcome her to the team! 
Caroline joins us from Adréasson Public Relations in her role as Senior PR & Communications Consultant and has previous experience from the business world as well as from NGOs working with Human Rights and International Affairs as Secretary General at Amref Sweden, Director of Fundraising at Ersta Diakoni, and Co-founder and President of Edelstam Foundation.

“I’m delighted with this opportunity to become part of the important work of EWB-SWE, contributing to sustainable, global development with the organization’s great efforts in strengthening communities worldwide. I hope my previous experiences can contribute to the growth of the organization and I’m looking much forward to working with the Board, EWB-SWE’s management team and all our active volunteers throughout Sweden engaging in our projects”

- Caroline Edelstam

Run for a good cause!

Join Team EWB-SWE and take on Göteborgsvarvet to fundraise for safe health care in Tanzania!

As a registered runner of Göteborgsvarvet 2023, you can choose to run for a good cause and make a difference. We are calling all runners to support EWB-SWE and help fundraise to improve the quality of healthcare for thousands of families in Tanzania.

For safe health care

Access to a safe and adequate health care system makes a huge difference in people's lives.In Tanzania, EWB-SWE aims to support hospitals facing infrastructural challenges limiting them to provide safe health care. By implementing sustainable and effective technical solutions, we increase access to satisfactory healthcare and reduce mortality. 

Why run for EWB-SWE?

• For over 15 years, we've been driven by a single goal - build a sustainable future for communities around the world.

• Your fundraising means we can mobilize our engineering expertise to provide lasting solutions and engage in the long term - empowering communities today and ensuring their resilience tomorrow.

• No matter how much you raise, your fundraising will have an impact and help us engage where the needs are the greatest to engineer even more sustainable change.

On your marks …

Get set, launch your campaign and rally your family and friends to join you in your goal to raise funds for improved quality of healthcare in Tanzania!

Not ready to run yourself? Support our campaigners and make a donation - every step matters!

Tanzania: Supporting an Open school for pregnant and teenage mothers

A school for pregnant and teenage mothers in Tanzania

Since gaining independence in the 1960s, the Tanzanian government has had a policy of expelling pregnant students and adolescent mothers from school. Tens of thousands of young women have been forced to abandon their ambition of completing primary and secondary education. In late 2021 the Tanzanian Ministry of Education officially granted adolescent mothers the right to return to school. Even so, due to the extensive expelling of adolescent mothers over more than six decades, it will take a considerable amount of time before the stigmatisation of the adolescent mothers disappears and their situation improves in Tanzanian society.

Benefits for teenage girls and the community

The main objective of Tumaini is to offer the abandoned mothering and pregnant students in rural Tanzania, a second chance by constructing an Open school with primary and secondary education as well as vocational training. The majority of the students will not be required to pay a tuition fee and the school is planning to provide facilities for child care, kitchen and dining hall, auditorium and dormitories for students needing to be boarding school students, etc. The completed school is planned to have a capacity of at least 450 students both day students and boarding school students.

Collecting data for a deeper understanding

The initial aim has been to collect as much data as possible to get a full understanding of the situation the young mothers are coping with as well as try to listen attentively to the Tumaini organisation what the needs really are. From a visit in August 2022 to Tabora, Malin Sandström, Leader of the Construction collected a great deal of information and specific project requirements. In interviews with some of the girls as well as their parents, they shared dreams and wishes for the future that they hoped the school could help them to accomplish. 

A multidisciplinary and holistic approach

The project itself is technically challenging and will run over a long period of time. Therefore a multidisciplinary team with a holistic approach is being recruited amongst volunteers. The project also has a need to include angels from both education, socialisation and communication within the school and its vicinity. As well as environmental impact, cost effectiveness and sustainability perspective.

Travel diary from Nepal

Field trip to Nepal by Oskar Örling, Partner Coordinator for Build up Nepal

I have worked as a partner coordinator for Build up Nepal on a volunteer basis for the last two years. During these years the collaboration between EWB-SWE and Build up Nepal has flourished and developed into a strong established partnership. I have had the pleasure of working closely with Björn, Founder and Managing Director of Build up Nepal, and very skilled engineers volunteering for EWB-SWE. We have had several projects focusing on developing the technical aspect of Build up Nepal's work.

Due to the pandemic, our visit to Nepal had been postponed, but at the end of November last year we finally had the opportunity to travel to Nepal to learn more about the project and visit our colleagues at the office in Nepal. 

Meeting with Build up Nepal staff

The journey started by encountering Petrus, our newly recruited project manager at a cafe at Arlanda airport. We were both overly excited about the trip and I think Petrus in particular was unsure about what he had just thrown himself into head first. The flight was quite exhausting, but we arrived safely in Kathmandu where we were greeted by one of the Build Up Nepal staff.

Meeting Björn and his wife Bina was like meeting an old friend, having worked with him for a long time, it was amazing to finally see him in person. Together with members of his team - Kajal, Angana, Indra among others - we went through the details of our field trip, and the material testing that Petrus was going to assist with and were shown around the premises of their new office and workshop.

Highlighits of the trip

Together with Marlene, Head of international projects, who arrived the next day, we shared a wonderful week in Nepal. Besides sticking to the planned agenda we had time to experience the chaotic but beautiful city of Kathmandu,  eat the most fantastic food in the world and get to know the all too friendly Nepalese people. But when people ask me what was the highlight of the trip, it is without hesitation meeting and being incredibly warmly welcomed by all the entrepreneurs, school staff and families during the field trip. Each one is a unique encounter that will never be forgotten. We were simply amazed by their ingenuity, charisma and hard work dedicated to creating jobs, businesses and enabling education and safe housing.

A collaboration since 2016

During the years since EWB-SWE started the cooperation with Build Up Nepal, I believe our partnership has had room to deepen a lot and we are lucky to have a partner where the contribution of our engineering expertise really makes a difference. I hope that we can maintain this strong cooperation and of course hope to see Björn and his team soon again!

Namaste, 
/Oskar Örling - Partner Coordinator Build Up Nepal

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!

Travel stories from Uganda and Tanzania: August 2022

Inspired, impressed, humbled, and motivated! Those are the words I want to use, to sum up, my intense and relatively short work trip to East Africa with Engineers Without Borders Sweden this summer. I'm humbled to finally be able to travel here to learn more about the situation and about the challenges many people are facing in both Tanzania and Uganda. But most importantly, I'm motivated to do more.

In Uganda, I got to meet six young, smart, passionate, and ambitious newly qualified engineers who themselves are trying to improve life for the next generation through humanitarian engineering. Together with the team on-site, we conducted workshops to find out more about their work and how we can collaborate in the matter - very much connected to the research I myself (try to) conduct here in Sweden.  

In Tanzania, the mission was to evaluate and try to improve a digitalization project that was carried out about two years ago in collaboration with Sandvik. A computer room has been installed at a girls-only secondary school with the aim to improve the opportunity for young girls to gain digital literacy. This led to a series of interviews and workshops with both students and teachers.

Before my trip, I was told some 'prejudices' and I had quite some expectations.  Some were true, such as that the people of Uganda and Tanzania are incredibly friendly and that there are many challenges related to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. In conclusion, I´m writing this primarily to raise awareness about EWB-SWE different projects and possibilities to engage and possibly inspire others to get engaged. 

By: Adam Mallalieu, team member Digitalization Project, Engineers Without Borders Sweden

Travel report: Uganda and Tanzania, May 2022

End of May, Marlene (Head of International projects) and Mara (Leader of monitoring and evaluation) traveled to Uganda and Tanzania to visit the EWB East Africa in Kampala and EWB-SWE's established partners Mavuno in Karagwe, Tanzania. 
The purpose of the visit to Uganda was to initiate a collaboration between EWB-SWE and EWB East Africa. A partnership that possibly will lead to creating a more substantial impact in the region. The aim is also to mobilize and strengthen the partnership between other EWB organizations active in the East African region.

In Karagwe, Tanzania, Marlene and Mara participated in a workshop organized by Mavuno, a non-government grassroots organization working to improve the quality of rural lives by addressing community needs in Karagwe, Tanzania. The meeting was about evaluating the last five years of collaboration and setting new directions for the coming years.  It was a five-day-long workshop that included field visits to meet with women and youths to learn about the effect of the project on empowering women. There were also visits with the farmers and their villages, and meetings with various government officials. The workshop was very well planned and had a good participatory and inclusive approach. 

The participating farmers shared their views on what has been successful during the last 5 years, the various challenges they are facing, and what they would like the focus to be in the coming five years. During the visits, many of them showed appreciation for the increased access to water in the schools. They also lifted the increased knowledge they have received through the training on agriculture and nutritious diet that has resulted in both better health and more sustainable agricultural methods. Leading to improved income for the families. Some also expressed that their family relations have improved due to the empowerment of women.

Many government representatives at the workshop expressed intense gratitude for Mavuno and its members' work over the last five years. Mavuno and its members have for example ensured water access to schools and villages, food security, and capacity strengthening of farmers to increase their productivity. 

“I am happy that Mavuno has enabled a better dialogue between the farmers and the government. This is very important for the sustainability of the work as the government is the ultimate rights bearer”, says Paskazia Rweshereka, one of the village's local farmers.

MArlene & MAra with representatives from EWb East africa

Paskazia Rweshereka

Marlene, Head of International projects, summarizes the trip:

"It was really nice to be able to do this field trip to Uganda and Tanzania and participate in this workshop. I'm amazed to see the great participation of farmers, specifically women, during the workshop. It was also great to see how the Mavuno project has ensured participation and inclusiveness in the villages. I am proud of our collaboration with Mavuno and to see how EWB-SWE through the collaboration achieved a great social impact over the last five years. The results Mavuno has achieved are extensive.  They have not only ensured water access in 25 schools and electricity access in 121 schools, many villages refer to the great support in improving the general agriculture in the village. Some women, even referring to themselves as individuals, have strengthened their confidence thanks to the seminars on agriculture the Mavuno project has provided. For me, it's clear that Mavuno has gained a strong trust in the village”.

International Women’s Day: Map for girls' access to education

On International Women’s Day, Engineers Without Borders Sweden is pleased to invite you to an interactive event run in collaboration with Crowd2Map Tanzania to learn about how OpenStreetMap and other open-source tools can help protect vulnerable communities, particularly girls, and how you can contribute.

Why mapping?

Accurate maps play a critical role in understanding communities, particularly for populations at risk.  While some countries are already mapped with incredible detail, it is not the reality for billions of people in vulnerable areas around the globe. Mapping places 'missing' from open and accessible maps allows humanitarian organizations to meet the needs of vulnerable communities by providing valuable information for navigation, decision making and sustainable community development.

About this event

The session will focus more particularly on supporting the organization Tumaini which is currently setting up an Open School in Tabora, Tanzania, to ensure that girls excluded from education due to pregnancy get a second chance at an education. The organization needs our help to map local areas to be able to find the way to villages and reach out to the girls and give them a chance for education. No prior knowledge is assumed and all training is given. Join us!

EWB-SWE announces collaboration with Sveriges Ingenjörer as part of “Ingenjörsvalet”

Engineers Without Borders Sweden is pleased to announce a collaboration with Sveriges Ingenjörer, a union and interest organization for university-educated engineers accounting 162,000 members across Sweden. This spring, Sveriges Ingenjörer is supporting EWB-SWE with the donation of 10 SEK per vote in “Ingenjörsvalet”.

Held every four years, the election of “Ingenjörsvalet” is an important event for Sveriges Ingenjörer and the engineering community in general.

Your vote makes a difference

As a self-dependent organization, EWB-SWE relies on funding from corporations, foundations and donors to realize our mission. While taking part in a democratic process and influencing the future of Sveriges Ingenjörer, your vote will directly strengthen our ability to carry out our work towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

“When Engineering for Humanity in Sweden and around the globe, our most important resource is our knowledgeable and engaged volunteers and supporting organizations. We are hence very grateful to Sveriges Ingenjörer for spreading awareness about our work to all members and the potential for significant donation”, says Caroline Bastholm, Secretary-General of EWB-SWE. 

Take your vote further

EWB-SWE is committed to designing and implementing sustainable engineering projects for a better world. Besides voting this spring, there are a variety of ways to get involved with EWB-SWE, influence our work and ensure that we make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We invite everyone who shares our vision and commitment to join our community of members. Every contribution helps us take another step towards making our work possible and engineering for long-term sustainable solutions. 

To read more about Sveriges Ingenjörer, visit their website here.

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.