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Dear Members,
The 2017/2018 session is coming to a close, and several changes will be taking place as the new President and Council will be taking the reins after the Annual General meeting to be held on 27th October 2018. The engineer’s role in society is becoming more and more important, as the nation is moving towards rapid development, particularly in the areas of infrastructure development, information and communication technology, digitalization etc.
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In 2015, all member countries of the United Nations agreed that the blueprint for achieving peace and prosperity for the people and the planet is the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in which there are 17 Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved. Sri Lanka is among the first few countries that prepared the national strategies for achieving SDG’s. This year for the Annual Sessions Seminar/FEISCA Conference we selected the theme Engineering the Sustainable Development Goals – National Strategies and Challenges”, to discuss the role of the engineer in achieving the SDG’s, how the engineering community in the regional countries are formulating their strategies and the challenges anticipated in achieving the national targets.
Engineers are often blamed for destroying the environment, but we are also the most suitable Professionals to be harnessed for the achievement of sustainable development. While some of the goals like Goal 6 –clean water and sanitation, Goal 7 – Affordable and clean energy, Goal 9 –industry, Innovation and infrastructure, Goal 12- sustainable consumption and production are directly related to engineering, most other goals also cannot be achieved without an input from engineers. For example, Goal 2 – Zero hunger can only be achieved if the technology to support highly efficient agriculture and farming, management of flooding and other disasters etc. are available.
Even though the goals and strategies are formulated, there are many challenges when it comes to implementation of them. The principle of sustainability has to be in the core of all activities that we do. Many engineering innovations have resulted from the scarcity of materials and need for optimizing during war times, especially the World Wars. It is time that we realize that such innovations are needed desperately now, if we are to make life on earth bearable for the present and future generations.
Thank you.
Eng. (Prof.) Mrs. Niranjanie Ratnayake
President, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka
2017/2018
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