UN Holidays - World Engineering Day

In November 2019, the UN and UNESCO adopted a resolution establishing a holiday dedicated to one of the scientific and technical areas of human activity Since ancient times, people have been transforming nature to satisfy their needs The result of their work was the creation of technical devices, the development of new processes and materials Engineering requires not only ingenuity and knowledge of physics, mathematics, economics, but also a number of other disciplines The contribution of professionals in this industry to the development of scientific and technological progress is difficult to overestimate Therefore, March 4 is celebrated as World Engineering Day The date of World Engineering Day was not chosen by chance March 4th is the founding day of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) Today it includes national associations of professionals from 103 countries, incl - Russian Federation In 2001, the General Assembly of WFEO was held in Moscow One of the main founders of this organization, founded in 1968, is the Russian Union of Scientific and Engineering Public Associations World Engineering Day has its own logo, consisting of symbols in 17 colors, representing the UN Sustainable Development Goals according to the 2030 Agenda In honor of the March 4 holiday, engineers and other employees of design bureaus, NGOs, and research institutes are honored They use their knowledge and skills at various stages of the product life cycle: from invention and design to implementation in production, from maintenance of technical devices to their improvement at the operational stage Engineers are a creative profession associated with ingenuity, resourcefulness and an unconventional approach to solving problems One of the first historical examples of human scientific and technical activity is the invention of the wheel, plow, bow and other tools Engineers in the modern sense of the word can be considered the mythical heroes Daedalus and Noah, the ancient Greek Archimedes, the Roman Vitruvius, Galileo and Descartes Initially, the basics of craftsmanship were passed on from artisan to student With the invention of printing, theoretical knowledge began to be actively disseminated, and engineering skills and abilities began to be taught in schools, colleges and institutes Today World Engineering Day is celebrated by specialists working in the field of construction, IT technologies and computer programming, working in the field of nuclear physics, genetics, architecture, automotive industry and other areas World Engineering Day is a hymn to the ingenuity and creative activity of man, his mastery of transforming nature and the development of scientific and technological progress