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Civil Engineering November 2021 49 Q Q promoting consistent investment mechanisms for infrastructure, and promoting fair and reasonable remuneration for all engineering practitioners Q Q facilitating mentorship Q Q offering continued professional development opportunities. Q Q Sustainable professional frameworks and organisational structures in Africa by creating permanent facilities and administrative mechanisms to support the built environment professions’ activities and programmes. Q Q An awareness relating to SAFEO activ- ities in order to prepare the countries, their people and their decision-makers for the challenges of the future by utilising the opportunities offered to enhance the image and raise the public awareness about the role and value of engineering and industry in particular, and engineering and the built environ- ment in general. Q Q Support the development of entre­ preneurship in the engineering environment. The FAEO, which is a relatively young organisation, has now been firmly established and is fully functional in sub‑Saharan Africa. The FAEO has become visible as an active organisation and is accepted as the organisation representing the engineering profession in Africa. The FAEO Executive has ongoing discussions with the AU Commission for Human Resources, Science and Technology. For the first time the engi- neering practitioners in Africa now have a direct voice at the African Union. The FAEO is recognised by UNESCO as the representative body for engineering practitioners in Africa, and has become part of the African Engineering Initiative. FAEO Suite 205, NEC Building, National Engineering Centre, Labour House Road, Abuja, Nigeria T: +234 803 719 6213 / +234 806 381 2689 E: info@faeo.org , W: www.faeo.org SAFEO Member Countries Botswana Botswana Institution of Engineers (BIE) PO Box 40535, Gaberone, Botswana T: +267 395 7665 E: bie@botsnet.bw W: www.bie.org.bw Lesotho Lesotho Association of Engineers (LAE) T: +266 2232 5975 E: lesothoengineers@gmail.com W: www.lae.co.ls/index.html Malawi Malawi Institution of Engineers (MIE) PO Box 1193, Blantyre, Malawi T: +265 1 871 615 E: mwengineers@gmail.com W: www.miemw.com Mauritius Institution of Engineers Mauritius (IEM) PO Box 28, Port Louis, Mauritius IEM House, Corner of Ollier and Hitchcock Avenues, Quatre Bornes, Port Louis T: +230 454 3065 E: iem@intnet.mu, W: www.iemauritius.com Mozambique Ordem dos Engenheiros de Mocambique (OrdEM) Praço dos Trabalhadores, 101 Esquerdo, Maputo, Moçambique T: +258 21 310 453 E: eumavoa@gmail.com , W: www.ordeng.org.mz Namibia Engineering Professions Association of Namibia (EPA) PO Box 21885, Windhoek, Namibia T: +264 61 223 009, E: epa@iafricaonline.com.na W: www.engineers-namibia.org South Africa Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) Private Bag X691, Bruma, 2026, South Africa T: +27 11 607 9500 E: ceo@ecsa.co.za, W: www.ecsa.co.za Swaziland Swaziland Association of Architects, Engineers & Surveyors (SAAES) PO Box A387, Swazi Plaza, Mbabane, Swaziland T: +268 2416 9205 E: Mcebo.Sigudla@swsc.co.sz Zambia Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) PO Box 51084, Lusaka, Zambia T: +260 211 256 205 / +260 211 255 161 E: eiz@eiz.org.zm, W: www.eiz.org.zm Zimbabwe Engineering Council of Zimbabwe (ECZ) PO Box 660, Harare, Zimbabwe T: +263 772 437 647 / +263 712 803 605 E: engineering@ecz.co.zw / brafemoyo@ecz.co.zw EAP (Engineers Against Poverty) Engineers Against Poverty is an inde- pendent, lean organisation that bridges the divide between research, policy and practice. It works across various pro- grammes that are different in nature and maximise its impact by collaborating with strategic partners. EAP 6th Floor Alliance House, 29-30 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6AZ T: +44 208 057 3052 E: info@engineersagainstpoverty.org W: www.engineersagainstpoverty.org RedR International RedR UK is an international NGO and learning provider that develops capacity and supports aid workers, organisations, and communities to prepare for and re- spond effectively to crises within humani- tarian, development, and peacebuilding contexts. Their work builds resilience, primarily in low and lower middle-income countries worldwide. They have over 40 years’ experience responding to natural and manmade disasters, drawing also upon their engineering heritage as a reg- ister of engineers for disaster relief. RedR International 91-94 Lower Marsh, London, SE1 7AB T: +44 20 7840 6000 E: info@redr.org.uk, W: www.redr.org Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering was established in 1976. As Britain’s national academy for engineering, the body brings to- gether the country’s most eminent engineers from all disciplines to promote excellence in the science, art and practice of engineering. The Royal Academy of Engineering is harnessing the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. In collaboration with its Fellows and partners, the Academy is growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public. The Royal Academy of Engineering has strong links with the organised professions, including ICE and SAICE. Its links with SAICE enhance the Academy’s initiatives to facilitate the growth of professional engineering societies in Africa.