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NATIONAL MEMBERS

FORUM (NMF)

THE NMF Chair – Trond MARKUSSEN

the other members’ nations. During each meeting, the repre-
sentatives presented reports on their national activities and
on the different regional meetings that took place in the
past months. A survey has been conducted amongst the
National Members to inquire whether they would be willing
and able to establish a FEANI Working Group (WG) on three
major identified topics for engineering: Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG) and Digitalization. The survey
resulted in the conclusion that a majority was in favor of
creating a WG on STEM and SDGs. Indeed, these two topics
have been of great interest in the discussions during the
NMFs, with reports on local initiatives and regional working
groups. In the meantime, the FEANI WGs on STEM and
SDGs have been created and are progressively building up,
chaired respectively by Ms. Vjera Krstelj (HR) and Mr. Thomas
Kiefer (DE). Further on the subject of STEM, FEANI has been
approached by the University of Regensburg to participate in
an initiative called the Global Talent Mentoring Hub – a large-
scale research-based mentoring program for outstanding
youth in STEM – and National Members were invited to
provide mentors for this project. Other topics of interest,
n 2018-2019, the National Members Forum (NMF) regularly which have been addressed, are for example Continuing
Imet twice a year in March/April and before the General Professional Development (CPD), life-long learning, or the
Assembly in October, to exchange on the different priorities CALOHEE project. The National Members have also been
and challenges of the National associations. During the past informed and consulted on the initiation and progression
years, the NMF meeting preceding the General Assembly of the Engineers Europe Advisory Group and the Engineers
has been combined with a conference on relevant topics for Europe project, which received a positive appreciation.
for engineers. In 2018, the theme was “Digital transfor- Overall, in the past two years, the NMF has evolved towards
mation” and in 2019, we were in Iceland learning more about a new format, allowing more time to presentations and
“Geothermal Energy”. Before the NMFs, the National Members dialogue on best practices and to regional reports, and will
had been asked to send an activity report with an overview of keep moving in this direction. 
their relevant activities since the last meeting. These reports
have been placed on the FEANI website together with the
agenda for the meeting, allowing all members to have access
to updated information on the activities conducted amongst