Page 36 - Annual report 2019

A priority was also on the cooperation between Engineers
and employers and popularization of engineering. With the
support of the Ministry of Social Affairs, our organization
started the project RESTART “Back to Professional Work”.
Its target group are people with technical education who do
not work in their speciality. The main goal of the project is
to mitigate the shortage of engineers and technicians in the
field of engineering by upgrading / refreshing the theoretical
knowledge acquired at university on the basis of modern
curricula and gaining practical experience.
Roundtable Digitalisation of Industry
We participated in a real-life teacher training camp, where
the main theme was on the creativity of the Engineer. In 2018, the members of our Association started an project
to establish Technology Museum. There was formed a
As a result of the technology training, the Estonian foundation called the Estonian Science and Technology
Association of Engineers had signed a cooperation agreement Museum. The museum’s mission can be divided into two
with Old Town Educational College in 2018. This cooperation parts: the active promotion of technical sciences and the
continued in 2019. The aim popularize engineering and collection of the history of technology.
technology education and introduce students engineering-
related disciplines. Every Year we elect Engineer of the Year and Engineering
Student of the Year. 