Capacity Building

The SIG on Capacity Building aims to empower the process of developing and strengthening the competencies that trainers (faculty staff, student tutors,..) in engineering Higher Education need to thrive in a fast-changing world.

Specific objectives

• Keep up with current trends in the field;
• Establish a European and world wide network of engineering trainer development programs;
• Facilitate meetings and workshops on the topic;
• Coordinate with other special interest groups (e.g. EER) and set-up inter-SIG collaborations because of the transversal mission of this SIG.

Activities

The SIG on Capacity Building

• organizes during the SEFI conference an annual meeting to establish a community of practice and to connect members and non-members to jointly work together on research and publications;
• organizes a themed workshop at the SEFI Annual Conference;
• provides a platform for those interested in the topic to share good practices;
• participates at the annual IIDEA-workshops, notably those organized annually by Tsinghua University and IFEES.