FEISCA

FEISCA

Federation of Engineering Institutions of South and Central Asia (FEISCA).

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The role of professional engineering bodies in assisting the U.N. system was discussed in a co-ordination meeting of non-government organizations engaged in engineering education and training in April, 1978.

This meeting sponsored by UNESCO and held at Paris provided an opportunity for the non-government organizations engaged in education and training to discuss the issues of improving professional collaboration to provide an effective working mechanism to the UNESCO for implementation of the project.

The meeting further indicate the need for UNESCO initiatives in forming Regional Federations. As a result of the Paris meeting formation of a Federation in the UNESCO region of South and central Asia was considered and the first meeting of the Presidents and Secretaries of the Engineering Institutions of this region took place in New Delhi, India in April, 1979 where the decision of form the Federation of Engineering Institutions of South and Central Asia (FEISCA) was formally taken.

It was also decided in the Delhi Preparatory Meeting that the First General Assembly of the Federation would be held at Dhaka, Bangladesh. Accordingly, the 1st General Assembly of the Federation was held at Dhaka on 21-22 March, 1981 under the auspices of The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh. In fact the Federation took shape at Dhaka with the holding of its 1st General Assembly in 1981.