Vision

Introduce and recommend knowledge and experiences to avoid disasters and promote sustainable and sound development. Contribute to identification, evaluation and mitigation of, and adaptation to disasters which are related to all aspects of human life, economy, social activities and environment.

Mission

• Exchange, share and transfer knowledge, technologies and expertise which are useful for minimizing risks of disaster by identifying, evaluating and mitigating, and adapting to disaster risks.
• Foster studies and investigations which are useful to disaster risk management including examples of the best practice and implementation, and document the results in the form of recommendations, guidelines, reports and booklets.
• Gather and disseminate information and provide recommendations on the mitigation of and adaptation to disaster risks to WFEO member countries, engineering societies and leading engineers.
• Facilitate capacity building of engineers in these areas.

Goals

• Create awareness of disaster risk, and introduce knowledge and experience to avoid disasters.
• Document recommendations, guidelines, reports and booklets to foster disaster risk management.
• Disseminate the information through WFEO member country linkages to decision makers, governmental organizations, engineering societies and leading engineers.
• Coordinate international efforts related to disaster risk management
• Organize and support conferences, presentations and workshops related to disaster risk management