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.
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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
- organises an annual meeting during the SEFI Annual Conference, to establish a community of practice and to connect members and non-members to jointly work together on research and publications;
- organises 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.
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