INUG-Stockholm’s roles are
• To connect those who require technical assistances and those who have the resources and the know-how,
• To establish and support a network of individuals who share INUG-Stockholm’s goals,
• To promote ethical and social responsible behavior amongst our members, partners and engineers in general,
• To help tailor the existing education to include INUG-Stockholm’s goals through technical and administrational support,
• To promote development through empowering individuals with the ability to address their own situations,
• To disseminate engineering and scientific expertise to countries with weak economy, and
• To take into consideration competence of individuals independent of language, culture, race, gender and ethnic background. INUG-Stockholm shall
•Be political and religious independent,
•Apply for and administer funds for projects that fall within the association’s goals,
•Collaborate with organizations, national or international, that share similar goals.
•Brief history and ongoing activites
Ongoing activities include
• Together with local partners, developing rainwater harvesting and ECOSAN solutions for schools and children’s centres in Kenya and Tanzania
•Introducing a business model and knowhow for local entrepreneurs regarding Urban Composting and waste management of bio-waste in Freetown, Sierra Leone
• Planning the annual seminar series The Reflecting Engineer at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology). The purpose is to promote the Engineer’s role in sustainable development
• Planning for water distribution infrastructure in Burkina Faso and Kenya
• IT cafe with local partner in Kisumu, Kenya
