FAQs

• Engineers Without Borders - International (EWB-I) is an international association of national EWB/ISF groups whose mission is to facilitate collaboration, exchange of information, and assistance among its member groups that have applied to become part of the association.
• The main office of EWB-I resides in the USA with regional offices in Mexico, India,  and Egypt. The regional offices serve as the first point of entry for those national EWB/ISF groups that wish to apply for membership of EWB-I and represent the EWB/ISF groups that are part of the association.
• EWB-I facilitates links and collaboration among its member groups toward improving the quality of life of disadvantaged communities worldwide through education and implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while promoting new dimensions of experience for engineers, engineering students, and similarly motivated non-engineers.  
• EWB-I consists of member groups, provisional member groups, and start-up groups. All groups function autonomously. Membership requires that all members adhere to high professional and ethical standards as stated in the EWB-I By-Laws. See membership categories.
• EWB-I does not accept individual memberships. All interested individuals must contact an existing member country organization and work through that organization.
• EWB-I works in collaboration with various national and international groups affiliated with its member organizations. They include: (1) universities, technical, and vocational schools; (2) engineering companies; (3) humanitarian organizations; (4) and NGOs. Click here for a list of current partner organization members.
• New member groups can be formed and are welcome as long as they share the vision, mission, and values of EWB-I.
• Groups interested in joining EWB-I as member, provisional member or start-up groups must submit an application and send it electronically to Bernard Amadei. Upon receipt, the application will be reviewed by the EWB-I membership committee.  A reply regarding the disposition of the application will be sent back to the applicant within one month of being received. No individual applications are accepted. Note that membership to EWB-I is reserved only to organizations that have been approved by the EWB-I membership committee.

•  EWB-I accepts requests from existing organizations interested in joining as partner organizations. An application must accompany each request and be sent electronically to Bernard Amadei. A reply regarding the disposition of the application will be sent back to the applicant within one month of being received. No individual applications are accepted.

• EWB-I involves many stakeholders engineering students, faculty, and practicing engineers (active or retired), and similarly motivated non-engineers.

• For more information about EWB-I, contact the main office in the USA or one of the regional offices in  Egypt, Mexico, Belgium, and India.

• Projects conducted by individual EWB/ISF member groups are grassroots and small and are not usually addressed by in-country consulting firms. It is a  matter of policy that prior to taking on projects, EWB-I member groups make sure that they are not competing with private engineering firms.