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and private sectors share and exchange ideas and methods in the provision of engineering consultancy
services. GAMA is FIDIC’s Group of African Member Associations or “FIDIC Africa”. In 2013 Khartoum
hosted the largest ever FIDIC GAMA Annual Conference, in terms of the number of delegates and high
number of women who attended. The red carpet was rolled out for the delegates and speakers who shared
their thoughts and experiences in response to the twin themes: Consulting Engineers: Key Partners in
Sustainable Infrastructure Development and Procurement for Partnering and Sustainability.

More importantly for the YPF, the Group of African Member Association’s (GAMA’s) Young Professional’s Forum
Steering Committee was launched at the GAMA Conference in Khartoum. The following Young Professionals
were elected to the founding committee: Adedoyin Obikanye of Nigeria was elected as Chairperson, Francis
Kofi Yankey as deputy Chairperson and our very own Jeshika Ramchund-Moonsamy was elected as a member
of the Steering Committee.

Job Shadow Initiative
CESA through its YPF continued to play a very active role in regard to attracting school learners to
mathematics and physical science and engineering careers. The 2013 Job Shadow Initiative organised in
June and July exposed 1000 learners to ‘A Day in the Life of a Consulting Engineer’, these young lives now
stand a chance of having a better future due to the opportunity granted to them.
The following member firms took part in the poster competition:

AECOM ILISO
AURECON INFRACONSULT
BIGEN AFRICA KNIGHT PIÉSOLD
BOSCH HOLDINGS MPA
BVi WC NYELETI
CIVIL CONCEPTS PRDW
GIBB ROYAL HASKONINGDHV
GOLDER UWP
HATCH GOBA WORLEYPARSONS

Many others participated but did not submit posters including Carifro Consulting Engineers. Hatch Goba was
announced the overall winner, followed by ILISO Consulting, as 1st runner-up and Royal HaskoningDHV
and UWP as joint 2nd runners-up.

Young professional’s Sustainability Imbizo
The CESA YPF hosted a successful one and half day inaugural conference, also known as an Imbizo, on
the 13-14 August 2013 on leadership as a critical lever to sustainability. Furthermore, the Imbizo was aimed
at instilling in YPs the spirit of volunteerism; encouraging them to volunteer in associations - CESA, GAMA
& FIDIC; institutions – SAICE & ECSA; Initiatives - Job Shadowing, Youth In Construction careers expo etc.








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