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the country loses out on this untapped for materials and products used Resolution 7:
talent. Therefore, affirmative action in infrastructure development for Given its declining fiscal position,
- skewed towards women - should purposes of safety and durability. government should explore PPPs as an
be implemented in STEM oriented alternative infrastructure development
academic programme enrolment, Resolution 6: financing model. This will position
scholarships and employment. It is imperative to practice value government as a facilitator and
engineering where there is focus on will grant the corporate sector and
Resolution 4: the front end of the project cycle and development partners space to finance
To attain user-centric planning and scrutiny is exercised in the planning and implement infrastructure projects.
development, substantial investment stages to avert challenges and to
should go into generating data that integrate green technologies and Resolution 8
are reliable. So, the data should be methods for sustainability. Consulting There is need to demonstrate to farmers
produced by the users themselves and engineers have the greatest opportunity the efficacy of 4IR technologies, then
they should be engaged early and often at this, but all other built environment incentivise or offer them subsidies for
professionals can integrate green their adoption to improve productivity
Resolution 5: technologies and methods in all stages in agriculture.
There is need for urgent development of the project continuum.
and enforcement of quality standards

ERB Engineering

Week Sponsors

The Silvers sponsors

* CPP Botswana
* Debswana Diamond Company
* Gaborone University College
of Law and Professional Studies
(GUC)

Bronze sponsors

* O3 Beverages
* ACEB -Association Of Consulting
Engineers Botswana
*Kalcon
* New Era College of Arts, Science
and Technology
* ChinaState Construction
* Knight Piesold Consulting .