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LINKING PEOPLE, JOINING NATIONS
also provided support to the Brazilian
Welding Association when it covered the
more conventional aspects of welding
and allied processes at the 1st IIW
Pan-American International Welding
Congress in São Paulo in October 2014.
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IIW International Congresses, therefore,
were undergoing a subtle change, not
only engaging with developing countries,
but also in sharing the solutions and the
best means of meeting the challenges
that emerging nations continually faced
in the development of their natural
resources and infrastructure.
In the acknowledgement of the contributions made by many individuals who have
dedicated time and effort in the furtherance of regional activities, the WTIA sponsored an
IIW Regional Activities Award in recognition of Smallbone’s meritorious contribution to
IIW and regional activities over 40 years. The inaugural winner of this award at the IIW
Annual Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, in July 2014 was Prof. Dr-Ing. Dorin Dehelean of
Romania for his outstanding work in the SE European region.
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It was an award well-earned
and justification of IIW’s outstanding efforts to improve the global quality of life for all
developing regions throughout the world.
ENDNOTES
1. Smallbone, Chris and Koçak, Mustafa eds –
IIW White Paper – Improving the
Global Quality of Life Through Optimum Use and Innovation of Welding and
Joining technologies
– 2012.
2. Boyd, P. D., ‘International Conferences and Regional Development’,
Joining
Nations – A History of the International Institute of Welding 1947-1990,
ch. 8, p.57
– 1993.
3. Smallbone, Chris – Communication – 7 November 2016.
4. Granjon, Henry, ‘40 years with IIW’,
Welding in the World,
vol. 26, no. 3/4, pp.
40-56 – 1988.
5. Hicks, J. G., ‘Editorial’,
Welding in the World
, vol. 33, no.1, p. 2 – 1994.
6. Visit Report – UNIDO, Vienna International Centre – 24 January 1994.
7. Letter from UNIDO to the Secretary General of IIW, John Hicks – 20 September
1994.
8. Smallbone, Chris – Request for proposal by UNIDO to initiate a project aimed at
the upliftment of welding technology in selected countries – SG-1644-94.
9. Cenni, Mario Augustino, ‘Editorial’,
Welding in the World
, vol. 9, pp. 158-159 –
1991.
10. Meeting, Executive Council– Chicago, USA – 23 April 1996 – Doc S-16-96.
Petar Darjanov (left) and Vencislav Grabulov,
IIW Annual Assembly, Essen, 2013