Action plan for the engineer formation: Guidelines for success

The most important factor of engineer formation for this era is the capability to solve problems taking into account the promotion of sustainable development. The awareness of the importance of engineers as the main beam of progress has to be recognized by the educational institutions in order to form the engineer prepared to work for the development of science, technology and society. This work discusses an important issue as the engineer formation under the perspective of the present international paradigm of education. COPEC - Council of Researches in Education and Sciences has a history of action in engineering education, conceiving and implementing projects with success. Although it is not an easy task the implementation of programs with permanent attention to the changes in world scenario concerning the political, economical and social aspects of the country and the globe is the way to assure the future of engineering as well as the development of science and technology. COPEC as an organization that works for the future of education has established some guide lines to be applied on the design of engineering programs. The guidelines are the result of researches as well experience designing and implementing engineering programs for many different engineering institutions.