Thanks to the commitment of Ineco’s professionals and collaboration with 16 social organisations, the programme has helped improve the quality of life of thousands of people.
Ineco has held a recognition event for participants in IngenioSOS, its corporate volunteering programme, coinciding with the International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development (IVY 2026) promoted by the United Nations. The event brought together Ineco staff, social organisations and institutional guests around a shared idea highlighted by the company’s Corporate Coordination Executive Director, Celestino Rodríguez: “to recognise the value of those who put their knowledge at the service of others”.
Far from being a one-off initiative, IngenioSOS has established itself as one of the company’s most ambitious social commitments. Not only because of its reach, but also due to the level of involvement it requires: complex projects, technical responsibility and a direct impact on vulnerable communities.
The event became a journey through the history of IngenioSOS. Through videos and an interactive activity, participants reviewed projects developed across four key areas (water, spaces, technology and energy) outlining a vision of engineering applied to improving lives. The figures illustrate the scale of the programme: seven completed editions, more than 125,000 beneficiaries, presence in 13 countries and 21 projects delivered. Behind these numbers, however, lie concrete interventions: solar energy systems ensuring the operation of hospitals, the refurbishment of educational centres, and improvements to basic infrastructure enabling access to essential services in dignified conditions.
During the event, the three projects for the 2026 edition were also announced: a solar photovoltaic installation at Njissé Hospital in Cameroon in partnership with Fundación Recover; the Health, Water and Sustainable Sanitation project on the island of Ibo, Mozambique, together with Fundación IBO; and the Water supply project for the Kisanga community in Iringa, Tanzania, in collaboration with Agrónomos sin Fronteras.
Since its creation, IngenioSOS has demonstrated that engineering can also be a tool for equity. Thanks to the commitment of Ineco professionals and collaboration with 16 social organisations, the programme has helped improve the quality of life for thousands of people in particularly vulnerable contexts.
That impact has not gone unnoticed. IngenioSOS has been recognised with the Corresponsables Award in the Public Administrations and Public Companies category, as well as the Rafael Izquierdo Solidarity Award, granted by the Spanish College of Civil Engineers.
In a year in which the United Nations highlights the importance of volunteering, Ineco has chosen to put names and faces to that commitment, those of its volunteers. Because beyond the figures and the projects, it is they who turn engineering into more than a profession: a way of contributing to a fairer world.
