ANNUAL REPORT
FEANI NATIONAL
MEMBERS
AT ÖIAV - Österreichischer Ingenieur-und
Architekten-Verein
IE Engineers Ireland
AZ CES - Caspian Engineers Society
IS
VFI - Association of Chartered Engineers in Iceland
TFI - The Icelandic Society of Engineers
CIBIC - Comité des Ingénieurs Belges
BE
/ Belgisch Ingenieurscomité
IT
CNI - Consiglio Nazionale Ingegneri
BG FNTS - Federation of Scientific Technical
Unions in Bulgaria
KZ KasZEE - Kazachstan Society of Engineering
Education
CH
SIA - Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects
STV/UTS - Swiss Engineering STV
LU A.L.I. - Association Luxembourgeoise des
Ingénieurs
CY CPEA - Cyprus Professional Engineers Association
MK
IMI - Engineering Institution of Macedonia
CZCSVTS - Czech Association of Scientific and
Technical Societies
CKAIT- Czech Chamber of Chartered Engineers
and Technicians
MT COE - Chamber of Engineers
DE D
VT - Deutscher Verband TechnischWissenschaftlicher Vereine
NO
NITO - The Norwegian Society of Engineers and
Technologists
TEKNA – The Norwegian Society of Chartered
Scientific and Academic Professionals
DK IDA - Ingeniørforeningen I Danmark
NL KIVI NIRIA - Koninklijk Instituut Van Ingenieurs
EE
EAE - Estonian Association of Engineers
PL
NOT - Polish Federation of Engineering
Associations
ES
IIE - Instituto de la Ingenieriá de España
INITE - Instituto de Ingenieros Técnicos de España
PTOrdem Dos Engenheiros
FI
UIL - The Union of Professional Engineers in
Finland
TEK - The Finnish Association of Graduate
Engineers
RO
AGIR - The General Association of Engineers
in Romania
FR
CNISF - Conseil National des Ingénieurs et
des Scientifiques de France
SE SVERIGES INGENJÖRER - The Swedish Association
of Graduate Engineers
UK
EC - The Engineering Council
RS
SITS - Union of Engineers and Technicians of
Serbia
GR
TCG - Technical Chamber of Greece
SI
ZDIT - Association of Societies of Engineers and
Technicians
HR HIS - Croatian Engineers Association
SK
ZSVTS - Association of Slovak Scientific and
Technological Societies
HU
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
RU
RUSEA – Russian Union of Scientific and
Engineering Associations
IS
NO
FI
SE
EE
DK
IE
RU
UK
NL
BE
LU
KZ
PL
DE
CZ
FR
SK
AT
CH
HU
RO
SI
HR
PT
ES
RU
SER
IT
AZ
BG
MK
GR
MT
CY
CONTENTS
Chapter 1
04 I FEANI Annual Report 2012-2013 I
Statement by the President
06
Statement by the Vice-President
08
Statement by the Treasurer
09
Statement by the Secretary General
14
European Monitoring Committee (EMC)
15
FEANI and its Members
18
Report of the Austrian FEANI National Committee
Report of the Belgian FEANI National Committee
Report of the Bulgarian FEANI National Committee
Report of the Croatian FEANI National Committee
Details of the Cyprian FEANI National Committee
Report of the Czech FEANI National Committee
Report of the Danish FEANI National Committee
Report of the Dutch FEANI National Committee
Report of the Estonian FEANI National Committee
Report of the Finnish FEANI National Committee
Report of the French FEANI National Committee
Report of the German FEANI National Committee
Report of the Greek FEANI National Committee
Report of the Hungarian FEANI National Committee
Report of the Irish FEANI National Committee
Report of the Icelandic FEANI National Committee
Report of the Italian FEANI National Committee
Report of the Luxembourg FEANI National Committee
Details of the Maltese FEANI National Committee
18
21
23
25
27
28
30
31
33
35
36
38
43
45
46
47
48
50
52
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Report of the Norwegian FEANI National Committee
Report of the Polish FEANI National Committee
Report of the Portuguese FEANI National Committee
Report of the Macedonian FEANI National Committee
Report of the Romanian FEANI National Committee
Details of the Russian FEANI National Committee
Report of the Serbian FEANI National Committee
Report of the Slovakian FEANI National Committee
Report of the Slovenian FEANI National Committee
Report of the Spanish FEANI National Committee
Report of the Swedish FEANI National Committee
Report of the Swiss FEANI National Member
Report of the British FEANI National Committee
53
54
56
59
60
63
64
66
68
69
70
72
74
FEANI and the European Union
76
Single Market Week
Growth and Mobility: Modernising the Professional Qualifications Directive
Memo from the European Commission on the Modernisation
of the Professional Qualifications Directive
Study on Business Services Initiated by the European Commission
Mep Awards 2013 – Award for Internal Market and Consumer
Affairs Sponsored by FEANI
76
77
79
81
82
FEANI and Industry
84
Action Lines for Bolstering the Business of Liberal Professions
84
FEANI and other International Engineering Associations
Board of European Students of Technology (BEST)
European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE)
World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)
88
88
91
93
I FEANI Annual Report 2012-2013 I 05
STATEMENT BY THE
PRESIDENT
of Engineering Organizations), or the established
relations with non-European national organisations
such as the Federation of Lebanese Engineers,
CARIFORUM or the South Korean association of
engineers.
Presently, we are focusing our efforts on three
principles:
• acting as an essential stakeholder of
the European Commission in the field of
engineering and professional organisations;
• maintaining a commitment to constantly
improve the engineering education and training
of European engineers, as well as stating the
absolute necessity for continuous professional
development of each engineer;
• facilitating the mobility of professional engineers in Europe, through three effective
instruments: INDEX, the EURING title and the
Engineering Card.
Dr Rafael FERNANDEZ ALLER / President of FEANI
FEANI, as any organisation, is what its members
want it to be. Since its foundation in 1951, FEANI is
a dynamic organisation, maintaining a high value for
its members by asserting and developing the professional identity of engineers in Europe. Accumulating
more than 60 years of experience with numerous
accomplishments, FEANI today represents some 4
million engineers and is positioned and recognised
as a relevant stakeholder for many professional
European and international organisations in
engineering, education, accreditation etc.
FEANI has European roots and spirit but we surpass
European Union boarders, so that in addition to 26
EU countries our members include Iceland, Norway,
Switzerland, Serbia, Macedonia and Russia as well
as members that adhered, like Azerbaijan and
Kazakhstan. FEANI maintains an international
projection as evidenced by its active participation
in organisations like the WFEO (World Federation
06 I FEANI Annual Report 2012-2013 I
Our incessant work on mobility is appreciated by
engineers – to whom it is addressed, as highly
qualified potential employees; by employers – who
recognize the rigor and seriousness of these instruments; and finally by the European Commission
– that acknowledges mobility as a base for technical
and economic development of Europe.
Overlooking our recent development, the Strategic
Plan 2013-2017 has been approved on the last
General Assembly. The Strategic Plan will have
major implications on the everyday work of the
organisation. Among others, a second wave of
new activities has been proposed and approved
by the Executive Board. This will put in place a
number of specific actions that will add value to
the membership of National Members in FEANI
on two levels: as professional associations and as
individual engineers.
An organisation is beneficial for its members
when, aside from them paying the membership
fees for maintenance and operation, they are
actively involved in the organisations’ projects, in a
permanent and continuous manner. FEANI is a
dynamic, valuable and effective organisation due
to the support and participation of the national
members and their engineers in the diverse activities of the organisation.
Overlooking a modern development of FEANI,
the 2013-2017 Strategic Plan was approved in the
General Assembly 2013 in Skopje, with major contributions that will propagate specific and practical
results for the organisation.
A second step was proposed and approved recently
by the Executive Board: to put in place a number of
specific activities that will give even more added
value to FEANI for the benefit of its National
Members and for the nearly four million engineers
integrated inside the National Members. Thus, the
real and practical usefulness of FEANI will be seen
both at professional association level as well as at
individual engineer level.
It is necessary that these new activities of FEANI are
developed with the effective support of the National
Members and with the following goals:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
To increase the visibility of FEANI
To ensure a higher participation and engagement of the National Members in FEANI
To improve the added value of the organisation
To increase the range of activities of FEANI
besides facilitating the mobility
To develop more events which belong to FEANI
The Executive Committee of FEANI has also identified some proposals for new activities that would
be carried out by FEANI:
• To follow up the "Negotiations" with the
European Commission in order to reach an
acceptable result for FEANI in relation with
the linkage "European Professional Card /
Engineering Card".
• To develop a "European Observatory for
Engineering Education": to have good knowledge about the implementation of the Bologna
System in the different countries and to propose,
where appropriate, some improvements for
this system to the European Commission.
• To develop a "European Employment
Observatory for Engineers": to provide
practical information to our members and,
at individual level, to the engineers.
• To review the projects of the European
Commission (in different DGs) and to select
those that can be interesting for the participation of FEANI.
• To study and analyze the status of the
professional engineers in the different
European countries regarding: access to
the professional status, signing of projects, insurances for civil responsibility, etc.
We will also focus on our business development,
including aspects of sponsorship and funding,
seeking greater link with the economic and industrial fields related to engineering and establish
certain rules for proper sponsorship.
These activities will be developed through working
groups (Tasks Forces), which are chaired by a
member of the Executive Committee in order to
ensure the appropriate cohesion of the proceedings. These working groups will be integrated by
representatives appointed by the different National
Members, after a selection done by the Executive
Board in accordance with the corresponding
"Reference Terms". The normal operation of the
Task Forces will be carried out mainly through
the internet.
I FEANI Annual Report 2012-2013 I 07
STATEMENT BY THE
VICE-PRESIDENT
2013-2017 while formulating, amending and prioritizing the key tasks to be pursued. Our corporate
strategy will be one of compliance thereto. The contributions of our members must continue to inspire the
Secretary General who is committed to making our
network more efficient, to enhancing its connectivity
and to keeping it affordable to all involved. Almost
on a daily basis, our Central Secretariat conveys
to the community of FEANI National Members the
importance of the European Institutions through
the dissemination of relevant information about our
profession, its educational pathways and its impact
and responsibility to society at large.
Mr Roberto BRANDI / Vice-President of FEANI
Since the time of my involvement in the FEANI
Executive Board of Directors - and since 2013 as
Vice President of this great Organization - I have
witnessed fundamental changes on almost every front
of FEANI’s activities. This Annual Report provides
an overview of past year’s accomplishments, initiatives, collaborations and activities of our 32 National
Members and of our Central Secretariat. These activities indicate that our members are committed to doing
things in common and I encourage them to continue
providing FEANI with their feedback, to engage in
discussions through participation in our National
Members Forum and to join the conversations and
decision making processes at our General Assembly,
which I was honored to host in Rome in 2012.
The National Members Forum has created a new
dynamic in the dialogue between our Members
which also reaches out to our Members from smaller
countries. As a Forum it has plaid a fundamental
role in the preparation of the FEANI Business Plan
08 I FEANI Annual Report 2012-2013 I
Much of FEANI’s value lays in its capacity of building
relationships, develop and determine policies and
manage information at acceptable prices. In this
regard the comprehensive financial reporting structure that has been developed over the last years,
reflects an improved understanding of the costs
associated with those services; a concern to all of
us. Since its approval and inception, the initiative to
develop the Engineering Card as a professional card
for engineers, has received significant momentum
and granted us important visibility in the Brussels
arena. Together with the EUR ING, the Engineering
Card has emerged as the central component of
our business development. This should, however,
not prevent us in the coming years to look at new
opportunities and to expand our scope with new
product and service developments. We will have to
focus our attention on the challenges and opportunities ahead and in this respect, I am particularly
pleased with the intensified collaboration between
FEANI – as the leading, oldest and largest European
Engineering Federation - and other stakeholders
in our field, such as the European Council of
Civil Engineers (ECCE), the European Council of
Engineering Chambers (ECEC), the World Federation
of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the European
Board of Engineering Students of Technology (BEST),
etc. Continued liaison, synergies and cooperation
with its National Members and with these other
bodies, will keep FEANI astute and in a position
to revise its priorities when required to match the
agenda of its members.
STATEMENT BY
THE TREASURER
With total assets of EUR 521.348,27 in 2012 and of EUR
523.696,38 in 2013, the FEANI Central Secretariat
repeatedly succeeded in ending the fiscal year with
a profit of EUR 2.322,45 in 2012 and of EUR 11.967,76
in 2013. In these difficult years of European economic
downturn we can be proud of these results : they
indicate that the members continue to see value in a
pan-European network which defends and advocates
the engineering profession.
It also provides evidence that the Organization is
managed well, practicing clear and correct financial
procedures. Regular financial reporting, including
forecasts, together with the approved corporate
governance rules, are at the basis of a transparent
reporting structure and fulfill the requirements of a
responsible handling of the corporate funds by the
Secretary General and the Executive Board.
Mr Ulf BENGTSSON / Treasurer of FEANI
The core activities of FEANI continue to be mainly
financed by the income of the membership fees from
32 European countries. Another more modest income
is generated by the FEANI EurIng Register. With this
funding the Organization continues to be in a position
to cover all operating costs of the Brussels office.
Over the last four years considerable efforts have
been made to increase the awareness and visibility
of FEANI, especially in the European political arena.
Beyond these lobbying activities it is expected that
the wider introduction of the Engineering Card shall
bring additional funds to ensure FEANI’s financial
basis. With such a solid funding, FEANI can continue
to provide its members with attractive services and
strengthen its successful public affairs work to the
benefit of almost 4 million engineers in Europe.
I FEANI Annual Report 2012-2013 I 09
Nr.
ABB-NPI 2.1
0460.576.487
BALANCE SHEET
Notes Codes
Period
Previous period
ASSETS
FIXED ASSETS ......................................................................
20/28
Formation expenses..............................................................
20
Intangible fixed assets .........................................................
5.1.1
21
Tangible fixed assets ..........................................................
5.1.2
22/27
Land and buildings ............................................................
22/91
Other ..........................................................................
22/92
...................................
23
Owned by the association or foundation in full property
231
Other ..........................................................................
232
Furniture and vehicles ......................................................
24
Owned by the association or foundation in full property
241
Other ..........................................................................
242
Leasing and other similar rights ........................................
25
Other tangible fixed assets................................................
26
Owned by the association or foundation in full property
261
Other ..........................................................................
262
Assets under construction and advance payments ...........
Financial fixed assets ...........................................................
25.065,51
31.911,85
24.860,35
22
Owned by the association or foundation in full property
Plant, machinery and equipment
32.117,01
149,29
149,29
27.403,00
27.403,00
4.359,56
399,93
399,93
20.703,09
20.703,09
3.757,33
27
5.1.3/
5.2.1
28
CURRENT ASSETS ...............................................................
29/58
Amounts receivable after more than one year ....................
29
Trade debts ...............................................................
290
Other amounts receivable ..........................................
291
of which non interest-bearing amounts receivable
or with an abnormally low interest rate ................
205,16
491.579,37
205,16
496.282,76
2915
Stocks and contracts in progress ........................................
3
Stocks...............................................................................
30/36
Contracts in progress .......................................................
37
Amounts receivable within one year ..................................
40/41
45.935,31
33.020,91
Trade debts ......................................................................
40
45.851,32
32.920,91
Other amounts receivable ................................................
41
83,99
100,00
of which non interest-bearing amounts receivable
or with an abnormally low interest rate ..............
Current investments ...........................................................
415
5.2.1
50/53
Cash at bank and in hand ....................................................
54/58
430.681,17
437.688,70
Deferred charges and accrued income................................
490/1
14.962,89
25.573,15
TOTAL ASSETS .................................................................
20/58
523.696,38
521.348,27
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Nr.
ABB-NPI 2.2
0460.576.487
LIABILITIES
Notes
Codes
Period
Previous period
455.709,89
443.742,13
0,01
0,01
0,01
0,01
13
289.608,51
277.640,75
Accumulated positive (negative) result .....................(+)/(-)
14
166.101,37
166.101,37
Investment grants .................................................................
15
67.986,49
77.606,14
65.116,77
74.119,61
EQUITY .................................................................................
10/15
Association or foundation funds .........................................
Opening equity ...............................................................
Permanent financing .......................................................
10
100
101
12
Revaluation surpluses .........................................................
Allocated funds ....................................................................
PROVISIONS .........................................................................
5.3
5.3
16
Provisions for liabilities and charges .................................
160/5
Provisions for repayable grants and legacies and for gifts
with a recovery right .............................................................
168
AMOUNTS PAYABLE ............................................................
17/49
Amounts payable after more than one year.........................
5.4
17
Financial debts .................................................................
170/4
Credit institutions, leasing and other similar
obligations....................................................................
Other loans.................................................................
172/3
174/0
Trade debts ......................................................................
175
Advances received on contracts in progress ...................
176
Other amounts payable ....................................................
179
Interest-bearing ..........................................................
Non interest-bearing or with an abnormally low interest
.................................................................
rate
Cash deposit .............................................................
1790
Amounts payable within one year ........................................
42/48
Debts payable after one year falling due within one year ...
Financial debts ..................................................................
Credit institutions ........................................................
Other loans .................................................................
Trade debts .......................................................................
Suppliers .....................................................................
Bills of exchange payable ...........................................
Advances received on contracts in progress .....................
Taxes, remuneration and social security ...........................
Taxes ..........................................................................
Remuneration and social security ...............................
Other amounts payable .....................................................
Debentures and matured coupons, repayable grants
and cash deposit..........................................................
Miscellaneous interest-bearing amounts payable .......
Miscellaneous non interest-bearing amounts payable
or with an abnormally low interest rate .......................
1791
1792
5.4
42
43
430/8
439
44
440/4
441
17.816,54
17.816,54
24.539,75
24.539,75
46
45
450/3
454/9
47.300,23
10.794,66
36.505,57
49.579,86
14.284,79
35.295,07
48
480/8
4890
4891
Accrued charges and deferred income ..............................
492/3
2.869,72
3.486,53
TOTAL LIABILITIES .........................................................
10/49
523.696,38
521.348,27
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ABB-NPI 3
0460.576.487
INCOME STATEMENT
Notes Codes
Period
Previous period
Operating income and charges
Gross operating margin ............................................(+)/(-)
9900
347.259,26
303.235,81
70/74
Operating income*.......................................................
Turnover * .............................................................
70
Contributions, gifts, legacies and grants * .............
73
Raw materials, consumables, services and other
goods *.........................................................................
60/61
62
290.290,82
283.919,50
Depreciation and amounts written down on formation
..................
expenses, on intangible and tangible fixed assets
630
20.029,23
15.864,85
Amounts written down on stocks, on contracts in progress
and on trade debts: appropriations (write-backs) .....(+)/(-)
631/4
28.952,00
10.843,23
Provisions for risks and charges: appropriations (uses and
write-backs) ..............................................................(+)/(-)
635/8
Other operating charges ....................................................
640/8
Operation charges carried to assets as restructuring
costs...............................................................................(-)
649
Remuneration, social security costs and pensions ...(+)/(-)
5.5
Positive (negative) operating result .............................(+)/(-)
9901
7.987,06
-7.391,77
6.028,51
6.985,23
Financial income ....................................................................
5.5
75
Financial charges ..................................................................
5.5
65
Positive (negative) result on ordinary activities ....... (+)/(-)
9902
Extraordinary income ............................................................
76
Extraordinary charges ...........................................................
66
Positive (negative) result for the period ......................(+)/(-)
9904
* Optional statement
12 I FEANI Annual Report 2012-2013 I
0,15
816,04
1.399,09
13.199,53
-1.805,63
4.128,08
11.967,76
2.322,45
Nr.
ABB-NPI 4
0460.576.487
APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT
Codes
Period
Previous period
Positive (negative) result to be appropriated .................................(+)/(-)
9906
Positive (negative) result to be appropriated for the period .............(+)/(-)
9905
11.967,76
2.322,45
Accumulated positive (negative) result for the previous period .......(+)/(-)
14P
166.101,37
163.778,92
Deduction from equity
..............................................................................
178.069,13
166.101,37
791/2
from association or foundation funds .......................................................
791
from allocated funds .......................................................................
792
Addition to allocated funds .......................................................................
692
11.967,76
Positive (negative) result to be carried forward .............................(+)/(-)
(14)
166.101,37
166.101,37
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STATEMENT BY THE
SECRETARY GENERAL
Against this background, our FEANI network demonstrated stability and perseverance in the pursuit of
its objectives, it amplified its values and goals and
it reconfirmed its corporate mission as outlined in
the Business Plan 2013-2017. We have pursued our
“mobility” agenda while closely working together
with the European Commission on the revision of
the Professional Qualifications Directive and more in
particular on the issue of the European Professional
Card of which we had to ensure that it would not be
in conflict to our Engineering Card. In the following
years we will maintain and continue to nurture
the relationship with the EU Institutions, because
they revert to us – amongst others – also on issues
related to Mutual Recognition as part of Free Trade
Agreements.
Mr Dirk BOCHAR / Secretary General of FEANI
This Annual Report is not a record of achievement
but rather a summary and a testimony of the efforts
and activities of our National Members. The past
years have been featured by an economic and financial crisis which also affected a number of them. We
are aware of that. Nevertheless, by demonstrating
creativity and flexibility in applying our governance
documents, we managed to maintain our network in
all 32 markets and were even able in 2013 to expand
it with the entrance of two affiliated members from
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. There clearly is an
interest in FEANI which goes beyond Europe.
14 I FEANI Annual Report 2012-2013 I
In order to effectively continue fulfilling our core
tasks in the future, such as they have been listed
on the previous pages by the President and the
Vice-President, we must investigate if we cannot
diversify our revenues, if we cannot further optimize
our working methods and add new elements to our
agenda. Whereas many of our National Members
involve and rely on the esteemed and often unlimited enthusiasm of volunteers - who generously
contribute their time and valued expertise - it would
be refreshing to see more young engineers and more
women participating in our committees, task forces,
working groups and governing bodies. This is an
issue which is worthwhile considering for the years
to come as it would enrich our capabilities, increase
our joint intelligence and add new vigor and vitality.
It continues to be a privilege, a pleasure and an honor
to work together with so many different people in an
intellectual stimulating environment where professionalism and dedication are highly valued. Let us
continue to draw strength and inspiration from
the values that unite us : the Central Secretariat
continues to be at your service.
EUROPEAN MONITORING
COMMITTEE (EMC)
EMC-Working Group
The EMC is a Standing Committee set up by the
FEANI Executive Board. Its members are appointed
for a period of three years, renewable once. They
are engineers, with expertise in the European
professional formation systems, including both the
engineering education and the professional experience. Membership of the EMC reflects the spectrum
of engineering employment, as well as the variety
of geographical regions, cultural background and
engineering formation systems in FEANI.
The EMC meets 4-5 times a year, mainly at the
FEANI headquarter in Brussels. In April 2012, the
Finnish FEANI National Member (NM) hosted an
EMC meeting in Helsinki and in December 2013, the
British NM invited to London.
A major step for the EMC in January 2012 was the
integration of the former Continuing Professional
Development Committee (CPDC). This was decided
in view of better aligning the activities of both
Committees to the overall FEANI strategy.
EMC’s on-going activities concern four pillars:
the FEANI INDEX (a list of recognized HEIs and
engineering programmes), the attribution of the
professional title EUR ING (European Engineer),
the monitoring of the Engineering Card process/
requirements and consideration of CPD aspects
for engineers. In 2012 and 2013, EMC devoted much
of its time to activities to e-based processes and
information (databases), alternative ways to update
the INDEX, procedures related to the Engineering
Card and clarifications of provisions related to the
EUR ING. EMC is acknowledging the importance
of dissemination of information and marketing.
Documents developed by the Committee are posted
in the relevant sections on the FEANI website, after
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approval by the FEANI Executive Board. Also, a
template was set up that NMCs can complement
and send to HEIs with engineering programmes in
the INDEX.
During the past two years, EMC followed closely
the development of the European Directive on
Recognition of Professional Qualifications (2005/36/
EC) and aspects relating to the Bologna system.
Contacts were also intensified with ENAEE, the
European Network for Accreditation of Engineering
Education (EUR-ACE labelled programmes are
automatically eligible for the FEANI INDEX).
With the Bologna process, not only first cycle/
Bachelor and integrated second cycle/Master
programmes need to be included in the INDEX. The
process of formulating directives for adding standalone Bologna Master Programmes in the INDEX
started in 2012. A separate evaluation template for
such programmes has been developed.
The challenge remains for both NMs and the EMC
to ensure that programmes are submitted for the
INDEX and to cope with the workload of analysing
the submissions. This is why, in early 2012, a
survey was developed. It was sent to all NMCs as
a first step in developing a process to streamline
the method of the current analysis for evaluating
individual engineering programmes. Based on
the survey, countries were identified that could be
eligible for automatic inclusion of programmes in
the INDEX. To those, an "Evaluation template for
Engineering Education System” was applied. In the
meantime, this could be applied successfully for
the German and Finnish systems. The programmes
were introduced into the INDEX database through
an e-tool on the FEANI website, developed in 2012
for programme submissions by NMCs.
In 2012 and 2013, EMC Working Groups (WGs) were
active for analyzing programme submissions or the
education/accreditation systems from the following
countries: AT, BG, CH, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, HU, HR,
IE, IS, NO, PT, RU, SE, SI and UK.
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FEANI also ensured the IT-development of an e-application form for EUR ING applications. Pilot tests
are ongoing. The e-application form includes a set
of criteria in view of a common standard and more
transparency for checking professional engineer
experience of the candidates. The latter framework
was adopted by the EMC in 2013.
An EMC WG furthermore developed a document on
“Professional Competences of European Engineers/
EUR ING” which was approved by the Executive
Board and presented to the FEANI General Assembly
in October 2013. A revision of the document ‘EUR
ING Guide to the Register’ was also approved at
that GA in 2013.
The overall level of EUR ING registrations in 20122013 has been higher than in the preceding period.
The total number of engineers having been awarded
the EUR ING title was 493 in 2012 and 480 in 2013. In
total some 32.100 engineers have meanwhile been
awarded the EUR ING title. Since several years, UK
and Spain are by far the largest contributors.
Engineering Card – The Professional Card
for Engineers
EMC also contributed substantially to the elaboration of a “Handbook on Managing the Administration
of the Engineering Card”. In line with this Handbook,
EMC set up ‘Overall Monitoring Panel’ (OMP) for
quality assurance and as an advisory function. The
overall monitoring process works well. Audits are
scheduled every five years.
In 2013, the OMP received the first Annual Reports
of eight Register Committees (RC) of countries
that signed the Agreement with FEANI in 2012. No
conflicts with the Handbook regulations were found.
By the end of 2013, 11 National Members had signed
the “Agreement with FEANI”. Those were DE, CZ,
FYROM, HR, IE, LU, NL, PL, PT, SER and SI. However,
cards were only issued in DE, CZ, HR, NL, and PL.
COUNTRY
TOTAL 2011
TOTAL 2012
TOTAL 2013
GRAND TOTAL
1987 - 2013
AT
BE
BG
CH
CY
CZ
DE
DK
EE
ES
FI
FR
GB
GR
HU
IE
IS
IT
LU
MT
NL
NO
PL
PT
RO
RU
SE
SI
SK
20
3
5
0
2
2
30
1
4
94
2
43
134
16
2
17
0
0
0
2
8
0
4
3
18
3
4
0
3
21
0
1
9
3
4
32
2
1
126
7
20
185
17
2
11
0
0
0
1
9
2
4
11
11
0
5
0
9
24
3
0
2
1
1
32
6
3
108
5
29
162
32
5
10
0
0
0
3
9
0
15
4
13
0
2
1
10
410
320
38
882
76
107
2751
342
40
3798
688
2703
15780
339
657
1325
17
0
33
189
644
190
313
71
193
5
319
104
111
TOTAL
420
493
480
32,445
The number of EUR INGs
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
A CPD work plan was adopted in 2012. Two points
were identified for consideration in 2012/2013:
“The Employer CPD standard” and “Promotion of
understanding of CPD”. A document “Guidelines
for Issuing Credits for CPD” was also elaborated.
FEANI thanks all members of the EMC, as well
as the NMCs, for their valuable contributions and
commitments.
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
FEANI AND ITS
MEMBERS
Österreichischer
Ingenieur-und Architekten-Verein
Eschenbachgasse 9
AT-1010 Wien
Year of Adhesion: 1951
Estimated number of engineers: 197 000
CZ
Number of EUR INGs: 410
Member associations: OIAV connects with the
following Member Associations: Österreichischer
Ingenieur-und Architekten-Verein (ÖIAV),
Verband Österreichischer Ingenieure (VÖI),
Österreichischer Verband für Elektrotechnik (OVE)
DE
IT
AT
SI
S
HU
Tel: + 43 1 5873 536-0
Fax: + 43 1 370 58 06 333
office@oiav.at
www.oiav.at
HR
REPORT OF THE AUSTRIAN FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Restoration of historical building,
130th anniversary of foundation
and a promising project
The splendour room of the “Ingenieurhaus”
in Vienna enjoys great popularity after its
restoration.
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For the Austrian FEANI National Committee the
2012/2013 period was particularly characterized
by three major events: the reopening of the banquet
hall in the Vienna “Ingenieurhaus” after extensive renovations, the ceremony to mark the 130th
anniversary of the OVE Austrian Electrotechnical
Association, as well as the growing positive feedback on the “ScienceClip.at” project, whose primary
goal is to get today's youth excited about science
and technology.`
At the end of the year 2011 the splendid hall of the
widely known so called “Ingenieurhaus” (“House
of Engineers and Architects”) in Vienna, which
has been home and chapterhouse of the Austrian
Society of Engineers and Architects since 1872, was
reopened after renovation lasting over one and a
half years. In the course of this ceremony Prof. Dr.
Heinz Brandl, President of the Austrian Society
of Engineers and Architects (ÖIAV), welcomed
top-ranking guests. Among many others even
Austria’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Dr. Reinhold
Mitterlehner, did ÖIAV the honour of attending the
re-opening ceremony.
Right from the start of the review period 2012/2013
the hall has been used as a venue for many various
conferences, meetings and other official occasions of the three member associations of the
Austrian National Committee for FEANI, namely
Austrian Society of Engineers and Architects (OIAV),
Association of Austrian Engineers (VOI) and OVE
Austrian Electrotechnical Association.
Due to its valuable wall and ceiling equipment the
hall represents the splendour room of the building
and, together with the adjacent rooms, forms the
representation floor which enjoys great popularity.
Vienna, the precursor of today’s OVE Austrian
Electrotechnical Association. 130 years later, on the
12th of November 2013, the association celebrated
its anniversary with an atmospheric ceremony.
Some 200 high-ranking guests, among them the
leaders of national and international partner institutions as well as representatives of industry and
academia, accepted the invitation of OVE.
President Franz Hofbauer opened the event with
a brief look at the Association’s date of formation
and summarized: the founding objectives of OVE,
namely to ensure the safety of electrical applications, to collect knowledge of electrical engineering
in general and to pass it on as well as to care for
the professional exchange, are as relevant in 2013
as they were back in 1883.
One of the highlights of the ceremony was an invited
lecture given by IEC-President Prof. Klaus Wucherer
who provided a journey through the International
Electrotechnical Standardization and Certification in
the course of time. In his speech Wucherer pointed
out Austria’s active role as a founding member of the
IEC as well as its importance in today's international
electrotechnical standardization.
In the course of the ceremony the Secretary General
of OVE, Peter Reichel, proudly presented a historical treatment of the association from a technical
point of view. The history of OVE was compiled
and written by the historian Günther Luxbacher,
Technische Universität Berlin, on the occasion of
the 130th anniversary of the federation. With this
publication, OVE belongs to one of the very few technical-scientific associations which had its history
reviewed, especially that of Nazism.
OIAV-President Prof. Dr. Heinz Brandl (l.)
and Austria’s Minister for Economic Affairs,
Dr. Reinhold Mitterlehner, (r.) at the re-opening
ceremony in the Viennese “Ingenieurhaus”
(Fotocredit: OVE)
Distinguished guests, high-level talks and
performances
“Practitioners, theoreticians and friends of electrical engineering” came together in 1883 and
founded the Electrotechnical Association in
In an interview with moderator Sybille Brunner
OVE-President Dr. Franz Hofbauer opened the
ceremony on the occasion of the 130th founding
anniversary of the association
(Fotocredit: OVE/Joseph Krpelan1)
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Modern venue in a historic setting
Research that inspires…
The 130th anniversary-celebration also offered a
framework for the awarding of the prize winners of
the first video competition initiated and organized
by ScienceClip.at.
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
ScienceClip.at, the video-platform run by the
Austrian Electrotechnical Association (OVE),
provides an insight into the fascinating daily routine
of researchers. Research that inspires – that’s
the main principle of ScienceClip.at: by means of
short and concise video clips, the enthusiasm of
researchers should light a fire in the next generation of interested pupils. ScienceClip.at offers vivid
video clips referring to science and technology, a
pool of experts and answers to urgent questions.
ScienceClip.at also participates in projects of the
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Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), such as
"Battery Revolution" or "Bionic Kids". In the course
of these projects children and young people are
given the opportunity to explore and experiment
and thus, they get a first impression of activities and
professions in research, technology and innovation.
The video-platform2 is supported by well-known
enterprises.
Comité des Ingénieurs Belges Belgisch Ingenieurscomité (CIBIC)
Rue Hobbemastraat 2
1000 Brussels
Year of Adhesion : 2008
Estimated number of engineers: 150 000
NL
Member associations: The main Member
Associations connected with CIBIC are the
Fédération Royale des Associations Belges
d'Ingénieurs civils, d'ingénieurs agronomes
et bioingénieurs (FABI), Koninklijke Vlaamse
Ingenieursvereniging (KVIV), Union Francophone
des Associations d'Ingénieurs Industriels de
Belgique (UFIIB), Vlaamse Ingenieurskamer (VIK)
FR
BE
Tel: +32 2 734 75 10
Fax: +32 2 734 53 15
cibic@cibic.be
www.cibic.be
LU
REPORT OF THE BELGIAN FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Femmes Ingénieures – You Can
Presently reindustrialisation is the subject of many
debates and the demand for engineers is high. Pity
enough, women continue to snub the engineering
profession. For that reason Ingénieurs Belges
(IB), the communication platform for the Frenchspeaking engineers in Belgium, organized their
yearly event Femmes Ingénieures – You Can, held on
21.11.2013 for the third time. The topic of the meeting
was put not only on the need for more engineers,
but more specifically on the feminization of the engineering education, functions and development.
Debate: "Femme Ingénieure : YOU CAN !"
The economical crisis and even the climatic distortions do not imply any significant changes in the
situation; on the labour market all sectors are still
looking for engineers. Demand in data processing
and telecommunications, but also in energy, logistics, aeronautics, environmental industries as well
as in consulting and audit business remains high.
And yet one has to claim an alarming shortage of
engineers, therefore IB invites young students in
Belgium and particularly the girls to decide for engineering studies.
In the last five years the number of graduates has
remained stable in the French speaking region of
Belgium. One counts that, on average, 1250 new
engineers (civil-, bio-, or industrial engineers) graduate annually from universities or high schools. This
is still far under the 1500 ten years ago or even 1700
fifteen years ago. All be it, the number of students
starting the studies is increasing with a 3 % rate over
the last two years. Despite this renewed interest,
not enough girls are tackling the challenge and the
shortage of engineers in Belgium is still estimated
between 2000 and 3000 individuals.
In large minority, women occupied only 22 % of the
engineering functions in 2013. They do not turn naturally to engineering, which is due to a large deficit
of information on the related functions and roles.
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Number of EUR INGs: 320
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
The rate of feminization is however in regular
growth: in the latest forty years, the proportion of
female engineers has passed from 3% to more than
20% or even higher in some branches - in bio engineering we have reached balance between male and
female engineers! As for the rest of the industrial
sectors, one finds only 12 to18% of women on the
engineering functions. Out off the agro-alimentary
and pharmaceutical sectors, linked to the notion of
care for the population, young women engineers
hesitate to enter more traditional industrial sectors
and if they do, they go in preference for quality
control and safety functions.
development that will be less linear. This brings
feminity and masculinity into balance.
For a long time engineers have been appreciated
for their logical, analytical and synthetic approach
to problems. Today, industry swears only by innovation. To innovate the engineer of the XXI century
we must develop a new sensitivity: ethical, more
open, more esthetical. A new metaphor is essential;
that of the engineer with the right brain. This obliges
everyone to think differently. It is not enough to be
rational and analytical; one should also listen more
and be relational. Soft skills as communication,
social behaviour and creativity are keys to career
The aim of the event was to give female engineers
the opportunity to explain the why of their choice and
feelings about their own career and professional
development. From their experience one can trace
new trends in order to attract more women to the
engineering studies and functions. Sensitization
should start early in the secondary school with
visits on sites in industry, testimonials, conferences, etc. Will the engineer’s world of tomorrow be
more feminine?
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New responsibilities are in front of each engineer
regardless of his or her function. It implies the social
utility of their job. New specializations are created
around optimal use of materials, energy savings,
safety and quality control. Another booming sector
is the services. The engineers, and certainly female
engineers, who have at the same time a practical
vision and a specialized competence, will always
find their way through everyday issues and to the
future of the industry.
Federation of Scientific
Technical Unions in Bulgaria (FNTS)
Year of Adhesion : 2004
Number of EUR INGs: 38
RO
Member associations: FNTS brings together
a number of 19 Associations and 34 Territorial
organisations.
BG
MK
GR
108 G.S.Rakovski Street
BG-1000 Sofia
National House of
Science and Technique,
P.O. Box 431
Tel: + 359 2 98772 30 Fax: + 359 2 98793 60
REPORT OF THE BULGARIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The following prominent events were organized and
held during the period 2012-2013 in Bulgaria:
Presentations highlighted
contemporary intelligent systems
as a concept that combines theoretical research and applications
in automation, information technologies and measurement. All
aspects of intelligent systems are
of interest: theory, algorithms,
tools, applications, etc.
2. 13th IFAC Symposium on Control in
Transportation Systems
(September 12 - 14, 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria)
1. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Intelligent Systems IS’12 (6 - 8 September
2012, Sofia, Bulgaria)
The CTS'13 Symposium provided an international
forum for the recent developments and advances
in control and associated technologies for traffic
and transportation systems, including road-, rail-,
air- and waterborne transportation.
The Conference continued the tradition of bringing
together top specialists in the broad area of intelligent systems. This forum offered an opportunity
for scientists from all over the world to share ideas
and achievements in the theory and practice of
intelligent control, artificial intelligence, decision
support systems, neural networks, soft computing,
data mining and knowledge discovery, ontologies,
machine learning, intelligent measurement, etc.
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
info@fnts-bg.org www.fnts.bg
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Specific topics and areas included but were not
limited to:
• Intelligent Transportation Systems;
Automated Highway Systems
• Intelligent/Automated Vehicles; Ramp
Metering and Speed limit Control
• Modelling, Control and Optimization of
Transportation Systems
• Traffic Light Control
• Sensor Technologies for Control; Weigh in
Motion
• Public Transportation
• Freight Transportation: Control, Optimization,
Routing etc
• Rail Transportation: maglev, control, scheduling, modelling, simulations
• Marine Transportation: Control, scheduling
• Ports and Terminals; Air transportation
• Safety and warning devises Human factors
• Simulation Tools/Commercial software
6. International Joint Bulgarian Korean
Symposium on Practical Energy Problem:
sand trends in Efficient Technologies PEP
TET 2103 (22-25 September 2013)
PEP TET 2103 symposium was devoted to scientific
and technical problems of energy efficiency and
renewable energy systems, smart grids, energy
efficient vehicles, development of new processes
and materials for healthy buildings, the methods
of storage and transportation of energy, including
wireless energy transfer and other new clean and
energy-efficient technologies.
7. 120th - Anniversary of the Bulgarian
engineering and architectural association
(October 2013)
3. XX National Conference with International
Participation Telecom 2012 (18-19 October
2012)
4. 20th International Symposium "Control of
Energy Systems and objects 2012, Sofia,
Bulgaria (8 - 9 November 2012) F T
5. 23rd International Conference on Artificial
Neural Networks (10-13 September 2013)
8. XXI National Conference with
International Participation Telecom 2013:
Telecommunications in the context of
globalization (17-18 October 2013)
The International Conference on Artificial Neural
Networks (ICANN) is the annual fl agship conference
of the European Neural Network Society (ENNS).
The ideal of ICANN is to bring together researchers
from two worlds: information sciences and neurosciences. The scope is wide, ranging from machine
learning algorithms to models of real nervous
systems. The aim is to facilitate discussions and
interactions in the effort towards developing more
intelligent artificial systems and increasing our
understanding on neural and cognitive processes
in the brain.
TELECOM is an annual national scientific-technical
conference with foreign participation covering a
wide range of issues in the area of state-of-the-art
communication systems and networks -from the
latest technical achievements to their successful
practical implementation. The aim of the Conference
was to create conditions, opportunities and a media
for the specialists in different fields of telecommunications to exchange ideas, knowledge and
experience.
9. Symposium Control of Energy, Industrial
and Ecological Systems Sofia, Bulgaria
(7-8 November, 2013)
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Croatian Engineering
Association (HIS)
Berislaviċeva 6, HR
10000 Zagreb
Year of Adhesion : 2010
Estimated number of engineers: 50 000
Member associations: HIS keeps the connection
between 29 Associations in Croatia.
HU
SI
SER
HR
Tel: + 385 1 48 80 985
Fax: + 385 1 48 72 491
tajnistvo@his-hr.hr
www.his-hr.hr
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
REPORT OF THE CROATIAN FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
It is our pleasure to provide information and increase
the visibility of Croatian Engineering Association
(HIS), its role and the main achievements in 2012
and 2013. Our priority is gathering and joining of
engineering societies with the aim and objective
in protection, development and promotion of the
engineering profession, assuring thereupon understandings of the significance and influence of the
engineering profession for the economic growth
and quality of life enhancement.
Cooperation Agreement (2012)
We are looking forward for more European integration and we will fully support FEANI to continue its
efforts to be recognized as the authoritative voice of
European engineers and promoting the professional
interest of its members.
The main achievements in 2012 and 2013
To be more efficient, the Croatian Engineering
Association modified their organisational and operational model and documents, such as statutes in
addition with other documents, needed to be more
future oriented and proactive.
One of the priorities for HIS was launching the
Engineering Card and thus increasing the mobility
among the engineers. After very hard and intensive
work, HIS had been ready and was accepted as a
National partner of FEANI.
During the General Assembly of FEANI on 5 October
in Rome, the Croatian Engineering Association
signed a Cooperation Agreement on issuing the
Engineering Cards.
After signing the agreement, a devoted work of HIS
Registration Committee followed on the Engineering
Card issuing project. Accomplishment was marked
by the visit of the FEANI Monitoring working group
to HIS in April 2013.
The Croatian Engineering Association is a non-profit
association for technical and biotechnical engineering societies and associations. It is the largest
Engineering Federation in Croatia and has 32 full
members with approximately 20.000 engineers.
Based on intensive activity and the promotion of
the importance and synergy needs in the engineering profession at various levels - as well as
on enhancing trust among the members HIS - was
enlarged by four new full members, with all together
1.700 engineers, accepted at the General Assembly
on 24 October 2012, and 4 June 2013.
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Following the HIS GA decision, awards for
outstanding achievement and significant contribution in HIS have been given to the members. HIS
General Assembly proudly announced that the
award in recognition of a successful cooperation
with FEANI and VDI was assigned.
At the ceremony, several cooperation agreements
with appreciating institutions were signed in prospect of future closer collaboration. Special attention
was given to the very first Engineering Card issued.
The first Engineering Card was issued and given to
Ms. Mateja Čupić, civil engineer.
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Opening speech of HIS President Prof. Dr. Vjera
Krstelj
135th Anniversary of Croatian Engineering
Association (2013)
HIS is the legal and historical successor of the
Engineering Association Klub inžinirah i arkitektah
Zagreb that was founded on the 2nd of March 1878.
The 135th Anniversary of HIS was celebrated under
the auspices of the President of Croatia, Prof. Dr.
Ivo Josipovic, in the historical conference hall
where in 1991 the Croatian Republics' Independence
was proclaimed. Thus, HIS would like to send the
message that the difficulties we are facing can in
many ways, be seen as challenges.
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FEANI Cyprus National Committee
Kimonos Str. 12/Flat 102
2001 Strovolos, Nicosia
Cyprus, P.O.Box 28772
Year of Adhesion : 1970
Estimated number of engineers: 1 500
Number of EUR INGs: 76
CY
BG
Tel: + 357 22 344647
Fax: + 357 22 344521
estera@cablenet.com.cy
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: The Cyprus Professional
Engineers' Association (CPEA) and the Cyprus Civil
Engineers and Architects Association (CCEAA) are
the main professional bodies in the engineering
field mainly civil, electrical, electronic, mechanical, chemical and Architecture.
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Czech Association of Scientific and
Technical Societies (CSVTS)
Novotného làvka 5
CZ-116 68 Praha 1
Year of Adhesion : 1996
Estimated number of engineers: 55 300
Number of EUR INGs: 107
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: Czech Association of
Scientific and Technical Societies (CSVTS) and
Czech Chamber of Certified Engineers and
Technicians (CKAIT) are the two main Member
Associations in the Czech Republic.
DE
PL
Tel: + 420 221 082 295
Fax: + 420 222 221 780
CZ
AT
SK
dah@csvts.cz
www.csvts.cz
HU
REPORT OF THE CZECH FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Czech National Committee for FEANI continued a
positive trend of development and strengthening its
position and prestige on national and international
levels in 2012 and 2013.
In accordance with an agreed long-term programme,
their activities were distinctively concentrated in the
area of education, engineering professional development, science, research and innovation.
The organisational and technical preparation for
the Engineering Card project was completed in the
Czech Republic. Czech National Committee has been
authorized to issue professional cards for engineers
in the Czech Republic by signing a contract with
the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the
Czech Republic. At the same time, they signed the
agreement on cooperation with the Czech Chamber
of Authorized Engineers and Technicians Engaged
in Construction (ČKAIT) whose representatives also
participate in the project. Engineering cards are
now issued since February 2013. Simultaneously,
a publicity campaign for the implementation of
the Engineering Cards was launched – a series
of outstanding goal-directed events such as
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For Industry – International Trade Fair for Engineering
Technologies, For Logistics – International Transport,
Logistics, Storage and Material Handling Fair, iKariéra
2013 Fair etc. were held in addition to presentations
at technical universities and public press publicity.
Furthermore, the Czech National Committee for
FEANI was involved in the support for innovation
processes as consulting bodies present at technical events organized by representatives of the
Government of the Czech Republic, Parliament of
the Czech Republic, Ministries, Confederation of
Industry and Transport of the Czech Republic, Czech
Chamber of Commerce, Association of Research
Organizations and the Czech Association of Scientific
and Technical Societies. There have been a large
number of preliminary round-table talks.
In April 2013 the Conference of Czech Innovation
partnership was held in order to provide an
impulse to start discussions about The Partnership
Agreement for Programming Period of 2014-2020 –
programme specifications and further procedure for
the preparation of the Czech Republic for effective
use of funds of Common Strategic Framework of
EU, document prepared by the Government of the
Czech Republic. The goal of the Czech Association
of Scientific and Technical Societies was to propose
cooperation between the interested bodies of the
state administration, Parliament of the Czech
Republic, scientific and research organisations,
entrepreneurial spheres and service providers. They
were interested in innovation, sharing implemen-
The National Committee successfully continued its
cooperation with the foreign scientific and technical partners, international engineering societies
and federations, and international professional
organisations. Besides the cooperation with FEANI
members, they have concluded the agreements
on the cooperation with the China Association for
Science and Technology (CAST), the Institute of
Engineers (India) and on the collaboration with other
34 European and world engineering, scientific and
technical societies.
For example, the Czech Society for Quality is a full
member of the European Organization for Quality
(EOQ). The rights and duties arising from membership were to provide training and subsequently,
personnel certification according to the models
approved by EOQ (quality manager, Environmental
Management System - EMS, Occupational Safety
and Health, Corporate Social Responsibility - CSR,
Common Assessment Framework - CAF and others).
The aim of training was to prepare university graduates, mostly engineers, for managerial positions in
industrial companies and in public administration.
The awarded certificates are valid across Europe.
The Czech Society for Quality cooperates closely
with the German Association of the Automotive
Industry (Verband der Automobilindustrie – VDA).
It holds licensing training courses of VDA and the
International Certification of Auditors (the partner
for Central, Eastern Europe and Turkey), whose
auditors are employed in the automotive industry.
The Lifelong Learning Programme of the Czech
Chamber of Authorized Engineers and Technicians,
carried out since 2001, has been sustained. The
programme enabled engineers to keep abreast
of development of science and technology. It was
designed for authorized persons, who participated
in the programme by attending educational events
or were educated individually within the plan for
their own development. A certain number of points
have been allotted for each educational event by
the Steering Committee for Lifelong Learning.
Individuals’ participation in the programme was
assessed by the number of gained points during
the program period. Information about all events,
included in the Lifelong Learning Programme,
was provided on the website with the possibility of
browsing programs on the database StavEduk in
accordance with given criteria.
In 2013 the StavEduk database3 has been updated.
The new database complies with modern user's
standard and is on the website of the Czech Chamber
of Authorized Engineers and Technicians, with
reference to the Lifelong Learning. The up to date
database enables browsing through events by the
name of the venue, organizer and date for activities,
mainly in regard to a thematic orientation. What is
more, also in 2013, the Prague office of the Czech
Chamber of Authorized Engineers and Technicians
purchased a new Webinar device, thus enabling the
people interested to join in discussions or queries
and to record and monitor seminars.
The Czech Society for Quality is also a member of
the European Foundation for Quality Management
(EFQM). The Czech Society for Quality disseminates
information about the EFQM products with the aid
of training. The EFQM Excellence Model creates the
base for the EFQM Excellence Award. There are two
levels of the awards: Committed to Excellence, open
to any organisation willing to start implementing
the EFQM Excellence Model and Recognised for
Excellence, which put into effect in the National
Quality Award of the Czech Republic. The Czech
Society for Quality is a technical guarantor of the
National Quality Award of the Czech Republic.
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tation methods and, particularly, the operational
programme Entrepreneurship and Innovations for
Competitiveness during the period 2014 - 2020.
Member organisations of the Czech Association
of Scientific and Technical Societies as well as the
Houses of Technology have an interest in creating a
sharing platform and, thus, in contributing to a more
effective use of accessible knowledge of science and
research in the industry and services.
Ingeniørforeningen i Danmark (IDA)
Year of Adhesion : 1960
Kalvebod Brygge 31-33,
DK-1780 København V
NO
Estimated number of engineers: 100 000
Number of EUR INGs: 342
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: The Ministry of Education
has an Advisory Committee covering all polytechnic and non-university education where IDA
is represented and offers advice on short cycle
engineering degrees. DK
SE
Tel: + 45 33 18 48 48 Fax: + 45 33 18 48 88
ida@ida.dk
www.ida.dk
DE
REPORT OF THE DANISH FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The International vision of IDA
The Danish Society of Engineers (IDA) has an ambitious vision with a target set for 2020. They want to
provide a clear picture of the work that the engineers
and scientists do and their significance in meeting
the great challenges of the future. Moreover, IDA
wants to be close to their members, in order to offer
them benefits and to be an association that thinks
and works globally.
In brief, this is the 2020 vision of IDA. Especially the
global dimension of the vision is interesting in the
FEANI context. They intend to provide the best rank
of services for members who work in global organisations, members who work abroad and expatriates
who work with science or technology in Denmark.
To address the needs of members who work in an
international organisation, IDA developed tools
to provide members with the necessary network
and skills of future global organisations. A recent
IDA survey pointed to the skills to have in focus.
The survey addressed the engineering competences demanded in 2020. According to the survey
there is still a demand for deep science and technology expertise, but it should also be application
oriented. In practice, this implies that engineers
must increasingly be capable of collaborating in
interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary teams. As
development and innovation processes are increasingly carried out with the involvement of customers
and suppliers and within globally distributed value
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chains, personal and organisational competences,
as well as a profound commercial orientation, are
also essential.
In order to address the needs of members who work
abroad or in global organisations, IDA developed
various global communities. A first step was the
establishment of 14 location-based LinkedIn groups
covering large parts of the world. IDA maintains
the LinkedIn groups and provides them with news.
In Denmark, IDA already has 2300 members from
countries around the world. The intention is to
double that number by end of 2016. Language is a
serious barrier for recruiting members who don’t
speak Danish, as the majority of IDA’s activities and
information are in Danish. To overcome that, IDA
aims to increase member activities in English to 25%
by end of 2016. In the same period the English part
of IDA’s website will develop rapidly4. A special focus
is on foreign engineering and science students who,
as a member group, are especially expected to grow.
Royal Dutch Society of
Engineers KIVI
PO Box 30424 NL-2500 GK Den Haag
Year of Adhesion : 1959
Estimated number of engineers: 300 000
Tel: +31 70 391 99 00
Fax: +31 70 391 98 40
Number of EUR INGs: 644
NL
DE
www.kivi.nl
BE
FR
LU
REPORT OF THE DUTCH FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The Royal Dutch Society of Engineers (KIVI) with
over 20.000 members is the official national society
of engineers for all engineering disciplines in The
Netherlands.
Our primary objective is to support engineers in
their professional development and help advance
their careers. In order to do so we provide
in-depth and cross-sector knowledge sharing and
networking. We pay special attention to developing
international careers and help improve mobility.
Another important part of what we do is to stimulate
debate and to promote the importance of technology
and engineers in society, in order to find solutions
for today’s grand challenges and to improve our
everyday lives. We encourage adequate investment in education, research and innovation and
are a recognised partner for both government and
industry on these topics.
KIVI provides professional services to its members
all over the world and organizes a large number of
activities throughout the year. We also offer assistance to engineers from abroad who wish to work
or study in the Netherlands.
The years 2012-2013 marked a period of change for
KIVI. We embarked on a path to find better understanding and new ways to assist our engineers with
the challenges they are facing today and to serve
them better. We revisited our organisation’s vision,
emphasizing our core values and our link to society.
By the end of 2013 we translated this into a new
organisational plan for the next few years that we
are all very excited about.
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: The Royal Dutch Society of
Engineers KIVI was founded in 1847. It is the national
engineering association of the Netherlands, with
professionals of all disciplines of engineering as
its members. The association provides a large
number of activities for its members, aimed at a
continued professional development.
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
In July 2013 long time
Executive Director Piet
Gillissen was succeeded
by Mrs. Micaela dos
Ramos. She studied
chemical engineering
and has a proven track
record as an executive
for organisations in
research, personal
development and international business and
co-operations. Mrs. Dos Ramos is the first woman
to hold the position of Executive Director since KIVI
was founded in 1847, which in itself was a new milestone and a sign of change.
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Other highlights involved:
• The Day of the Engineer, which we organised in
March 2013. Country-wide events and debate
were organised, highlighting the contributions
of engineers and the engineering sciences to
society. The pinnacle event was our election of
the Engineer of the Year and the Engineering
Project of the year. This event was held in the
inspiring environment of Tata Steel.
• The Technical Throne Speech read by our
President Mr. Martin van Pernis one day
before the annual Throne Speech read by King
William-Alexander of the Netherlands, was
another highlight event where we welcomed
many of the stakeholders in industry and politics and which gave rise to a lively debate.
• Our annual conferences, in 2012 on healthcare
and engineering, and in 2013 on sustainable
mobility, gained widespread interest and
saw participation of over 500 engineers. The
outcomes of the sustainable mobility conference were reported to the United Nations at the
request of the Inland Transport Committee of
the Economic Commission for Europe.
Estonian Association of Engineers
Year of Adhesion : 1995
Liivalaia 9, EE-10118
TALLINN
FI
Estimated number of engineers: 53 000
Tel: + 372 6303 130
Fax: + 372 6313 884
Number of EUR INGs: 40
EE
inseneronlooja@hot.ee
www.insener.ee
LV
LT
BY
RU
REPORT OF THE ESTONIAN FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Estonian Association of Engineers is a NGO acting
in the public interests with a mission to promote
engineering sciences and the development, innovation and respective educational policy in Estonia.
Their vision is to establish a knowledge- and innovation-based society. The 2012-2013 priority of
the Estonian Association of Engineers was synergising the value chain research, engineering &
entrepreneurship.
The most important task has been drawing the
engineer’s professional standards. This included
mapping the whole engineering domain, coordination of principles of the new professional standards
and embedding requirements of the labour market
in the professional standards. The recommendation of the Association as regards the professional
standards in frame of the Estonian Qualification
Framework is the following: 6th level Engineer’s
starting profession awarded by applied higher
school; 7th level Diploma Engineer’s starting
profession awarded by university and 8th level the
title of Authorised Engineer granted by the body
awarding professions (professional association).
The starting profession is awarded by the higher
school and it is not related to responsibility. Its
owner is not yet the specialist with vested rights of
responsibility, and he or she must strive to obtain
that status through possession of professional work
experience and passing complementary further
education. The employer will have delivered information about the readiness of the employee to enter
the labour market, and his or her further desire or
capability to enhance the qualification. The body
awarding professions will grant the qualification
to the applicant, who has work experience and has
successfully passed complementary further education. Only afterwards he or she can fulfil the tasks
of engineer’s work that are related to responsibility,
and for being responsible for own performance and
for the performance of the subordinates.
Engineers have their own Magazine Inseneeria
This has been done to achieve the cohesion
between the Estonian Qualification Framework
and the European Qualification Framework for
Lifelong Learning (EQF). Additionally, the Estonian
Association of Engineers developed the curricula of
higher schools and starting professions, outlining an
output-based system of competences for academic
and professional recognition.
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: "EAE comprises all the
major engineering institutions in Estonia, and
represents Estonian engineers in the matters
of importance to the engineering profession
as a whole. The major institutions, the founder
members of the EAE, are the Estonian Association
of Civil Engineers and the Society of Estonian
Mechanical Engineers."
the Association at awarding the professions, statute
of the Association. Along with the anniversary, an
exhibition with an overview of the activities of the
Association was organised and the Year’s Engineer
and the Year’s Engineering Student were elected.
During the period between 2012 and 2013 we have
additionally organized several seminars, meetings
and roundtables:
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
To popularise engineering culture and engineering
education, periodical articles to engineering journal
Inseneeria were prepared, with consolidated material for the Inseneeria Gymnasium, presenting
opportunities to study at vocational schools, applied
higher schools and higher schools in engineering
specialities.
Management Board of Estonian Association of
Engineers - Every year we have usually 8-10 Board
Meetings, 1 Annual General Meeting. 2-3 Business
Trips to our companies in Estonia.
In cooperation with Association of Nordic Engineers
(ANE), the Estonian Association of Engineers
successfully concluded the survey of expectations
of employers on needs of engineering personnel
and presumed competence. The results of the interviews will be systematised, yielding consolidated
conclusions on expectations from the Estonian,
Finnish, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian labour
market.
President of the Estonian
Association of Engineers
Mr Arvi Hamburg,
since 2007
1. Seminar “Popularising natural science and
engineering specialities”: Suggestions for information and propaganda work and improvement
of basic knowledge of the aspirants for higher
education - potential for after-growth, selection
of profession, analysis of how to make the natural
and exact sciences direction more popular.
2. Talk-shop “From science to entrepreneurship”:
This event was organised in order to launch
regular discussions on the needs of entrepreneurship and possibilities in science (starting
with energy).
3. Roundtable “Engineering culture in the single
cultural space”: Valuation of the work of a
researcher and an engineer, obtaining an overview
of archival holdings and industrial landscapes.
Annual General Meeting in March 2013
In December 2013 the Association celebrated
the traditional Engineer’s Day. It was the 25rd
anniversary of the Association. For the occasion an anniversary book Estonian Association of
Engineers 1988 – 2013 was published. The booklet
was designed for those contemplating to join the
Association. The contents include: historical background of the Association, its mission, vision, tasks
in proximate future, members of the Association;
background of engineer’s profession, position of
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4. Seminar “Education in engineering and engineering science”: Optimum quality vs. quantity
ratio in higher education and applications for
engineering positions in labour market.
5. Engineering conference “Knowledge based
economy - possibilities and challenges of
Estonia”: Cooperation of the value chain
Researcher & Engineer & Entrepreneur.
During the period 2011 – 2013, with the cooperation FEANI Monitoring Committee, 5 engineers in
Estonia obtained the EUR ING title.
Insinöörijärjestöjen kansallinen
komitea (KANSKO)
NO
Estimated number of engineers: 154 678
Number of EUR INGs: 688
Member associations: The Finish National
Committee gather 4 other Member
Associatrions that are independently registered: Driftingenjörsförbundet i Finland rf, Uusi
Insinööriliitto UIL ry, Tekniikan Akateemiset TEK,
Tekniska Föreningen i Finland rf.
RU
SE
Uusi Insinööriliitto UIL
Ratavartijankatu 2
FIN-00520 Helsinki
Tel: + 358 201 801 801
Fax: + 358 201 801 820
FI
hannu.saarikangas@ilry.fi
www.ilry.fi
REPORT OF THE FINNISH FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The SFNC Committee prepared for the FEANI
Meetings: European Monitoring Committee (EMC),
National Members Forum (NMF) and General
Assembly (GA), through discussion of the crucial
items on the forthcoming agenda - drafts of the
FEANI Strategic Plan, Engineering Card or new EUR
ING applications. Mr. Saarikangas has been serving
his second term in EMC and Ms. Taukojärvi participated in the work of the NMF. Both of them attended
the FEANI 2013 GA in Skopje, Macedonia.
The Finnish National Committee for FEANI (SFNC) is
composed of four Finnish engineering associations:
The Association of Swedish Speaking Engineers in
Finland (DIFF), The Engineering Society in Finland
(TFIF), Union of Professional Engineers in Finland
(UIL) and Academic Engineers and Architects in
Finland (TEK). These associations have representation in the SFNC Board, Register Committee
and Degree Committee. The SFNC continued to
be chaired by Mr. Hannu Saarikangas, Ms. Sari
Taukojärvi still being the Secretary General.
SNFC continued commitment in carrying out FEANI
mobility tools. FEANI INDEX has been updated with
latest Master’s Programs, promotion was done to
start the EUR-ACE accreditation in Finland and the
EUR ING title was marketed for engineers.
It is habitual for the Nordic country representatives to have pre-meetings in connection with the
FEANI meetings to talk through and debate over
items of the meeting agenda. This stems from the
Nordic tradition: Presidents and Chairmen of the
Nordic Engineering Associations meet annually
to benchmark activities and share their wisdom
on contemporary issues concerning engineers
in working life. Finland hosted the 2013 Nordic
meeting, and globalisation was the theme that was
explored. The Nordic cooperation conveniently
allows FEANI related matters to be discussed
since all the participating countries are also
involved in FEANI.
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Year of Adhesion : 1960
Ingénieurs et Scientifiques
de France (IESF)
7 rue Lamennais
F-75008 Paris Year of Adhesion : 1951
UK
NL
Estimated number of engineers: 1 000 000
BE
Number of EUR INGs: 2 703
Tel: + 33 1 44 13 66 88 Fax: + 33 1 42 89 82 50
LU
Member associations: More than 140 associations
are CNISF' members. These can be found in the
IESF website.
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CH
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mlecointe@iesf.fr
www.iesf.fr
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
ES
REPORT OF THE FRENCH FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Mr. Julien Roitman, IESF President opened the event
by posing two questions, “Who is an engineer?” and
“Who is an entrepreneur?”. An answer to the first
could be one that makes things work and one that
makes things move to the latter. It was therefore
quite natural to choose the entrepreneurship in
engineering as the theme of this first National
Engineering Day. The objectives of organizers were
to strengthen the feeling of belonging and the pride
to be an engineer, to promote the engineering job
in order to encourage vocations and, finally, to fight
industrial decline in France.
Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France (IESF) organized the National Engineering Day for the first
time in 2013. The event was a part of the Industry
Week supported by the Minister of Industry, which
gathered 2000 persons on the theme “The role of
engineers to contribute to the durability of companies”.
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It was exposed that in the present day, the wars
humanity fights are economic. The horsepower
revolution has given its way to the digital revolution.
It is vital to give engineers and scientists the rightful
place in our countries. At a time when every social
debate has scientific or technological implications,
it is more important than ever for engineers to be
able to make their voices heard in debates for public
decisions and contribute to discussions that will
determine our future.
Mr Roitman urged to offer more support to SMEs/
SMIs. France has 3.2 million SMEs, i.e. 99.9% of
companies (figures 2010), which are a pillar of the
French economy. They represent 52% of wage
employment, account for 38% of the turnover, 49% of
the added value and 43% of the investment (source:
Ministry of Economy and Finance). While 61.5% of
engineering graduates work in companies of 2,000
or more employees, only 22.4% work in companies
of less than 250 employees and 16.1% in structures
employing 250 to 1999 employees5.
At the opportunity Mr. Luc Rousseau, representing
the Minister said it is fundamental and strategic to
reconstruct the value and image of the industry in
France, even if it will take all active force of France
to do so. The Prime Minister reminded of this while
closing the major social conference in July 2013.
Many consider that it is not noble to claim to be a
major industrial power that our industrial plants
are archaic and this does not correspond with the
idea of France as a modern country. Mr. Rousseau
exposed the ambition to build a greater understanding, in order to stand against the disinterest
of the younger generation, which is to be observed
not only in France but also in the Western countries.
France needs industry and has to generate more
vocations and easier access to it in order to assure
a bright future.
IESF brings together engineering and science graduate associations through its 25 regional unions
from all over France. IESF maintains the Directory of
Engineers and Scientists - an official register of the
profession with 850,000 registrations and almost
100,000 internet access per month. Moreover it
conducts the annual survey of the Observatory of
Engineers, which is providing a clear and complete
picture of engineering with more than 50,000 replies
over 24 years, and the White Book of Engineers
and Scientists with 40 proposals to reindustrialize
France that was published last year during the presidential campaign.
Although a pillar of our economy, SMEs/SMIs do
not receive sufficient support. The administrative,
fiscal and regulatory environment is too restrictive.
We should strive for a balance between SMEs/SMIs
and Major Groups while a better environment for
innovation should be built.
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
There are more than one million engineers in
France - four times more than doctors. According
to the latest survey France had only 4% engineers
entrepreneurs, against 17% self employed in the
United States, 25% in Britain and 28% in Italy.
Deutscher Verband TechnischWissenschaftlicher Vereine (DVT)
Steinplatz 1
D-10623 Berlin
Year of Adhesion : 1951
Estimated number of engineers: 1 600 000
DK
Tel: + 49 30 310078 155
Fax: + 49 30 310078 216
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Number of EUR INGs: 2 751
Member associations: The German law system
does not plan an official or normal relationship
to governmental authorities. Our member associations and DVT itself have good relations to the
relevant authorities and governmental authorities are consulting DVT and VDI (Verein Deutscher
Ingenieure) in general engineering matters.
VDE (Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik
Informationstechnik) is another example of an
important Association in Germany.
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REPORT OF THE GERMAN FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Association of German Engineers (VDI)
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The VDI - Spokespersons, designers, networkers
Engineers need a strong association that supports,
promotes and represents them in their work.
This task is performed by the VDI Association of
German Engineers. For over 150 years it has steadfastly backed engineers. More than 12,000 honorary
experts process the latest findings every year to
promote our technology location. That’s convincing:
with 152,000 members, the VDI is the largest
engineering association in Germany.
WE ARE SPOKESPERSONS
Our experience and our technical knowledge about
science and practical applications make us good
spokespersons for engineers and technology.
In current debates, we are the ones who give
engineers a voice, share their expertise and represent their positions. Our independence makes us
a popular contact partner for political issues that
involve technology and education. We enter into
dialogues with the media, the public, and political
decision-makers, and we find many places to apply
the engineers’ technical knowledge.
WE ARE DESIGNERS
WE ARE NETWORKERS
We bring together experts for an interdisciplinary dialogue. As a multiplier of technological
knowledge, we publicize exciting and interesting
developments and help interest the younger generation in technology. We use a wide range of projects
to increase young people’s interest in technical
careers, and we help them make initial contacts
with the professional world of engineering. At the
national and international level, the VDI supports
interdisciplinary partnerships between the fields
of industry, business, society, engineers and
its members.
Information about the VDE
• VDE personal members 36,000
• Students and young professionals
in the VDE 14,000
• VDE corporate members 1,300
• VDE events in 2013 1,800 with over 69,000
participants
• Millions of electrical products bear the VDE
mark for safety and quality – worldwide
Focus Themes
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E-Mobility
Smart Grid
Industrie 4.0
Smart Home
MedTec
Activities to motivate young people
for technical items
• Mobility of engineers
I Excellent engineers for a sustainable
society
1. Universities are increasingly seized by skilled
worker shortage
Germany‘s innovation strength in the electric and
IT sector is primarily due to the high educational
and qualifying level and also the creativity of the
electric and IT industry.
Companies and universities appreciate above all
the efficient systems thinking of German engineers. However, the lack of electrical engineers
and IT experts threatens to become a powerful
barrier to innovation. Meanwhile universities,
too, complain about bottlenecks to the scientific
trainees, according to the VDE trend report 2013.
VDE warns of this development, since university
recruitment problems affect the innovation strength
of the industry negatively.
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Our goal is to have a positive influence on the development of technology, innovations and on Germany
as a technology hub. As designers of society, we
are aware of our responsibility, and we approach
future technologies with expertise and far-sightedness. Whether it is in the area of energy supply,
environmental protection, resource efficiency or
demographic change, the VDI is already thinking
about tomorrow. We distribute knowledge and
advise decision makers, thereby helping to design
future developments in the fields of science,
research and politics.
2. Fascination electrical engineering and information technology
6. Information event for Spanish engineering
graduates
The “Fascination electrical engineering and information technology” becomes noticeable in the new
school brochure of VDE, in which the activities of
electrical engineers are introduced and hints for
the studies are given. With the help of the manual
“Labour market electrical engineering/information
technology”, the job guide internship and the new
brochure “Relevant employment of engineering
students and dual study models”, the VDE committees “Engineering training” and “Profession, society
and technology” give important guidance notes
for students.
In Germany the biggest demand gap is diagnosed
throughout Europe, in Spain the biggest graduate
of electric engineering. Against this backdrop, the
VDE accepted the invitation of the Spanish engineering association COGITI in order to inform about
the challenges, occupational outlooks as well as
about the living and working situation of Spanish
engineers in Germany.
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
3. College and practice
“Power semiconductor device by Infineon from
Warstein – An important contribution to the
energy transition” was the title of a VDE symposium 2013 in the series “College and Practice”.
The VDE committee “Engineering training” organizes common technical symposia in collaboration
with the industry since 1957.
4. 40 years faculty day “Electrical engineering and
information technology”
On the occasion of the forty-year establishment of
the “Faculty day electrical engineering and information technology“ (FBTEI) agents from colleges,
universities, the industry and VDE acknowledged
the 40 years of preservation of “good substance
in the scientific training of practical engineers“ in
a ceremonial act in Frankfurt. In matters of engineering training, VDE cooperates closely with the
FBTEI and has initiated its foundation. The central
matter is the quality of engineering training.
5. What characterizes the electro- and information
technology?
A nationwide survey among professors from the
90 member colleges investigated the question of
learning content for the first 90 credits in the bachelor. On this basis the deputies of the FBTEI decided
to recommend their members a “core curriculum”.
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7. Electrical engineers 55+
Older electrical engineers take on greater significance for the personnel policy of companies.
The guideline “Electrical engineers 55+” provides
information and recommendations concerning the
employment situation and the careers of older
electrical engineers and shows how deficits of the
extensive realization of demography appropriate
personnel policy can be fixed.
8. VDE MINT Academy „Mobility of the future“
What does future mobility look like? On the technical symposium VDE MINT Academy “Mobility of
the future”, approximately 150 experts discussed
on innovations and technologies around electromobility. The symposium of Munich especially turned
to young scientists and engineers. The academy
offered them a platform for networking and the
exchange of job perspectives. Beyond the event
in Munich the VDE-MINT portal for engineers and
scientists6 enables interdisciplinary networking and
exchange of experiences at all times. The VDE MINT
academy is promoted in the course of the national
pact for women in MINT professions– „Komm, mach
MINT“ – by means of the Bundesministerium für
Bildung und Forschung (FKZ: 01FP1259). The project
links the future subject mobility with the promotion
of junior scientists for the first time.
II The VDE- Student Initiatives
5. VDE special award at FOCUS student competition
1. Conveying the fascination, Inspiring young
people
How will we live in the future? This question was the
centre of the 17th FOCUS student competition "the
school makes the future." The VDE special price
"information and communication" was awarded to
16 students in the class 9a of the St. Dominic girls
high school in Karlsruhe. The project work focused
on the future of cities: "Smart City 2030 - Intelligent
Solutions for the Future".
2. VDE/BMBF-Pupil Competition “INVENT a CHIP”
In 2013, within the framework of the VDE/BMBF
Young Researcher Initiative “INVENT a CHIP”,
creative ideas for microchips were sought. Over
1,500 pupils participated; with the percentage of
girls being 34%. The twelve most innovative teams
made it into the training camp of the “young microchip designers” at the Institute of Microelectronic
Systems at the Leibniz University of Hannover,
where they were able to implement their ideas
together with experts from the microchip industry.
The best and most original microchip design was
presented and awarded at the Microsystems
Technology Congress in Aachen.
3. VDE/BMBF-National Competition „SolarMobil
Deutschland“
The national competition “Solar Mobile Germany”
took place for the fourth time during the IAA in
Frankfurt am Main in 2013. The aim of the VDE /
BMBF competition is to inspire young people for the
emerging technology renewable energy. About 150
pupils aged between 10 and 18 years presented at
the final their self-built solar model vehicles.
4. VDE- Special Prize at “Youth Researches”
Jule Henrika Kuhn, Jule Anna Caroline Stevens and
Anna Linnéa Hölterhoff were the winners of the
VDE special prize for microelectronic applications
in the national competition of “Youth Researches”
2013. The team from the Ricarda-Huch-School in
Kiel found an inexpensive, accurate and easy way
to measure the pulse and determine the oxygen
content in the blood. The VDE also awards numerous
special prizes for “Youth Researches”.
6. Girls' Day
For the 13th nationwide Girls' Day, the Federal
Minister of Education Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka and
the VDE CEO Dr. Ing. Hans Heinz Zimmer invited
approximately 30 girls aged 11 to 15 years from
different schools in Berlin to the VDE office in Berlin.
The students were able to familiarize themselves
with exciting topics from electronics and medical
and explore the varied world of work on technology
and engineering, including the Berlin E-Laboratory
of the VDE.
7. VDE YoungNet: Network for the next generation
In VDE YoungNet, more than 8,000 student members
from more than 60 university groups and 6,000 young
professionals are organized. The VDE YoungNet
offers them an attractive added value: the transfer
of knowledge, valuable contacts for the career, a
potential advantage in terms of professional orientation, key skills and additional qualifications as well
as a strong community - and a lot of fun together
in the adventure of Electrical Engineering and
Information Technology.
8. YoungNet Convention
In the course of VDE / BMBF Microsystems
Technology Congress, the VDE Aachen University
Group hosted the 5th YoungNet Convention. More
than 300 students of electrical engineering from
all over Germany attended the two sessions on
current technology topics and to socialize at a
parallel career fair. Celebrity guests of the framework program were Prof. Dr. Ing. Armin Schnettler,
of the RWTH Aachen, and the TV presenter, Ranga
Yogeshwar.
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Communicate the fascination, to inspire young
people - With its variety of initiatives and competitions, coordinated actions and projects, the VDE
reaches tens of thousands of pupils and students
every year. The goal of such commitments is to
inspire young people towards technological fields,
discover talents and to encourage young talents in
the field of electrical engineering and information
technology and to motivate them to pursue higher
studies in these fields.
9. In Close Contact with Europe
13. Transition from student life to professional life
The final round of the EUREL International
Management Cup (IMC) took place in Vienna in
2013, where groups of students from the individual
chapters of national electrical federations met
with EUREL Young Engineers Panel at the EUREL
General Assembly.
The seminar "Vom Studium zum Beruf" consults
students and graduates on how they could gain entry
into professional life successfully. The event in 2013
was held in Munich, Stuttgart, Bremen, Aachen,
Erlangen and Albstadt.
14. "VDE is what you make out of it!"
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
10. New Standardization Ideas
Modelled after the IEC Young Professional
Program and VDE’s YoungNet program, VDE|DKE
was inspired to come up with a new program to
support new standardization ideas. With the support
of young professionals, they initiated a workshop
called the "Next Generation DKE" to compile key
ideas for action.
With this motto in mind, the speaker of VDE’s
YoungNet together with YoungNet teams committed
themselves to the topic of education in engineering,
public relations, foreign contacts while building up
network of different university groups. Additionally,
the project team has successfully organized other
big events such as the YoungNet Convention 2013 in
Aachen and "Young Forum" at congress from VDE.
11. YEN - the Young EnergyNet
15. Young Forums
YoungNet for VDE shares the same significance with
Young EnergyNet for CIGRE (Conseil International
des Grands Réseaux Électriques), as well as with
the international body for exchanging information for High Voltage Technology in the electrical
power supply industry. Young EnergyNet serves as
a mentoring program for new entrants to facilitate
young energy engineers’ entry to the labour market.
The Young Biomedical Engineering forum offers
students, PhD candidates as well as young professionals the opportunity to exchange information
during the three-country meeting BMT 2013 which
was held in Graz. Ahead of the Energy Technology
Congress of VDE in Berlin, where the Young
Professionals Forum was held, engineers were put
into focal point for social responsibility.
12. VDE /Rohde & Schwarz Engineering Competition
"Innovating cars using the latest instrumentation"
was the theme of VDE/Rohde & Schwarz’s 2013
national case study competition. The task was to
develop an automotive radar system, in which it will
automatically detect distance while driving. In the
final round which were held at the Rohde & Schwarz
headquarters in Munich, the team from University
of Karlsruhe has successfully convince the judges
with its innovative technology and business concept.
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Greek National Committee FEANI
SER
Number of EUR INGs: 339
Member associations: The Greek National
Committee consists of representatives of the
Technical Chamber of Greece and the six engineering Associations, among which the Technical
Chamber of Greece.
BG
MK
GR
4, rue Karageorgi Servias
GR-102 48 Athens Tel: + 30 210 329 13 48
Fax: + 30 210 329 16 14
greok@central.tee.gr
okal@central.tee.gr
vasoikon@gmail.com
http://portal.tee.gr/
portal/page/portal/
INTER_RELATIONS/
english/role
REPORT OF THE GREEK FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Presidents’ meeting: an annual landmark
hosted by the Technical Chamber of Greece
(TCG)
On Friday, 11th of October 2013, the Technical
Chamber of Greece (TCG) hosted the 6th International
Presidents Meeting of the European Engineers’
Organisations. This important Meeting was held at
the European Parliament Offices in Athens within
the framework also of the 90th Anniversary of TCG
and the 10th Anniversary of the ECEC (European
Council of Engineering Chambers).
(from left to right)
Marwan Abdelhamid / WFEO President;
Vassilis Economopoulos / Moderator,
TCG - ECCE Past President;
Christos Spirtzis / TCG President;
Antonia Moropoulou / SEFI Vice President
The participants were Presidents or/and
Representatives from ECCE (European Council of
Civil Engineers), ECEC, EFCA (European Federation
of Consulting Associations), FEANI, SEFI (European
Society for Engineering Education), WCCE (World
Council of Civil Engineers), WFEO (World Federation
of Engineering Organisations). FEANI was represented by its Secretary General Dirk Bochar.
The participants (also Presidents or/and
Representatives) from the National Engineering
Chambers - Organisations were from: Austria,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
FYROM, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro,
Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia,
Slovenia, United Kingdom. There were presentations in several topics and a broad discussion
moderated by Vassilis Economopoulos (TCG-ECCE
Past President).
TCG President Christos Spirtzis launced a Welcome
Speech stressing the positions of the TCG regarding
the facing of the impacts of crisis in Engineering
Profession and the call to the EU Institutions to
take urgent measures legislative and financial for
the Growth, Sustainable Development and Social
Cohesion in Europe and for creating new jobs. He
underlined the message : “100 Years Regulated
Engineering Profession, Serving the Public Interest,
the Safety and Quality, Building the Growth and
Welfare in Europe”.
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Year of Adhesion : 1952
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
The WFEO President Marwan Abdelhamid had
also a Welcome Greeting stressing the need of
the international cooperation and also ECEC
President Crtomir Remec. The special presented
and discussed topics were: Facing the Crisis in
Construction Sector (Fernando Branco, ECCE
President), Public Procurenent (Jan Bosscehm,
EFCA President, Klaus Thurriedl – ECEC, Aris
Chattzidakis – TCG), Engineering Education and
Training (Antonia Moropoulou, SEFI Vice President),
Professional Recognition and Mobility – the
New Directive on Professional Qualifications –
the European Professional Card (Dirk Bochar FEANI
Secretay General, Crtomir Remec ECEC, Fernando
Branco ECCE).
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Athens International Presidents’ Meeting
Our distinguished invited guest, the Member of
European Parliament George Koumoutsakos
presented extensively the important EU
Initiative – Financial Program Connecting Europe
Facility – CEF.
At the margins of the Presidents’ Meeting the kickoff
Meeting of the co-organising Committee (FEANI,
ECEC,ECCE) of the 2nd European Engineer’s Day
(Brussels 20th of November) took place in Athens.
Hungarian National Committee
for FEANI
Anyagtudomány és
Technológia Tanszék,
Bertalan Lajos utca 7,
H-1111 Budapest PL
Number of EUR INGs: 657
Member associations: The 17 Member
Associations of the Hungarian National Committee
for FEANI are so called "social organisations"
ruled by the right of combination and assembly. SK
HU
SI
HR
SER
RO
Tel: +36 1 463 2471
Fax: +36 1 463 2470
sarkozi@mti.bme.hu
www.mernokakademia.hu
REPORT OF THE HUNGARIAN FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
In 2013, the main result of our engineering community was to organize the annual CAETS symposium
in Budapest between the 26th and 28th of June.
The main conclusion of the symposium was a statement by the International Council of Engineering
and Technological Sciences (CAETS) on the theme
of „Educating Engineers”. The participants shared
their experiences of innovative approaches to engineering education. There were participants from
27 countries.
Together with the Hungarian – Korean Technical
Cooperation Centre Foundation we have organized
two joint seminars in the following topics: nanosafety and biomaterials. There was a great interest
towards both topics.
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Year of Adhesion : 1990
Association of Chartered
Engineers of Iceland
Verknifræðingafélag Íslands
Engjateigur 9
IS-105 Reykjavik Year of Adhesion : 1965
Estimated number of engineers: 5 000
Number of EUR INGs: 17
IS
Member associations: The two Associations
connected with the National Committee of Iceland
are The Association of Chartered Engineers in
Iceland and The Icelandic Society of Engineers. Tel: +354 5359300
Fax: +354 5359311
vfi@verktaekni.is
www.vfi.is
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
REPORT OF THE ICELANDIC FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The Icelandic NC
There are two engineering associations, which are
members of the Icelandic National Committee of
FEANI. These are the association of second cycle
engineers (VFÍ) and the association of first cycle
engineers (TFÍ). The two associations have made
an agreement that one of them nominates the chair
of the NC for two consecutive years, and the other
one for the next two years after that, etc.
Steindór Guðmundsson from the association of
second cycle engineers (VFÍ) is the chair of the
Icelandic NC for the period 2013-2014. He replaced
Jóhannes Benediktsson from the association of first
cycle engineers (TFÍ) in this role. The Secretary
General of both VFÍ and TFÍ, Árni Björn Björnsson,
has the role of Secretary General of the Icelandic NC.
The Secretary General of the Icelandic NC sent a
letter to FEANI in 2013, and asked for a review of the
Icelandic Engineering Education programs, for an
automatic inclusion in the FEANI INDEX. We expect
that this will take place in 2014.
The Icelandic NC 2013
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•
•
Steindór Guðmundsson, VFÍ (Chair)
Jóhannes Benediktsson, TFÍ (Secretary)
Sigurður Brynjólfsson, VFÍ
Guðleifur M. Kristmundsson, VFÍ
Eiríkur K. Þorbjörnsson, TFÍ
Páll Á Jónsson, TFÍ
Jón Vilhjálmsson, chairman of NMC
Árni Björn Björnsson, General Secretary of
VFÍ, TFÍ and the Icelandic NC
The Icelandic NMC 2013
• Jón Vilhjálmsson, VFÍ (Chair)
• Ríkharður Kristjánsson VFÍ
• Daði Ágústsson, TFÍ
• Gunnar Sæmundsson, TFÍ
The Icelandic NMC did not receive any applications
for the EUR ING title in 2013.
The Icelandic NMC has been in the process of
reviewing the Icelandic educational establishments
and programs in 2013, for a more complete and
correct inclusion in the FEANI INDEX. This work
will continue in 2014.
Other FEANI activity
The chair of the Icelandic NC participated in the
General Assembly in Skopje in October 2013.
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Engineers Ireland
22 Clyde Road Ballsbridge
IE-DUBLIN 4 Year of Adhesion : 1966
Estimated number of engineers: 80 000
Number of EUR INGs: 1325
Tel: +353 1 665 1300
Fax: +353 1 665 1350
IE
UK
membership@
engineersireland.ie www.engineersireland.ie
REPORT OF THE IRISH FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
2013 has been a year of change for Engineers
Ireland’s members. The educational standard for
becoming a Chartered Engineer (professional engineer) was raised to an accredited Masters degree.
This had been planned for a number of years and
represented the culmination of planning not just
at Engineers Ireland but also at the many higher
education institutes that deliver engineering education. This change has required a review of the
membership regulations and processes and many
of our international agreements.
During the year, a decision was made to make CPD
mandatory at five days per year for members from
2017. Work continued on the EU funded Leonardo
project. The project, which commenced in October
2012 and will end in September 2014, will look to
implement a set of development best-practices in
each partner organisation, enabling them in turn,
to document and report on the effectiveness of this
transformation. The result will be a process map
for the implementation of pedagogical systems of
truly world-class standard across the VET sector.
Alongside Engineers Ireland, partnering in the
best-practice sharing project are the County Louth
Vocational Education Committee, INOVINTER –
Vocational Training and Technological Innovation
Centre (Portugal), the Spanish Confederation of
Training Centres (Spain), Euroform RFS (Italy) and
Norton Radstock College (UK).
Engineers Ireland was also active in the review
of the European Directive on Recognition of
Professional Qualifications during Ireland’s period
as EU Presidency.
A new website was launched in September 2013
and provided a more integrated user experience
for our members. This includes increased features
for members – online access to publications database (EBSCO) which provides members with online
access to thousands of academic and commercial
publications. It is also now possible for the public
to search the website database, find a member of
Engineers Ireland and view an online archive of over
700 webcasts.
The President of Engineers Ireland for the 2013/14
term is Dr. John O’Dea. John O'Dea is a Chartered
Engineer and Fellow of Engineers Ireland. John
has started a number of companies in the biomedical sector and he has previously served as a
member of the Irish Advisory Science Council Task
Force on Company R&D. He represented Ireland
on the working group responsible for developing
the IEC60601-1-2 standard for electromagnetic
compatibility requirements for medical devices.
Engineers Ireland continues to press for the inclusion of professional engineers to be designated as
competent persons in the revision of the EU Medical
Devices Directive.
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: The Institution of Engineers
of Ireland was founded as The Institution of Civil
Engineers of Ireland in 1835. It received its Royal
Charter in 1877. This Charter passed into Irish
legislation when, in 1922, Ireland achieved its
independence.
Consiglio Nazionale Ingegneri (CNI)
Year of Adhesion : 1951
CH
AT
Estimated number of engineers: 475 000
HU
Via IV Novembre 114
I - 00187 ROMA
SI
S
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: The Consiglio Nazionale
Ingegneri was founded in 1925 in accordance with
law n.2537 of October 23, 1925. Today CNI is the
legal representative of Italian engineers with institutional duties for the defence of the important
interests of the entire profession. HR
IT
Tel: +39 06 697 670/1
Fax: +39 06 697 67050
segreteria@cni-online.it
esteri@cni-online.it
www.tuttoingegnere.it
REPORT OF THE ITALIAN FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The new Board of the Consiglio Nazionale degli
Ingegneri took office on the 24th of November 2011.
1. In 2012, the new Board instituted a number of
Working Groups to better follow the various areas
falling under the interests of engineers. In particular:
Environment and Territory; Communication; Energy;
Ethics; Formation; IT Engineering; Engineering and
Industry; Internalization; Public Works; Publicprivate partnerships; Innovation; Safety. These
Working Groups meet rather frequently, each of
them is under the responsibility of a Councillor of
the Board.
2. 1 March 2012 – Cernobbio - First Professional
Day. The Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri
holds every year a National Congress, generally
attended by important personalities from politics, industry, beyond the members of the Ordine.
The Presidents and General Secretaries of the
international Associations are always invited. The
National Congress in 2012 was held in Rimini - 12 –
14 September 2012 – Ingegneria: tutela e sviluppo.
(Engineering: Safeguard and Development).
3. FEANI – General Assembly, Rome, 4-5 October
2012. A Research “The perspective for Engineers
in Europe” was organized through a questionnaire
sent to the FEANI Members. The relevant results
were presented in a very successful Round Table
held on October 4.
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4. 23 January 2013 – Rome Al governo che verrà:
Sicurezza, ambiente, open data, … Gli ingegneri
per il futuro dell’Italia (To the coming Government:
Safety, Environment, Open Data … Engineers for the
Future of Italy). Three projects concerning safety,
environment and open data are presented on this
occasion to discuss the future of the country.
5. 24 – 26 July 2013 – Brescia - 58° Congresso
Nazionale degli Ordini degli Ingegneri d’Italia
(58° National Congresso of the Orders of Engineers
of Italy). The topic of this year was Il Paese che
vogliamo: lavoro, innovazione opportunità (The
Country we want: labour, innovation, opportunities).
6. 1 Octobre 2013 – Sala delle Colonne, Camera dei
Deputati, Rome. Ingenio al Femminile (Womanish
Ingenium) – Stories of women leaving a mark. To
valorise some characteristics typical of women:
relational skills, creativity, social awareness also
in a profession, as the engineering one, historically
only mannish. On one hand, women are finding their
places in the working environment more and more,
on the other hand, they do not find adequate answers
and real actions to combine their natural and biological roles and their professional lives.
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
7. 18 October 2013 – I.S.A. - Istituto Superiore
Antincendio (Superior Institute for Fire Safety) –
The First National Day of Safety Engineering. A day
promoted by CNI and the National Fire Brigade and
dedicated to the strategic role of engineers in the
safeguard of citizens’ health and safety, the teaching
of safety engineering, the good practices on building
sites, and on the central role of fire brigades as
concerns safety and civil protection.
8. 13 November 2013 – Rome - Ri-progettare
l’Italia. Innovazione, ricerca ed infrastrutture: gli
Ingegneri oltre la crisi. (To redesign Italy. Innovation,
Research, Infrastructure: Engineers beyond the
Crisis). Two concrete proposals concerning innovation and infrastructure were presented to open
a fruitful confrontation on the future of the country.
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Association Luxembourgeoise
des Ingénieurs (ALI)
6 Boulevard GrandeDuchesse Charlotte
L-1330 Luxembourg
Year of Adhesion : 1951
Estimated number of engineers: 6 000
NL
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Number of EUR INGs: 33
Member associations: "ALII is representing the
Industrial Engineers as well as the Technical
Engineers in Luxembourg. The ALII has narrow
relations with the newly founded University of
Luxembourg, the members of the Government,
the members of Parliament and the Professional
Chambers to have the Engineers' positions prevail
in respect of the technical and professional training
as well as of the laws and regulations governing
the professional life of the Engineer." Tel: + 352 45 13 54
Fax: + 352 45 09 32
BE
DE
LU
aliasbl@pt.lu
www.ali.lu
FR
REPORT OF THE LUXEMBOURG FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
ALI ( Association Luxembourgeoise des Ingénieurs
asbl) is the official representative of engineers in
Luxembourg. Its objective is to promote and defend
the engineering profession and the corresponding
university degrees at all relevant national levels:
Government, members of the Parliament, University
and secondary schools, media and general public.
In 2013, a fundamental change of the statutes was
operated: by respecting the fundamentals of the
Bologna Process the organization is now also open
to members having a bachelor degree. Moreover
the members have been grouped into 4 chapters:
PhD – master - bachelor - student.
On July 13, 2013, the existing links with neighbouring
engineering organizations (URIS-Lorraine (France),
VDI BV-Saar (Germany) have been officialized in a
newly created association FDIS ( Fédération des
Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de la Grande Région). In
order to get a real regional impact the FDIS intends
to also incorporate the German association of VDI
Rheinland-Pfalz and the frenchspeaking association
of the Walloon province of Belgium.
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At the end of 2012, a so-called ”Brunching for Young
Engineers” was initiated to facilitate contacts
between young engineers and their elder colleagues.
It consists of a presentation, followed by an informal
brunch, and it is organized every three months.
For the media and the public in general the engineering profession is highlighted since 2012 by a
yearly prize offered by the main energy supplier
Enovos, which rewards the best master theses
written in the previous year by Luxembourg residents. The selection is performed under the
chairmanship of ALI .
Concerning the cooperation with FEANI, ALI, as
a founder-member of the organization, strongly
supports all FEANI initiatives, especially the
Professional Engineering Card. ALI will be the
responsible organisation for the introduction and
management of the Engineering Card.
Unfortunately our attempt to get the authorization for issuing the Engineering Card during 2013
was blocked by the representatives of the Ministry
of Higher Education and Research. They asked us
to put the project on hold, with the argument that
the modification of the Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications 2005/36 should
first be passed by the European Parliament, and
that the use of the IMI system for collecting and
treating relevant cardholders data would be
compulsory. The ministry representatives also
stated that, in their view, the Engineering Card
of FEANI could not exist besides a European
Professional Card for Engineers. In the meantime,
Luxembourg had early elections in October and
a new government with a different coalition has
been formed in December 2013. We are confident
to be able to expose our project again to the newly
appointed Minister of Education and Research in
the light of the now voted and revised European
Directive on Professional Qualifications 2013/55.
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Promoting the engineering profession among
secondary school students is done by participation
in the different school meetings for professional
orientation. A short film “Engineer- a job with a
future” showing the different aspects of the profession has been created, with statements of young
and experienced engineers, as well as the opinions
expressed by passers-by during street-interviews.
Chamber of Engineers
Professional Centre
Sliema Road
GZIRA GZR 1633
Malta
Year of Adhesion : 1978
Estimated number of engineers: 1 300
Number of EUR INGs: 189
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: There are 5 Member
Associations in Malta, among which the Chamber
of Engineers, the Engineering Board or the Faculty
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IT
MT
Tel: +356 2133 4858
Fax: +356 2134 7118
info@coe.org.mt
www.coe.org.mt
Norwegian National Committee
for FEANI
PO Box 2312 Solli
NO-0201 OSLO Year of Adhesion : 1965
Estimated number of engineers: 200 000
Tel: +47 22 94 75 00
Fax: +47 22 94 75 01
Number of EUR INGs: 190
SE
epost@nito.no
firmapost@nito.no
NO
EE
www.tekna.no
www.nito.no
LV
DK
LT
RU
REPORT OF THE NORWEGIAN FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The Norwegian NC
Since July 2013 Trond Markussen, the president of
NITO, has been the chairman of the Norwegian NC.
He replaced the president of Tekna Marianne Harg
in this role. At the same time, the Secretary General
of Tekna, Ivar Horneland Kristensen, was assigned
the role of Secretary General of the Norwegian NC.
The Norwegian NC has had one meeting and has
had the pleasure of being visited by the Secretary
General of FEANI, Dirk Bochar. The Norwegian NC
sent a letter and asked FEANI EMC to perform a
review of the Norwegian Engineering Education
programs, for an automatic inclusion in the FEANI
INDEX. We expect that the chairman of EMC, Mr.
Jan Willem Proper, will visit Norway and evaluate
this during 2014.
The Norwegian NMC has had three meetings during
2013 and has processed three EUR ING applications.
Two of the applications were incomplete or, in other
ways, not satisfactory. One of them will be sent
further to EMC after an update of the FEANI INDEX.
The Norwegian NMC has been in the process of
including educational establishments and programs
in the FEANI INDEX in 2013 and will continue this
work in 2014.
Other FEANI activity
One of the NMC members is also an active participant in EMC (Bjørn Olsen).
Trond Markussen, the president of NITO, was
co-opted as Member of the FEANI Executive Board
at the GA 2013.
The Norwegian NMC 2013
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Marianne Bevum, NITO (Chair)
Iver Hille, Tekna (Secretary)
Bjørn Olsen, NITO
Tove Rodahl, Tekna
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: The two Norwegian
Engineering organisations, TEKNA and Norges
Ingeniororganisasjon, NITO (The Norwegian
Society of Engineers) are both recognized by
the national authorities.This means that both
organisations are represented in various official
bodies, among them the Council for Engineering
Education, and other official bodies concerned
with engineering matters. FI
Polish Federation of Engineering
Associations
Year of Adhesion : 1992
LV
Estimated number of engineers: 250 000
Number of EUR INGs: 313
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: "The Polish National
Member of FEANI, i.e. the Polish Federation of
Engineering Associations (PFEA) as well as its
Member Associations function on the basis of and
in accordance with the Polish Law on Associations
(Act of April 7 1989). Polish Federation of
Engineering Associations is a non-governmental
and self-financing organisation, which does not
get subsidies from the government." RU
Tel: +48 22 3361 260
Fax: +48 22 3361 481
LT
BY
PL
CZ
ul.Czackiego 3/5
PL-00 043 Warszawa
UA
sekretariat-prezes@
not.org.pl www.not.org.pl
SK
HU
RO
REPORT OF THE POLISH FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The 2nd World Convention of Polish
Engineers
The 2nd World Convention of Polish Engineers
was held in Warsaw on September 26-28, 2013.
The event was organized by Polish Federation
of Engineering Associations in cooperation with
Warsaw University of Technology, Council of
Polish Engineers in North America and European
Federation of Polish Scientific and Technological
Societies Abroad. The Convention was attended
by over five hundred participants, engineers and
technicians from Poland and all over the world,
representatives of the Polish government, parliament and public institutions. Foreign guests, in the
persons of Mr. Robin Barnett, Ambassador of Great
Britain to Poland and Mrs. Alexandra Bugailiskis,
Canadian Ambassador to Poland accepted the invitation. During the opening session of the Convention
Mr. Olgierd Dziekoński , Minister in the Office of the
President, made a speech on behalf of the Polish
President , Bronisław Komorowski.
During two days of discussions and seven panel
sessions, the most important issues from the point
of view of Polish engineers and technicians were
undertaken, mainly concentrating on: an innovative approach to research and development, the
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potential and possibilities of implementation of
new technologies, engineering challenges in the
industry, the future of information technology projects, chances and threats of the energy industry and
engineers education. There were also discussions
on the role of scientific and technological associations in the rapidly changing world of science
and business.
2nd World Convention of Polish Engineers Opening Session
On the third day of the Convention, participants had
the opportunity to get acquainted with the profile
of selected Polish research institutes. It was also
a great opportunity to establish contacts for the
engineers, particularly outside Poland, seeking
business opportunities.
In April 2013, FSNT - NOT and Polish Security
Printing Works signed a long term agreement,
concerning cooperation in designing and printing
engineering cards. In Poland, 21 cards were issued.
The ceremony of awarding the first professional
card was held during the annual Gala Meeting of
Polish Engineers, organized by FSNT-NOT.
Annual Gala Meeting of Polish Engineers
Traditionally, in January 2014, Polish engineers were
invited to take part in the Gala Meeting held in the
Warsaw House of Technology NOT. It was attended
by the presidents, vice-presidents and secretaries
of Engineering Associations as well as members of
the associations and engineers representing wide
range of activities and successful, innovative business projects.
President FSNT-NOT Ewa Mańkiewicz-Cudny, in
her brief presentation, summarized the undertaken
activities of the year 2013 and announced the plans
for the current year.
2nd World Convention of Polish Engineers Panel Session
General Assembly
The delegation of Mr. Józef Suchy, Vice President
of Polish Federation of Engineering Associations FSNT-NOT, Mr. Jacek Kubielski, Secretary General
of Polish Federation of Engineering Associations
- FSNT-NOT and President of Association of Polish
Electrical Engineers SEP Mr. Jerzy Barglik took
part in the FEANI General Assembly in Skopje,
Macedonia.
During the meeting, the date and place of the next
General Assembly has been officially confirmed. In
2014 the meeting will take place in Gdańsk, Poland
and the set period is between the 8th and 10th
October. The members of the FSNT-NOT Executive
Board expressed their gratitude for having the
opportunity of hosting the representatives of
FEANI member countries during the 2014 General
Assembly and invited them to take part in the event.
In 2013 fifteen (15) new Polish engineers were
awarded the EurING title. By the end of 2013
there were 316 polish engineers with the EUR ING
title. 2013 was also the first year of issuing the
Engineering Card in Poland.
Gala Meeting of Polish Engineers – Mr. Józef
Suchy Vice President of FSNT-NOT receiving
Engineering Card no. 001 from the hands of
President of FSNT-NOT Mrs. Ewa
Mańkiewicz-Cudny
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The 2nd World Convention of Polish Engineers
ended with the Statement, in which the participants
expressed their satisfaction with the meeting and
most of all the possibility of drawing attention to
the goals and priorities that the engineers should
concentrate on, for the development of Poland and
the World in subsequent years. As a result of the
discussions, general conclusions were formulated,
which were passed on to the governmental bodies
and public institutions in the country. The next
Convention is planned for 2016.
Ordem dos Engenheiros
Ordem Dos Engenheiros
Av. Antonio Augusto de
Aguiar, 3-D
1069-030 Lisboa
Year of Adhesion : 1954
Estimated number of engineers: 100 000
Number of EUR INGs: 71
Member associations: The Portuguese FEANI
committee was created in 1993, following an
agreement signed between the Ordem Dos
Engenheiros and the Ordem dos Engenheiros
Técnicos. There is no formal coordination of the
two institutions.
PT
ES
Tel: +351 21 313 26 00 Fax: +351 21 313 26 15
tafonseca@
ordemdosengenheiros.pt
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
ordemdosengenheiros.pt
REPORT OF THE PORTUGUESE FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Networking
Promotion of events
In the last two years, 2012 and 2013, the activity
of Ordem dos Engenheiros (OE) was particularly
conditioned by a highly unfavorable external environment. The national economic crisis determined
unemployment and brain drain of Portuguese engineers, affecting particularly young engineers. To
minimize these effects, OE developed actions to
deepen the international relationships with similar
professional associations aiming to facilitate the
mobility and professional integration of members
in those countries.
In 2012 and 2013 a series of 89 events (meetings,
conferences, seminars, and national debates)
were promoted, with the participation of experts,
academics, and politicians. More than 10 000 OE
members participated in those activities, most of
which were held without registration fees.
This has been a very successful task especially in
the Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries,
where several academic and professional recognition agreements were established. In this period
of time three more of these agreements were
signed with professional associations of countries
where Portuguese engineering companies have
been recently very active: College of Engineers of
Peru, Colombian Society of Engineers, Federation
of Schools of Engineers civilians of the Mexican
Republic; and Panamanian Society of Engineers
and Architects (in preparation).
At the European level, OE has also signed an agreement for issuing the FEANI Engineering Card, aiming
at the recognition of professional qualification in the
perspective of mobility of engineers in Europe.
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Engineer National Day 2012
It is worthwhile to highlight the following initiatives:
Conference Cycle "Engineering - What Future?",
emphasizing the social relevance of engineering
in Portugal and particularly oriented for students
and young engineers; the 19th National Congress
"Society, Territory and Environment"; and the 1st
Congress of Portuguese Speaking Engineers,
in Lisbon "Engineering as Decisive Factor in
Development Process ", with the participation of
delegates from Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea,
A series of preparatory initiatives with the
Association of Engineers of Macau were developed in the organization of the 2nd Congress of
Portuguese Speaking Engineers, in Macau (China)
"Engineering as a Key Factor in the Cooperation
Process", that will be held in November 2014.
Communication policy
Since OE is the competent authority for awarding
the professional title of engineer in Portugal, a
special effort has been made in order to facilitate
the communication between the association and its
members. The Portal, newsletters, on-line journal,
and dedicated informatics platforms were improved
giving the preference to these effective electronic
communication means
Celebrating its 75th anniversary OE launched a philatelic collection with the issue of six stamps covering
the activities of its twelve disciplines. Twelve videos
were also produced and distributed, with the objective of promoting engineering and the relevance of
engineers for the progress and well-being of the
society. These activities were well disseminated in
mass media, secondary schools and universities in
a very aggressive promotion aiming at attracting
more students to Engineering studies.
Accreditation of study programmes
OE has been actively involved on the Portuguese
accreditation process of engineering study
programmes lead by the national accreditation
agency (A3ES).
In the defense of the quality of study programmes, OE
continued promoting the EUR-ACE label accrediting
1st and 2nd cycles engineering courses. Currently,
there are 31 courses in Portuguese Engineering
Schools with EUR-ACE label.
During 2013, a program of continuing professional development for engineers was structured
and approved, which includes the accreditation of
continuous education system.
Activity in 2012 and 2013: FACTS and
NUMBERS
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44.339 Members (2013)
Agricultural Engineers: 2.429
Environmental Engineers: 1.220
Civil Engineers: 20.903
Electrical Engineers: 8.620
Forest Engineers: 424
Geographer Engineers: 404
Mining and Geological Engineers: 948
Computer Engineers: 490
Materials Engineers: 400
Mechanical Engineers: 6.018
Naval Engineers: 125
Chemical and Biological Engineers: 2.519
Evolution of members
Macau, preparation of 2CELP
Ordem dos Engenheiros maintains high visibility in
the Portuguese mass media (television, radio, and
press), with frequent interventions of the President
and other leaders on relevant matters related to
engineering, politics and society.
Evolution of members
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Macau, Mozambique, Sao Tome, and Timor. In these
three initiatives more than 2500 participants were
registered, including OE members and guests from
the fields of politics and society.
Organization of events with national and
international relevance
1. Engineers Congress of Portuguese Speaking
Engineers (Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde,
Guinea, Macau, Mozambique, São Tome and
Príncipe, Timor)
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
2. 19th Congress of Ordem dos Engenheiros Society, Territory and environment
– Engineer Intervention
Presentation of Engineering card in Portugal
President of the European Commission
at OE event
FEANI Secretay General participating
at OE event
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OE International Membership
in 2012 and 2013
• UPADI - Unión Panamericana de
Asociaciones de Ingenieros
• CLAIU – Comité de Liaison des Associations
d’Ingénieurs de l’Union Européenne
• FEANI – European Federation of National
Engineering Associations
• ENAEE –European Network for Accreditation
of Engineering Education
• WFEO – World Federation of Engineers
Organisations
• WCCE – World Council of Civil Engineers
• ECCE – European Council of Civil Engineers
• Conselho de Engenharia Civil dos Países de
Língua Oficial Portuguesa e Castelhana –
Civil Engineering Council of Portuguese and
Spanish Language
• EFCE – European Federation of Chemical
Engineers
• IAEF – International Association of
Engineering and Food
• CEMT – Condeferation of European Maritime
Technology
• FIG – Federação Internacional dos
Geómetras
• REHVA – Federation of European Heating,
Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations
• ISCHCO - International Safety and Health
Construction Coordinators Organisation.
• ASHRAE – American Societies of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers
Engineering Institution of Macedonia
Dame Gruev 14a
1000 Skopje
Macedonia
Year of Adhesion : 2010
Member associations: The Engineering Institution
of Macedonia keeps further contact with 16
Member Associations. SER
MK
GR
Tel: + 389 23229040
Fax: + 389 23296266
imi@engineer.org.mk www.engineer.org.mk
In June the best students from the engineering
faculties were awarded with the Engineering ring.
The Engineering Institution of Macedonia awards
the best graduated students from the engineering
faculties with GOLDEN ENGINEERING RING since
2004. This acknowledgement represents a motive
for studying engineering and a contribution for
establishing a qualitative engineering rising generation, compatible with the developed countries, which
is a basic precondition for Republic of Macedonia to
join the European family.
The ring represents a diadem of oak leafs with the
logo of the Engineering institution on the top. The
oak leafs are a symbol of honour and dignity in
the Macedonian cultural circle from antique until
present. The star is a symbol of knowledge, which
is a result of synergy of different disciplines.
In 2012 the Engineering Institution of Macedonia had
5 Steering Committee Meetings.
The journal of engineering creation and technology
“Engineering” was twice issued during 2012.
There has been a promotion of the Engineering
faculties in the secondary schools in Macedonia
to help the pupils choose the right ENGINEERING
faculty.
2013 was in the name of the FEANI General
Assembly, which was held in October in Skopje, the
capital of Macedonia.
There were 5 Steering Committee Meetings in 2013.
The journal of engineering creation and technology
“Engineering” was twice issued during 2013 as well.
A Memorandum for cooperation was signed
between:
1. The Engineering Institution of Macedonia
2. The Standardization Institute of the Republic
of Macedonia
3. Urban Invest
A CEI CA workshop was organised on the following
topic: The Role of the Central European Initiative to
enhance cooperation of western Balkan countries
on green energy production.
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REPORT OF THE MACEDONIAN FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The General Association
of Engineers in Romania (AGIR)
Calea Victoriei nr. 118
RO-010093 Bucharest
Year of Adhesion : 1996
PL
Number of EUR INGs: 193
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: In Romania, the first
durable, professional engineering association, was
founded in 1881, under the name of Polytechnical
Society. The Romanian General Association of
Engineers was founded in 1918. Both associations
coexisted until they merged in 1949. In 1989, the
Romanian General Association of Engineers has
been reconstituted as a lawful successor of the
original associations.
UA
Tel: +40 21 3168993/4
Fax: +40 21 312 55 31
HU
RO
SER
MK
office@agir.ro
www.agir.ro
BG
GR
REPORT OF THE ROMANIAN FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Consistent with the purpose to discuss the current
problems of our society, association repeatedly
invited their members and all engineers to participate in a series of events, chance to make a concrete
contribution to the professional prestige.
These events and the conclusions drawn from the
analysis and debates have resulted in articles,
mainly published in Engineering Universe, own
bimonthly magazine of opinion and information.
We mention below some of them.
General Association of Engineers
in Romania in the middle of major
professional concerns
The area of vocational and professional engineering
training activities covered much of AGIR's action
space.
Consistent with the purpose to focus engineers
discussions on the current problems of our society,
in 2013 were carried out the scientific symposia:
Technological Progress – Outcome of Research,
the eighth edition, with the theme "Technological
Progress and the SMEs"; Education – a Main
Component of Environmental Policy, the seventh
edition; World Water Day Conference; AGIR Awards,
the nineteenth edition, during the celebration of the
Engineer's Day.
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It is also necessary to mention a some scientific
and technical events with international participation, that have become traditional, for instance:
the multidisciplinary National Conference "Dorin
Pavel – Romanian hydropower founder", the thirteenth edition, held in Sebes, Alba county; "Future
Textiles" International Symposium - ISKA 2013,
third edition, and "Technical Textiles – Present
and Future" International Symposium, organized
by Iaşi subsidiary with the participation of the
Textile Engineers Society; International Symposium
ELS 2013 (International Symposium on Electrical
Engineering and Energy Converters), fifth edition,
Particularly important is the involvement of some
AGIR organizations in research projects with
national or European funding. AGIR is currently
involved in a project funded by the Partnership
in Priority Areas Program, on Research to estimate and enhance intrinsic safety performance of
urban traffic networks (SafeNet), which includes
research on urban traffic safety, customized for
Bucharest municipality.
Inside of Operational Program Human Resources
Development 2007 - 2013, the Association is a
partner in the Training center to promote adaptability and increase employee mobility of public
transport operators from Romania.
At the proposal of the subsidiaries members,
cooperation agreements with private companies,
employers organizations and SMEs were established by Brasov, Sibiu, Suceava, Dolj, Galati
subsidiaries.
For the promotion and recognition of outstanding
achievements, the Association awarded diplomas
and medals to engineers, research institutions
and students, at technical and scientific events; the
annual award of national winners in National Student
Strength of Materials Contest "CC Teodorescu" and
Mechanics Contest "A. Ioachimescu", organized in
May and it was also held.
AGIR collaborating with the Academy of Technical
Sciences of Romania, organizing various joint
activities, eg Public Space and Urban Mobility
Conference, and Days of Academy of Technical
Sciences in Romania 2013, with the theme Products
and Technologies for Sustainable Development.
Active presence in the international arena
Sibiu branch strengthened partnership with
the Society of German Engineers - VDI (Verein
Deutscher Ingenieure), with whom he kept in
uninterrupted contact.
AGIR goes in for the overseas recognition of
Romanian engineers qualifications and knowledge,
recommending the granting of the EURING title. In
Romania, 196 people currently became members
of this title, 12 of which in 2013.
AGIR agenda, connected to City life
Collaboration with governmental structures, NGOs,
universities, schools, media, had also a central
place on AGIR's agenda.
Transport Engineers Society participated in the
Mobility Group established at the Bucharest City Hall
to achieve, together with specialists from various
fields of a sustainable mobility plan in Bucharest.
Greater visibility in the public space
Also activities to promote the AGIR's image have
allowed to be revealed our creative potential. In order
to present engineering problems, a better public
understanding of the course of actions organized by
subsidiaries media was invited and interviews were
granted, and press releases were sent about events
and important scientific events. On the www.agir.
ro site, beginning with 2013 is monthly presented
the activity of AGIR societies, circles, subsidiaries
and branch. It was implemented a new resource to
interact with AGIR's members through the weekly
newsletter. It nationally advertise about events
performed the ongoing week, different announcements and editorial issues. Transmitting in this
way the work program at the central / branch /
subsidiaries / societies level allows to track more
rigorously how programmed actions are conducted.
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which was accompanied by the exhibition of inventions in electrical engineering equipment, organized
by Suceava subsidiary; International Conference
"New Trends in Environmental and Materials
Engineering", organized by Galati branch in cooperation with the Faculty of Metallurgy, Materials
Science and Environment.
Promoting the engineering values in cultural
and artistic life
Consistent support for scientific and
technical papers
According to tradition, the Engineers' Orchestra
"Petru Ghenghea" gave the two concerts, in
spring and autumn, at the Romanian Athenaeum.
The autumn one has been dedicated to AGIR
prizewinners.
Editorial work has become richer and more varied.
In 2013 - when AGIR Publishing marked 15 years
since its reestablishment - editorial work has
remained constant: 50 books published and seven
periodicals. AGIR Library is a reference point in
selling technical book.
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Militant publishing for engineers assertion
in today's Romanian society
During the whole year, the Orchestra gave many
concerts at the Romanian Athenaeum, and also
elsewhere. Preparation of such programs is similar
to that of professional orchestras and Orchestra's
prestige is increasingly appreciated nationwide but
also internationally.
Choir CONCERTINO, invigorated by attracting young
people and school children, continues the tradition
of ancestors, and regularly holds concerts.
In 2013, on the initiative of some engineers with
literary talent, in Bucharest was also established
the Engineer Writers' Literary Circle – Literary-Ing,
and a special page is periodically reserved for it in
the Universe Engineering publication.
Very well received was the establishment Circle
VizionarIng where current issues are debated in
the field of business engineering and engineering
related fields.
Engineer Epigram-writer' Club members organized
the National Festival of Epigrams and Cartoons Tradition and Present, third edition, and periodically
issue their own publication.
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AGIR Bulletin hosted in its pages - largely - papers
presented at technical and scientific events, locally,
nationally or internationally, aiming to inform the
members of the Association and Romanian specialists
about recent achievements in various fields and the
results of the latest studies and research, facilitating
scientific and technical information, exchange of ideas
and solutions, as well as contacts between experts
in research, technical education and manufacturing.
By its own website www.buletinulagir.agir.ro, articles
of each issue may be entirely viewed online.
An important role in communicating with AGIR
members from country and abroad is held by
bimonthly association Engineering Universe, where
they are encouraged to collaborate through reviews
and articles. The newspaper is distributed free to all
members and also can be read online on its website.
Russian Union of Scientific and
Engineering Associations (RUSEA)
Year of Adhesion : 2007
Kursovoi pereulok, 17
RU-119034 Moscow
NO
RU
Member associations: RUSEA is a Union of a total
of 23 Engineering Associations. Among these we
can count the: All-Russian scientific- technical
society of paper and woodworking industry,
Russian society of geodesy, mapping and land
management, Russian Geological Society, Russian
engineering-technical society of railroaders or the
Russian Society of information technologies and
computer science.
Tel: + 7 495 6951608
Fax: + 7 495 6951629
FI
EE
RU
usea@nm.ru
www.rusea.h11.ru
LV
LT
RU
BY
UA
PL
HU
RO
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Number of EUR INGs: 5
SE
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The Union of Engineers and
Technicians of Serbia (UETS)
Year of Adhesion : 2007
U
SK
Estimated number of engineers: 55 000
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: On January 11th 1868 first
announcement on establishing of Technicians’
Society signed, on behalf of 25 eminent engineers.
1890 was the year of establishment of Association
of Serbian Engineers, while Association of Serbian
Engineers and Architects was established in
1896. Currently UETS collaborates with 7 other
Associatrions.
HU
HR
Tel: + 381 11 3230067
Fax: + 381 11 3230067
RO
SER
MK
Kneza Milosa 7a/I
SER-11000 Beograd
Republic of Serbia
BG
office@sits.rs www.sits.org.rs
REPORT OF THE SERBIAN FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The UETS was founded in 1868. Since that time,
the work of the UETS was greatly contributed by
many prominent figures of Serbian society – presidents of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and
Arts, university professors, world known scientists. Nikola Tesla, American scientist of Serbian
origin, who gave the greatest contribution to science
and technological progress of the world, during his
visit to Belgrade, in 1892, was elected as the first
Honorable member of the UETS.
The UETS has individual members and 42 collective
members in the Republic of Serbia: 20 republic’s
professional associations (associations of architects, civil Engineers, town planners, mechanical
engineers, ele¬ctrical engineers, mining and
geological engineers, surveyors, agricultural
engineers, chemical engineers etc), 7 republic’s
multidisciplinary engineering-techni¬cians’ associations (ecology, quality and standardization,
material protection and corrosion, informatics etc),
1 provincial engineering-technicians’ association,
14 municipal and regional engineering-technicians’
associations.
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Our main areas of work in 2013 were:
• CPD (organization of the congresses,
conferences, scientific meetings etc)
• Publishing activity
• Various projects at national level
• The implementation of the project
EngineerING CARD in Serbia
The UETS, in cooperation with universities, faculties, enterprises, economic and professional
associations, organized, in 2013, various scientific and professional meetings and held regular
annual international symposium dedicated to water
and wastewater systems, with the participation of
representatives of water organisations, government
institutions, educational institutions, non-governmental organisations, chambers of commerce and
so on. The UETS collective members also organized their own meetings. For example, the United
Association of Serbia for Qualaity (UASQ) organized regular annual International Convention on
Quality. The UASQ is a full member of the European
Organisation for Quality (EOQ). Two Congresses
PROCESSING and KGH-HVAC CONGRESS were held
in the organisation of the Serbian Union of Electrical
and Mechanical Engineers in 2013. Another UETS
collective member, the Union of Architects of Serbia,
was in charge for the presentation of the Republic
of Serbia on the Venice Bienale etc.
The UETS has its Development Centre. Two very
important projects were implemented by the
experts of the Development Centre in 2013:
1. «Safe drinking water – Basic Human Right»
supported and partly financed by the National
Centre for the Promotion of Science, and
2. «The Methodology of the Implementation of
Generalized HACCP System in the Public
Utility Companies for water production and
distribution and waste water treatment»
supported by the Serbian Chamber of
Engineers.
The UETS also fostered cooperation with institutions and authorities of local gove¬rnments, state
ministries, Serbian Academy of Scie¬nces and
Arts, Serbian Chamber of Engineers, Engi¬neering
Academy of Serbia, Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of Serbia, and with numerous companies,
professional associations, faculties and universities
and other institutions, as well as the inter¬national
cooperation in 2013.
The UETS is responsible for the introduction of
the Engineering Card project in Serbia in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement signed
between the representatives of the FEANI and the
UETS on October 2013. In order to make possible the
implementation of this project in Serbia on October
31st 2013. the Agreement on Cooperation was signed
on the Issuance of the European Professional Card
for engineers in the Republic of Serbia between the
UETS and the National Council for Higher Education
(NCHE) of the Republic of Serbia. The NCHE is an
independent body, consisting mainly of university
professors proposed by the Conference of Serbian
Universities (CSU) and appointed by decision of the
National Assembly. In close cooperation with the
NCHE and State Universities the UETS started the
implementation of the project.
The Serbian Register Committee was set up
in accordance with propositions of the FEANI
Handbook on Managing the Administration of the
Engineering Card. There were no meetings of the
Committee in 2013.
Work on National Rules and Regulations for the
Serbian Register Committee started in 2013, but
it is expected to be finished in 2014. The Rules
and Guidelines will be in accordance with FEANI
Handbook on Managing the Administration of the
Engineering Card.
One of the main goals of the Development Centre in
2013 was also the extension of the network of collective members of the UETS. Prior to the formation
of a collective member in the cities or municipalities of Serbia, the UETS Development Center
held a promotional seminars in which, among
other things, promoted FEANI and the EngineerING
CARD project.
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The UETS publishes the magazine “Tehnika”.
TEHNIKA is the leading Serbian scientific and technical magazine covering areas from science and
professional topics and it has been published for
69 years in a row. This journal is exchanged with
foreign professional organisations, and distributed
to the hundreds of collective subscribers (water
supply organisations, chambers of commerce,
government institutions, educational institutions,
private companies, CSOs ...). The UETS collective
members also publish their expert magazines: “KGH
(Air-Conditioning, Heating, Cooling)”, “Procesna
te¬hnika (Process Engineering)”, “Ecologica”,
“Tekstilna industrija (Textile Industry)”, “Forum”,
“Šumarska industrija (The Forestry Industry)”,
“Zaštita materijala (Protection of Materials)”...
Slovak National Committee
for FEANI (SNKF)
Kocel'ova 15
815 94 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Year of Adhesion : 1995
Estimated number of engineers: 55 300
Number of EUR INGs: 111
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: The main purpose of the
ZSVTS is by means of modern methods to implement scientific-technological progress, to develop,
spread and confront the opinions of specialists
and scientists. The ZSTVS has 46 organisations,
i.e. - 44 specialized societies and 2 regional coordination centres.
PL
CZ
AT
SK
UA
HU
RO
Tel: + 421 2 5020 7649
Fax: + 421 2 5020 7656
zsvts@zsvts.sk
www.zsvts.sk
SER
REPORT OF THE SLOVAKIAN FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The Association of Slovak Scientific and
Technological Societies (ZSVTS) currently embraces
46 member societies active on different fields of
science and technology such as transportation, civil
or mechanical engineering, industrial chemistry,
communication technologies, energetic, etc. Our
societies are members of as many as 35 international specialized associations and organize yearly
more than 500 conferences and events, many of
international significance. Our association is thus
a colourful mix of more than 15,000 engineers,
researchers, technicians, academics and fans of
science and technology. This represents a powerful
source of creativity, innovation ideas and commercial potential – which need to be tapped.
Years 2012-2013 were marked by continuing efforts
of ZSVTS to pursue our mission to promote and
expose to the wide public the achievements and
personalities of Slovak science and technical development, to facilitate interdisciplinary networking
among engineers and technicians, to become a
partner to authorities in solving the issues related
to science and technology. Year 2013 was an election
year in ZSVTS which confirmed the top functionaries
in their functions for the next two years.
ZSVTS helps the member societies promote a
variety of their events and activities by providing the
space on the ZSVTS.sk website. The website enjoys
fast growing number of visitors and it became an
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information hub for fans of science and technology.
Its content helps to spread news, announcements,
information from the member societies, it encourages discussions and provokes exchange of ideas
on technical issues.
President of ZSVTS, Professor Petráš, honours
the prominent ZSVTS members
Mobility of engineers and technicians is one of
the pivotal objectives of our efforts. We closely
follow the process of creating and amending the
EU Directive on the recognition of professional
qualifications and we cooperate with the governmental institutions in its implementation. Our recent
Visit to CERN
Science and technology gets into the spotlight each
year in November, when the Ministry of Education
announces the National Week of Science and
Technology. ZSVTS and its members contribute
every year with fairs, exhibitions, conferences,
media appearances focusing the attention of the
public to the main achievements and issues. The
leading themes in the last two years included the
scientific cooperation within the EU and technical innovations. National Week of Science and
Technology is marked by an increased activity of the
member societies and ZSVTS uses it as an opportunity to award the most active members.
Our members love adventures. Each year they come
up with plans to visit interesting landmarks of technology in Europe. ZSVTS financially supports this
activity. In 2012 we took a tour to admire the high
mountain power stations and roads in the Alpine
region. The trip 2013 was really a bestseller – a visit
to CERN (Centre of European Nuclear Research) in
Lausane. It was a rare opportunity to see the structures deep under the ground, gigantic devices and
precise measurement instruments.
In 2013, large scale efforts were aimed at the
preparation of the national strategy for innovation
and Operational Programme for Research and
Development for Innovation. Our representatives
were invited to participate in the preparations of
the final documents. We found a lot of room to join
this initiative and apply with the projects to improve
engineering education, communication between
academy and industry or to implement functioning
models of innovation.
Money always matters – also in ZSVTS. Being independent on any state funding or subsidies, ZSVTS
must generate sufficient income to cover its needs
and activities. We overcame the hardships caused by
the recent financial crises and in 2013 we achieved
balanced operation results. In the last two years,
the expenditures to support our members could be
increased by 33%. This resulted from more effective
utilization of the assets and improved commercial
activity in our Houses of Technology which provide
services and have become home to business offices
or various events such as conferences, educational
courses or social gatherings.
Our further strategy is formulated in the Program
Declaration 2013-2015 which outlines the main
goals in the years to come and reflect also the top
priorities from the FEANI agenda.
One of the most popular and respected events, in
which ZSVTS takes part, is the contest Scientist
of the Year in Slovak Republic. Since 2011, ZSVTS
has become a co-owner of this trademark together
with the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical
Information and Slovak Academy of Sciences. The
aim is to pay tribute to the achievements of the
outstanding researchers, inventors, technicians,
and technologists in Slovakia. The most prominent
persons from all the fields of science and technical innovations are nominated and awarded in
five different categories.
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information campaign brought the first fruits and
the number of EUR ING certificate holders increased
by 16% in the years 2012-2013. Young professionals
find the EUR ING title a useful tool to open up the
EU labour market and get access to career opportunities in the EU countries. Though the Engineering
card is one of top titles on the FEANI agenda, Slovak
engineers, employers and HR professionals are not
so keen about this concept. They see a small if any
added value of the card in improving mobility of the
qualified labour force. Nevertheless, we continue
our efforts to further develop the idea of the professional card and adopt the concept jointly with the
governmental authorities.
Slovenian National Committee
for FEANI
Zidovska 1
SI-2000 Maribor
Year of Adhesion : 1996
CZ
Estimated number of engineers: 18 500
Number of EUR INGs: 104
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: The first interdisciplinary
society of engineers was formed in Slovenia in
1911. In 1945, engineers and technicians united
into the joint Association of Engineers and
Technicians of Slovenia and now is changed in
The Slovenian Engineers Association which has
been working from then.
Tel: +386 2 250 13 23
Fax: +386 2 250 13 24
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Central European FEANI Group (CEFG)
Meeting in Maribor, 23 August 2013
The central European FEANI Group meets every
year approximately one month before the FEANI
General Assembly (GA). The meeting of 2013 was
held in Maribor, Slovenia. The aim of the meeting
was to discuss the regional questions concerning
FEANI and to prepare for the GA.
The Slovenian National FEANI Committee (NC
SI FEANI) hosted colleges from Czech Republic,
Swiss, Germany, Slovakia, Austria as well as a
FEANI representative, the Secretary General from
Brussels, Mr. Dirk Bochar. Additionally NC SI FEANI
invited the rector of the University of Ljubljana Prof.
Dr. Stane Pejovnik, the rector of the University of
Maribor Prof. Dr. Daniel Rebolj, the director of
SQAA (Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for High
Education) Prof. Dr. Ivan Leban, the representatives
of the Slovenian Engineering Association, Prof. Dr.
Iztok Golobič, and the chairman of FEANI EMC Dr.
Jan Willem Proper.
The agenda of the meeting was divided into two
parts. In the first session the director of SQAA,
Prof. Dr. Ivan Leban presented the Slovenian
Quality Assurance system for high education. The
mission of SQAA is assuring the development and
functioning of the quality system of higher education in Slovenia. SQAA was established by law as a
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national organisation for quality assurance in HE in
comparison with other European quality assurance
agencies. It operates in accordance with European
Standards and Guidelines (ESG), which were formulated by ENQA.
It operates with the aims to:
• have full independence from various stakeholders (HE’s, governments, politics, political
parties);
• continuously check the quality of HE’s;
• create quality culture within HE’s;
• professionalise quality assessments in HEA;
• function in accordance with the ESG,
impartially, legally and politically neutral;
The final aim is to qualify for membership in ENQA.
SQAA is in the EQAR register.
The second session of the meeting was dedicated
to the approval of the minutes of the last CEFG
meeting from Vienna 2012. The Secretary General,
Mr. Dirk Bochar, reported about the FEANI activities and especially about the relation between the
Engineering Card and the European Professional
Card. The CEFG members thanked Dr. Willi Fuchs
for his contribution to FEANI, the CEFG and his
energy and effort for bringing the Engineering Card
to life. At the end of the meeting it was decided that
the next meeting of the CEFG is going to be held in
2014 in Slovakia.
Comite Nacional Espanol
de la FEANI
Year of Adhesion : 1952
IE
UK
Estimated number of engineers: 500 000
Tel: + 34 91 308 4652
Fax: + 34 91 308 4652
Number of EUR INGs: 3 798
sncfeani@iies.es FR
PT
ES
REPORT OF THE SPANISH FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The main focus of activities of the Spanish National
Committee (SNC) in 2012 and 2013 was the facilitation of the mobility of Spanish engineers through
Europe. For that SNC has developed a program
of contacts with the Chambers of Commerce and
Embassies of different European countries to
collect knowledge about the working conditions of
the Spanish engineers, as well as to inform these
institutions about the FEANI initiatives and tools
in relation with mobility. The view and position on
those matters has been presented by the SNC president at the engineering congress “Formation and
Mobility in the Engineering Sector” in Madrid.
The regular review and update of the INDEX was
done. It has been concluded that for the EUR ING
title in Spain, only engineers with an official degree
in engineering and members of an engineers' association integrated in the Engineering Institute of
Spain (IIE) or in the Institute of Technical Engineers
of Spain (INITE) will be considered. Throughout the
year 2012, the SNC has approved 126 applications
for the EUR ING title and 108 in the year 2013.
General (Juan de Dios Alférez) and the treasurer
(Juan Blanco), attended the meeting of the Southern
Group of FEANI, which took place on the 22nd of
November in Lisbon.
Members of SNI identified the need to develop new
initiatives in FEANI in order to stimulate the organisation and directly involve the National Members.
Therefore SNC suggests developing an Observatory
of employment for engineers at European level, which
would collect the knowledge on the status of professional engineers across European countries, the
need for accreditation, conditions for signing projects, civil liability insurance, etc. Moreover, an active
approach participation in the European Commission
projects of FEANI interest was suggested. That
would positively affect the FEANI reputation and
financing. Last but not least FEANI should keep
track of the Bologna System implementation results
and problems in the European Union.
The SNC has agreed to appoint its chairman, Dr.
Rafael Fernandez Aller, as the representative of the
Committee in the National Members Forum (NMF).
Mr. Fernandez Aller accompanied by the secretary
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FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: The FEANI national
member for Spain is the Comite Nacional Español
de la FEANI. It is constituted by eight delegates,
belonging to IIE (4) and INITE (4), and represents
the Spanish engineering profession, as a whole, in
FEANI. Both member bodies have close connections with technical universities, governmental
institutions and industry, either directly or through
the associations or federations pertaining to
each institute.
General Arrando, 38
E-28010 Madrid
Swedish National Committee
for FEANI
Malmskillnadsgatan 48
PO Box 1419
SE - 111 84 Stockholm
Year of Adhesion : 1960
Estimated number of engineers: 200 000
Number of EUR INGs: 319
Member associations: The Sveriges Ingenjörer is
an exclusive service and professional organisation for Sweden's graduate engineers and student
members at the six technical universities and
institutes.
NO
SE
Tel: + 46 8 613 80 00
Fax: + 48 8 796 71 02
FI
EE
DK
laila.abdallah@
sverigesingenjorer.se
LV
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
www.sverigesingenjorer.se
REPORT OF THE SWEDISH FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
2013 has been a very productive year for the Swedish
Association of Graduate Engineers. Our association
has two pillar within the organization; labour negotiations and policy work.
Concerning the negotiating work two trends can
be observed: firstly, an increase of dismissal cases
in relation to notice of termination of work and,
secondly, an increase of cases of rights to patent
compensation. Our association also works actively
with the integration of foreign engineers in Sweden
and has developed a mentor program which has
been very successful.
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Concerning the policy work the association has
developed several written documents which give an
insight of our political views in different policy areas:
income policy, environmental issues, economic
policy, higher education, research & innovation.
Our prioritized working areas have been support of
management development, research & innovation,
university sector and development of local representatives’ organization. The organization managed
to publish 22 debating articles and was mentioned
in 1800 articles in media throughout the year.
All technical and engineering programmes have
been reviewed by the Swedish Higher Education
Authority. The outcome shows that most of the
programmes held very high quality, although
some have to report back improvements in certain
areas. A continuing question, however, is the low
throughput of students in the engineering programs
which is caused by a quite expedient working market
for engineers and not having the necessity to finish
a university diploma (since engineers is an non-regulated profession and regulated through branch
organizations). Our association is charting what
could be done to improve the throughput of examined engineers in Sweden.
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Finally, our association work to improve the
status and trademark of engineers, something
that continues on in 2014. Annually, we give the
“Polhem Prize” to the most significant technical
invention in Sweden. This year the prize went to
Petra Wadström, who invented “Solvatten” that can
purify water from the sun; an invention that has been
widely reckoned and is implemented in development
cooperation work around the world. Trademarking
engineers also comprises to augment the technical
interests among children. We organize “technical
camps” where children get the possibility to meet
student engineers and jointly invent new technical
ideas. We also take part in “mathematical centres”
where school children can get help from university
students in counting and calculations. The goal is to
enlarge the amount of engineers in Sweden.
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Schweizer Nationalkomitee
für FEANI
Year of Adhesion : 1951
Selnaustr. 16 Postfach
CH-8027 Zürich
BE
Estimated number of engineers: 140 000
LU
Tel: +41 44 283 15 15
Fax: +4144 283 15 16
Number of EUR INGs: 882
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: For over 175 years,
the SIA (Swiss society of Engineers and Architects)
has been Switzerland's leading professional association for qualified construction, technology
and environment specialists. With some 14.500
members, Swiss Engineering STV covers above
all qualified engineers and architects, graduated
at an engineering school, from different branches.
DE
FR
feani@sia.ch
www.sia.ch
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IT
REPORT OF THE SWISS FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
New activities on professional title
protection in Switzerland
In most European countries and also worldwide,
there are strict legal requirements for practising the
professions of architect, engineer and technician.
Approval is conditional on qualifications or admission to professional organisations (e.g. associations
of architects). In Switzerland, although the titles
listed on diplomas are protected, the professional
titles of “architect”, “engineer” and “technician” are
not. Nor are the conditions for practising the profession regulated. In the Swiss Federal Constitution
(Art. 31 and 33 of the old Constitution; Art. 27 and
95 of the new Constitution), the Federal Government
was granted the right to pass laws on the recognition and practising of scientific professions.
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As early as 1939, a first attempt at a parliamentary
act for professional title protection was made - but
it was unsuccessful due to a lack of legal foundation.
It was not until 1952 that the first Swiss Register of
Engineers, Architects and Technicians (RIAT) was
formed. In 2004, another attempt came to a halt.
The Federal Council commissioned a report which
concluded that there was no need for a law
protecting professional titles. The relevant professional associations were split.
In 2013, a new parliamentary initiative was
announced. The SIA board, after intensive discussions, came to the conclusion not to support an
initiative for an Architecture Act. But it was decided
- in particular with regard to the border regions - to
develop domestic measures in the area of market
access by foreign companies and to strengthen
the export promotion of architecture, engineering
and design.
SIA International
SIA has long been represented in many international organisations and maintains good relations
with associations based outside Switzerland. With
the establishment of the new service unit SIA
International at the start of 2014, SIA is seeking to
make even more highly targeted efforts to support
the export-specific needs of its members and to
network accordingly.
Education initiative for energy industries
Together with Switzerland Global Enterprise S-GE,
the Federal Agency for Export and Economic
Development, SIA is also providing project-specific
support to interdisciplinary teams of Swiss engineers, architects and designers in the development
of new target markets.
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
From 2014 on, the Federal Government wishes to
invest around CHF 7 million in the education and
training of professionals in the fields of energy efficiency and renewable energy in order to secure
implementation of the 2050 Energy Strategy, especially in the building sector. The education initiative
for energy industries is intended to help ensure
that professionals receive more highly targeted
training on energy efficiency and renewable energy.
With specific training and continuing education
measures, the industry sectors should be supported
in developing the necessary expertise.
With the initiative, the Federal Government is
responding to the shortage of specialists in the
fields of renewable energy, construction and the
industrial sectors, as well as in technical supply
infrastructure. SIA has supported the launch of
the education initiative through coordination and is
acting as a partner in various measures.
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British National
FEANI Committee
246 High Holborn
UK-London WC1V 7EX
Year of Adhesion : 1965
Estimated number of engineers: 2 000 000
Tel: + 44 20 3206 0500
Fax: + 44 20 3206 0501
Number of EUR INGs: 15 780
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
Member associations: The Engineering Council of
the United Kingdom was created by Royal Charter
in 1981. Its Patron is HRH The Duke of Kent. It
supervises the British engineering profession
through licensed member institutions.
IE
international@engc.org.uk
www.engc.org.uk
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BE
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2013 was a busy year for the Engineering Council
with many of our core documents undergoing
routine review.
knowledge.experience.commitment
EngTech, IEng and CEng
The Engineering Council is incorporated by Royal
Charter. Following a comprehensive review of
the Charter and Bye-laws, amendments to these
documents were approved by the Queen in
Privy Council on the 6th of November 2013.
The Regulations were also updated. All Engineering
Council governance documents can be found on the
association’s website.
The Engineering Council, through its Registration
Standards Committee, also updated the UK
Specification for Professional Engineering
Competence (UK-SPEC). Three separate working
groups managed the review process which
addressed UK-SPEC itself, the Registration Code
of Practice and the criteria for the accreditation of
higher education programmes (AHEP) leading to
exemplifying academic qualifications for registration. There was wide consultation of stakeholders
on each of the documents. The overall conclusion
was that these remain fit-for-purpose to maintain the standards of the professional engineering
community for the benefit, and especially the safety,
of society at large. Minor revisions were made to
UK-SPEC and the Registration Code of Practice,
while the AHEP review is due to complete during
the first months of 2014.
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UK-SPEC
UK STANDARD FOR PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEERING COMPETENCE
Engineering Technician, Incorporated Engineer and Chartered Engineer Standard
Third edition
www.engc.org.uk
Continuing Professional Development
Registrant Survey
In November the Engineering Council published an
update to the Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) Policy Statement. A Code for Registrants
was also published with wide support from the
profession.
The triennial registrant survey was carried out
during 2013. A key finding was that those holding
the titles Engineering Technician (EngTech),
Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and Chartered
Engineer (CEng) are still enjoying pay increases
and low levels of unemployment.
The Policy Statement describes the nature, purpose
and value of CPD for engineers and technicians and
provides advice on the support that professional
engineering institutions should offer to registrants.
The Code offers guidance to registrants on how to
plan, record and reflect upon their learning, and
how to meet the commitment to CPD that comes
with professional registration7.
The survey is carried out every three years and
the information gathered provides a valuable and
statistically valid snapshot of the profession. The
data informs the Engineering Council strategy,
ensuring that we are able to promote and support
professionally registered engineers and technicians
effectively 8.
European Engineer registration
FEANI AND ITS MEMBERS
In December 2013 the Engineering Council hosted
the 140th meeting of the FEANI European Monitoring
Committee.
During the course of 2013 there were 163 new UK
EUR ING registrations. This was slightly lower than
the previous year. Guidance notes were updated
to refl ect changes to Guide to the Register that
were approved by the FEANI General Assembly
in Skopje. The removal of age requirements and
the alignment of the experience requirements for
graduates of recognised engineering programmes
from outside the FEANI area with those for
graduates of programmes on the INDEX, were
particularly welcome.
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FEANI AND THE
EUROPEAN UNION
SINGLE MARKET WEEK
On the 15th of October 2012 the 27 Member States
of the European Union celebrated 20 years from the
creating of the Single Market concept, by organizing
a Single Market Week9. Local and European institutions, either public, private or educational, have
celebrated the anniversary by holding workshops
and panels to discuss the past and look towards
what the future would bring. Therefore, the celebrations took a two-fold direction: one in which
the achievements of the past 20 years were noted
and acknowledged by the interested members of
the European Union; secondly, by one in which the
main concerns of the Single Market were circled
out through a report conducted by the European
Commission.
The Launch of the European Single Market week
took place at the European Parliament. It opened
with speeches from the representative figures of the
European Commission, like the President, Mr. José
Manuel Barroso, and the Chairman of the Internal
Market and Consumer Protection Committee,
Mr. Malcolm Harbour. To continue, many important
figures of the business and labour sector went
on to discuss the achievements and challenges
of the market.
In terms of achievements10, there are important
numbers to remember. The Single Market involved,
in 2012, 500 million consumers, 21 million companies, €2 800 billion of intra-EU trade, and €1 500
billion of trade with the rest of the world. 20 years
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of work on the system accounted for a certain level
of freedom and development in the public procurement area, in removing trade barriers, in facilitating
the freedom of movement for workers or in offering
easier access to education opportunities abroad.
The European Single Market is, however, a project
in development. There are many necessary changes
that need to be urgently made in order to preserve
the accomplishments and for all the 27 National
Members to manage to get an equal benefit from
it. Among the concerns11 for the near future, the
report of the European Commission closes down on
discriminatory employment practices for workers
in another Member State, tax barriers for crossborder workers and employers, diffi culties in
fighting for intellectual property rights in a crossborder context, etc.
The discussions held during the Single Market Week
managed to grow into action plans that could fix
some of the issues, which the European Union is
struggling with. Hopefully the event has marked the
starting line of both acknowledgement and action
that has to be taken by both the European institutions, as well as the Member States.
FEANI AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
Single Market Week 15-20 October2012
GROWTH AND MOBILITY: MODERNISING THE
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS DIRECTIVE
The Committee on Internal Market and Consumer
Protection (IMCO) organized on the 25th of April
2012 a hearing on Growth and Mobility: Modernising
the Professional Qualifications Directive. The event
was part of a larger project, namely the reform of
the Professional Qualifications Directive - that was
last amended in December 2013 with successful
changes regarding the European Professional Card,
the recognition of traineeships or the simplification
of training tracks.
The hearing consisted of voiced opinions from
representatives of different public, private or
educational institutions, all actively involved in the
areas that they were asked to speak about. One of
the speakers was the Secretary General of FEANI,
Mr. Dirk Bochar, there to speak about the FEANI
Engineering Card as an example of how a European
professional card for engineers could look like.
To continue, here are some highlighted ideas from
the presentation:
The European professional card for engineers,
namely the Engineering Card, would represent a
big asset for those who want to work abroad in the
industry. There is a notable demand for flexible
deployment on an international basis as well as
different availability for engineers across national
borders. Therefore, a tool is needed that would
be easy to use for professionals and employers.
It would have to ease the understanding of the
educational background of workers by showing a
comparable educational profile and to be ultimately
recognized on international standards.
The Engineering Card has, as draft project, fi ve
major features that make it a good solution for this
tool. First of all, it offers a complete background of
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the worker, by gathering educational, professional
experience and continued training information.
Secondly, it is a standardized instrument, which is
based on EU standards. Thirdly, it gives reliability
through its independent testing and recognition. A
fourth reasoning would be that it is flexible because
of the decentralized administration. Last, but not
least, it is a voluntary tool, at the reach of any engineer that wants it.
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Other features that would be useful are the 10-year
validity of the card and the unrestricted number of
updates. It would be issued in English and in the
official language of the country that issues it. FEANI
has already made steps in testing a mobility-promoting card with the EUR ING title. Hopefully, the
Engineering Card will also find soon the appropriate and useful form in which it can be launched
on the European labour market, in order to provide
and support the movement of engineers in Europe
and worldwide.
The European Commission provided on the
9 October 2013 answers to a list of frequently asked
questions regarding the now amended directive on
Professional Qualifications. Some of the questions
included were the following12:
2013, the Commission
presented a work plan for
carrying out the mapping
and mutual evaluation of
regulated professions.
What are the main elements of the
modernised Directive?
(4) Comparison of qualifications and use of compensation measures under the general system: the
new Directive removes the possibility for competent authorities to refuse an application on the basis
of the classification of education levels set out in
Article 11 of the current Directive (classification of
qualifications based on five levels of education) save
for the case where the professional holds a level
“a” attestation of competence and the host Member
State requirement is at level “e”. In all other cases,
Member States have to recognise the qualification
but can impose the type of compensation measure
or, in the case of a level “a” application to level “d”
it can impose both an adaptation period and an aptitude test. The classification of education levels is
maintained but should in future be used only as a
reference point to compare qualifications and assess
the need for compensation measures. The proposal
also includes an obligation for competent authorities
to better justify their decisions to impose compensation measures.
(1) The introduction of a European professional card
will offer interested professionals the possibility to
benefit from easier and quicker recognition of their
qualifications. It should also facilitate temporary
mobility. The card will be made available according
to the needs expressed by the professions. The
card is linked to an optimised recognition procedure carried out within the existing Internal Market
Information System (IMI) and will take the form of
an electronic certificate, allowing the professional to
provide services or become established in another
Member State.
(2) Common training principles: the modernised
directive introduces the possibility to set up "common
training frameworks" and "common training tests",
aimed at offering a new avenue for automatic recognition. A common training framework should be
based on a common set of knowledge, skills and
competences necessary to pursue a profession. A
common training framework or test could be set
up if the profession concerned or the education and
training leading to the profession is regulated in at
least one third of the Member States. Qualifications
obtained under such common training frameworks
should automatically be recognised in the other
participating Member States. Specialties of sectoral
professions may also develop common training
principles. The Commission may introduce such
frameworks by delegated acts. Member States may
be exempted from the application of common training
frameworks or tests under specific conditions.
(3) Mutual evaluation exercise on regulated professions: a new mechanism is introduced in the Directive
to ensure greater transparency and justification of
regulated professions. Member States will have to
provide a list of their regulated professions and the
activities reserved for them, and justify the need for
regulation. This should be followed up by a mutual
evaluation exercise facilitated by the European
Commission. In a Communication of 2 October
(5) Rules on language skills: the revised Directive
clarifies that the checking of the language knowledge
of a professional should take place only after the host
Member State has recognised the qualification but
it might intervene before the professional accesses
the profession. In the case of professions with implications for patient safety, competent authorities may
carry out systematic language controls. In other
cases, language control can intervene only if the
competent authority has a serious and concrete
doubt regarding the language knowledge of the
professional. In any case, language control should
be limited to the knowledge of one official or administrative language of the host Member State.
What is the European Professional Card and
how will it work?
The European professional card is an innovative
tool to make it easier for professionals to work in
another Member State. Its introduction for a particular profession requires further implementing acts
to be adopted by the Commission. The European
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MEMO FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON
THE MODERNISATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS DIRECTIVE
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professional card will in essence be an electronic
certificate to be exchanged between competent
authorities via the Internal Market Information
System (IMI). It should accordingly not take the form
of a smart card or any other type of physical card as
this would run the risk of falsification or becoming
outdated.
The introduction of the European Professional Card
responds to the need to streamline recognition
procedures. It is based on stronger involvement
of the competent authority in the home Member
State. This authority will communicate any requisite
information about the professional to the competent
authority in the host Member State by using the IMI.
A professional card could also take much of the
administrative burden and costs off the professional's shoulders and expedite the process because the
home Member State would assist the professional
(for instance, by confirming that his diploma is valid).
With a European professional card:
• professionals interested in providing services
in other Member States on a temporary basis
would be able to use their professional card
for 18 months, without other administrative
requirements;
• competent authorities of the home and host
Member States would work more closely in
order to check the qualifications of the professionals thereby exploiting the potential of IMI
which is able to deal with a great number of
applications for a card;
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• tacit recognition of the professional qualifications will be possible if the host Member
State does not respect the deadlines allocated for dealing with the recognition request.
However, if the host Member State does not
receive all necessary information for taking
a decision, it can refuse to issue the card.
How can interested professions obtain the
right to use the professional card?
Professions interested in using the European
professional card should express their interest at
European level, for example through a European
professional organisation. The Commission has
the right of initiative on implementing acts and
will consult professions and Member States to
sound out the interest for a European professional
card. Nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, real
estate agents and mountain guides will be the first
professions to start with issuing the EPC. Doctors
and engineers may follow at a later stage.
STUDY ON BUSINESS SERVICES INITIATED BY THE
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Main client sectors
The engineering consulting companies serve both
the public sector and the private sector. A trend
appears to be that the public sector increasingly
engages in more and more complex projects where
engineering consultants are brought in to conduct
feasibility studies and the like, that form the basis
for decision. Value is thereby created in concrete
projects in which the service provider and the client
intensively cooperate. However, innovation is often
created together with the private clients, as private
firms tend to be more open to doing things in new
ways, according to FEANI.
Client driven innovation
Engineering consultants increasingly employ
researchers, such as PhD students collaborating
with a company during the PhD work, thus ensuring
a link between research taking place at universities and the ongoing business in the engineering
consultancies. The incentive for the engineering
consultancies is the competitive advantage they gain
from doing so because many clients see real added
value in this link. The logic consequence of this is
that when innovation is intended for several clients,
it is primarily driven by the services company. For
instance, the focus on sustainability was to a large
extent driven by the services companies as they
were quick to pick up on the increasing pressure in
society to focus on sustainability, and were at the
same time able to look at the market with a broader
perspective than that of their clients.
Labour standards and regulations
As already noted in the 2008 Ecorys report, varying
national European labour standards and regulations
do shape the sector, but local presence is more
important than differences in or the level of labour
regulation. Nevertheless, particularly linguistic
requirements sometimes act as a barrier to the
free movement of labour inside the EU.
The Professional Qualifications Directive foresees
that the professionals benefiting from the recognition of their qualifications should have knowledge of
languages necessary for practising the profession
in the host Member State. Despite this rule, which
allows competent authorities, in case of doubts, to
check the language skills in light of the activities to
be carried out in the host Member State, there are
examples of language skills being used as protectionist measures. For instance, in Italy approval of
projects require that the engineering consultants
pass a test in which fluency in Italian is mandatory.
Engineering consultants qualified in a Member
State can apply for the recognition of their qualifications in another Member State, according to
the rules defined in the Professional Qualifications
Directive. However, as the engineering consulting
sector faces many heterogeneous, country-specific
requirements, the recognition procedure requires
a case-by-case assessment of each application.
In some cases, engineering consultants may be
required to carry out an aptitude test or an adaptation period in the host country before obtaining
the recognition of their qualifications. These recognition procedures are sometimes long and costly.
According to FEANI, the recognition process may
last up to six months and can cost several hundred
Euros together with certification and translation
costs.
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Former President of FEANI, Lars Bytoft, gave
an interview to the Consulting Company Ecorys
regarding a research project that was initiated by the
European Commission, namely by the DirectorateGeneral for Enterprise and Industry. The research
topic was the status of businesses in different
sectors and the reasons for which they have a slow
development rhythm13. The outcomes were released
on 12th December 2012 and below are some of the
main points that focus on engineering services.
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Dr. Raphael Fernandez Aller / President of FEANI - Roza Thun / Member of European Parliament
MEP AWARDS 2013 – AWARD FOR INTERNAL MARKET
AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SPONSORED BY FEANI
Raphael Aller, the President of FEANI,
presented on the evening of 28 June 2013,
the Award for Internal Market and Consumer
Affairs.
Raphael Aller: Good evening ladies and gentlemen!
On behalf of the European Federation of National
Engineering Associations, that represents almost
4 million engineers in Europe - 32 countries with 27
of the European Union and 5 out of the Union. As you
can imagine, as engineers we have a lot of activities
that relate with the economy, social welfare and
many other aspects which depend a lot on the legislative aspects drawn by the European Parliament.
We are very happy to be here in this ceremony and
participate in it. Probably we would need to nominate more than three Members of the European
Parliament, but at the end we could choose only
three. The winner is Ms. Roza Thun!
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Roza Thun: I understand that this award is for my
endeavours for securing, or trying to secure, the
rights of the consumer on the internet market. The
consumer must know what rights he or she has
– if the card payment is secure, if the password
will arrive safely and on time, what the withdrawal
conditions are, how the guarantee works, what data
is gathered and what happens later with it. Who of
us is not a consumer? Is there anybody in this room
who is not a consumer? I wanted to thank you very
much for this award that is in fact for the whole
IMCO Committee, for all my colleagues and for all
my collaborators. This award shows that Europe is
about the consumer, which means that it is about
each single citizen. So thank you so much! It again
puts stress on what is most important. A consumer
who feels secure and confident on the market –
that is what the enterprises need. And that is what
we need in Europe on the internal market. I can
only promise you that I will continue my endeavour,
together with my colleagues. Thank you again!
A word with the FEANI President at the MEP
Awards 2013.
Reporter: We have the President Raphael Fernandez,
President of FEANI, here as one of today’s sponsors.
Raphael, what does it mean to you and to FEANI to
be present at today’s event?
FEANI AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
Raphael Aller: For us it is fundamental because we
are dealing with many aspects, especially related
with our profession, with engineering. We represent
4 million engineers in Europe. For us, for instance,
the modification of the Directive of Qualifications is
very important for the future of our profession in
different countries. Therefore, we have to maintain
a very deep relationship with the Members of the
European Parliament. And so, we are very happy to
collaborate in this ceremony as we try to do our best
in the collaboration with the European Commission
and with the European Parliament.
Reporter: How important is it to recognize the work
of Members of the European Parliament - not just
in their day chores but in the other work they do?
Raphael Aller: It is very important because the
legislative support on the decisions of the European
Commission comes from the European Parliament.
For us it is very important to have, in a first step, very
good relations with the European Commission but,
in a second phase, it is fundamental to maintain the
relationship with the European Parliament.
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FEANI AND THE
INDUSTRY
ACTION LINES FOR BOLSTERING THE BUSINESS OF
LIBERAL PROFESSIONS
The Enterprise and Industry Directorate-Generale
organized a working group in order to discuss the
regulations and development potential that stand
around liberal professions. This project is part of the
European Union 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The working group is part
of the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan, has been
active since January 2013 and has held a total of 4
meetings since then FEANI also participated. Its aim
is to solve the issues standing behind the undertaking of a successful liberal profession. As these
issues can be of policy, economic, bureaucratic and
a number of other natures, the Working Group wants
to develop action plans that will solve the current
hindrances as efficient as possible.
As in most cases, the usual obstacles in front
of new developments are education related.
Entrepreneurship needs a strong teaching hand
in order to become not only legislation, but also a
mind set. Secondly and more policy-related, another
issue to resolve is the conditions of free mobility
around the Member States. These, and more, have
been discussed during the most recent Working
Group on Liberal Professions and, to continue, here
are some of the ideas that came through14.
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Liberal professions are defined as occupations
requiring special training in the arts or sciences,
such as lawyers, notaries, engineers, architects,
doctors, and accountants. Some of these professions are closely regulated by national governments
and professional bodies, with varying restrictions
on: number of entrants, rates, organisational structure, and exclusive rights enjoyed by practitioners
and their ability to advertise. They are defined by the
European Court of Justice as "…activities which, inter
alia, are of a marked intellectual character, require a
high-level qualification and are usually subject to clear
and strict professional regulation. In the exercise of
such an activity, the personal element is of special
importance and such exercise always involves a large
measure of independence in the accomplishment of
the professional activities."15
In order to supplement for their need of training,
the European Commission will:
Liberal professionals can succeed in their own
endeavours if they can form for themselves a clear
path ahead. For this, they need entrepreneurship
education and training that will fill in the gaps of
their knowledge and help them acquire the information they need in a fast way. As they will be handling
different types of tasks when trying to launch and
maintain their business, they will need education
that comes from different types of backgrounds.
Only in this way can we ensure that the product or
service that they bring to the consumer is of appropriate quality.
• Support the integration of Entrepreneurship
Education into the initial professional education
and training of Liberal Professionals:
› Connect Liberal Profession Organisations
with universities and other institutions
providing professional education to participate in curriculum and teaching methodology
development, particularly with initiatives
that have been supported and/or co-financed
by the Commission.
› Explore the creation of online / e-learning
courses for the dissemination of basic entrepreneurial knowledge.
› Explore the (co)financing and organisation
of entrepreneurship education initiatives or
chairs for liberal profession students.
• Support the integration of Entrepreneurship
Education into the continuing professional
development of Liberal Professionals:
• Connect Liberal Profession Organisations with
universities and other institutions providing
professional education to participate in
curriculum and teaching methodology development, particularly with initiatives that have
been supported and/or co-financed by the
Commission.
› Explore the creation of online / e-learning
courses for the dissemination of basic entrepreneurial knowledge.
› Explore the (co)financing and organisation
of entrepreneurship education initiatives or
chairs for liberal profession students.
• Support the development of Common
Professional Frameworks
• Support and strengthen the use of the
programme Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
(EYE) for the professional training and development of liberal professionals
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Entrepreneurship education and training for
liberal professionals
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Contribution by liberal professionals to
Entrepreneurship education and training
As entrepreneurship is a form of profession that
requires practice and examples, it is necessary
for the educational institutions to implement such
activities in their curriculum. Young people should
receive models and examples from the people that
have already started their enterprise, in order to
have a wide pool of inspirational examples already
since they are growing up. Moreover, they should
be encouraged to experience a hands-on activity
that would give them a practical understanding of
how a business is managed – rather than rely only
on theoretical and standardized studies.
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Given the previous needs,
the European Commission will:
• Connect Liberal Professions with Actors
and Projects in general Entrepreneurship
Education:
› Support providers of entrepreneurship
education in the development of new
teaching methods, curricula, case studies
or projects, teacher training etc.
› Become sponsors for entrepreneurship
education at certain schools, school districts
or sponsor lecture cycles, seminars or even
chairs for entrepreneurship education at
universities.
Access to Markets
The mobility of professionals (including but not
limited to liberal professions) is currently low in
the European Union: 9% of EU citizens have ever
worked abroad16 while between 2007 and 2013
Member States administrations took decisions on
approximately 278,000 requests for recognition,
enabling the establishment of 230,000 professionals
in another Member State17. It is difficult for liberal
professionals to expand outside the European
Single Market firstly because of bureaucracy. The
standards and regulations are too difficult to pass
through, the taxes are still non-neglectable and
there is no easy access to detailed information about
the markets.
• Explore - together with professional bodies,
organisations and pension scheme providers
- the needs for new skills for new jobs and
mobility on the labour market for liberal professions who face the emergence of new social
risks, changing career patterns and working
conditions. They will look into the opportunities
and resources to improve training, new skills
for the adaptation to transformation such as
demographic challenges, new technologies as
well as continuous professional development,
• Facilitate the access to markets in third countries
by looking for business support services that
will help liberal professionals expand within
third countries' markets. It will include the
invitation of liberal professionals to Missions
for Growth, the support of partnerships for
the international expansion of liberal professions and the exploration of available tools,
for instance within the European Enterprise
Network or Your Europe Portal.
• Invites Member States to provide business
support services for liberal professions: Member
States' administrations are encouraged to work
closely with the liberal professions organisations to identify needs and where necessary
develop a tailored approach to address them
(for example the improvement of market
information such as about public tenders, web
presence, networking/matchmaking/fairs,
education and training)
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In order to start changing the issues mentioned
above, the Commission will:
FEANI AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATIONS
FEANI AND OTHER
INTERNATIONAL
ENGINEERING
ASSOCIATIONS
BOARD OF EUROPEAN STUDENTS
OF TECHNOLOGY (BEST)
It is 1988. The second International Week takes
place in Grenoble where the idea of creating a
European Association that will strengthen the
relations between European Universities emerges.
This association would be called BEST.
FEANI. During our long lasting cooperation, several
activities have been organised between the two
organisations such as joint workshops on topics
concerning mobility of engineering as well as other
engineering related topics.
It is now one year later in the late 80’s, 1989. BEST
has its most important meeting in Berlin, where the
statutes and the strategy of the organisation are
created. Eighteen founding members participated
to shape the core and identity.
During the present year, this partnership was further
strengthened with the transfer of the headquarters of BEST from Grenoble, France to Brussels,
Belgium - the house of FEANI. Moreover, several
meetings as well as representations to each other’s
events have solidified the relations between the two
organisations in order to seize other opportunities
in different areas of the partnership.
The beginning of the new millennium - 2006. BEST
and FEANI, the federation of professional engineers
have been in contact since 2006. This cooperation
emerged from the need to increase the synergies
between present and future engineers.
2014 marks 25 years since the foundation of the
organisation. BEST has become stronger and bigger
from all aspects - composed of 96 Local Groups,
having 3300 members offering 90 academic courses,
83 engineering competitions & career opportunities
to more than 1,700,000 students.
At this important milestone in the history of our
organisation, I would like to reflect a moment on
a very fruitful cooperation between BEST and
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The road has been long so far and it was full of
challenges. Europe is not the same as it was in
the late ‘80s: countries have split, regimes have
changed, political turmoil, pandemic diseases,
economic crisis; yet BEST and FEANI have managed
to surpass all while still remaining faithful to its
core beliefs.
25 years from now Europe will not be the same:
students will have different needs, jobs will look
different, infrastructure will change, learning styles,
the economy, technological breakthroughs, the way
we interact with each other: everything will change.
Thinking about the future, it is important that FEANI
and BEST continue to pursue their aims as well
as to strive to build even more bridges between
the future and present engineers for only they can
become the engine of Europe and shape it according
to our desires.
General Assembly Valladolid 2013
On the 19th of April 2013, FEANI, as a partner
organisation to the Board of European Students
of Technology (BEST), was invited to speak at the
opening ceremony of the BEST General Assembly
2013, in Valladolid. President Raphael Aller spoke,
among others, of the following:
“For me, as president of FEANI - The European
Federation of National Engineering Associations
- on behalf of the Executive Committee and on
behalf of the 32 National members, it is a great
honour to participate in this opening ceremony of
the BEST General Assembly, accompanying eminent
academic and institutional authorities, whose presence underscores the importance of this event both
at European and Spanish level.
The fact that this year the General Assembly was
held in Spain and specifically organized by the Local
Group at the University of Valladolid in this magnificent auditorium of the Conference Centre Conde
Ansúrez, is, for me personally, an additional incentive. It is necessary to highlight the magnitude of this
event that will be attended by more than 500 university students and representatives of institutions,
media and prestigious international companies.
It will facilitate a wide exchange of ideas among
students and a stronger contact between students,
companies and institutions.
Allow me now to expose to you which are the challenges and, therefore, the priorities for FEANI and
for European engineers. FEANI has, among others,
four key priorities:
Our first priority is to be recognized as the voice of
European engineers (representing nearly 4 million
engineers) before the European Commission,
European Parliament and European & international institutions. FEANI participates as a relevant
stakeholder in those activities or policies affecting
engineers and their professional development.
Our second priority is to promote a change in the
vision that young people and society has about the
role of engineers, showing us as we really are,
together with our goals and our functions. The engineers are professionals for who the main objective
of their job is to improve the quality of life of our
society through numerous, different, technical and
economic activities.
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Mihai Tociu / President of BEST
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Both organisations have had a good collaboration
for a long time and more effectively after the signing
of the Cooperation Agreement, in November 1997.
All of you will allow me this informal comment,
<<between FEANI and BEST exists a filial relationship, because today's students will be tomorrow's
engineers represented by FEANI>>.
The third priority is to promote the best possible
academic and practical training in order to get good
and efficient European engineers that promote,
through their personal example, the spirit of innovation, as well as the continuous professional
development. The biggest challenge for European
engineers is that the engineers must be academically trained in the universities and engineering
schools with a high level of knowledge in the
different technological branches or specialties.
Because, once the university is finished, with a
good academic education, the engineers in their
job can acquire the necessary experience accompanied all his professional life with the essential
continuous professional development. In this way,
we will increase in Europe the level of prestige that
European engineers have always held, especially
in the globalized world where European engineers
must be competitive in an increasingly complex
professional market.
The fourth priority of FEANI is to facilitate the
mobility of engineers, in Europe and worldwide.
With regard to academic training and mobility,
it is necessary for the collaboration between
BEST and FEANI to get the greatest achievements
in both areas.
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The final objective of this cooperation is to set up a
synergy between the young future Engineers and
the professional ones. The similarity in the structure
and in the objectives leads to a natural cooperation,
in the benefit of both organisations. FEANI and BEST
agree in the establishment of representatives that
participate in each other’s General Assemblies,
technical meetings and other organized events.
Moreover, there is a permanently open invitation
to publish information in its official communication
documents - about the objective, projects, position
papers, etc. - on subjects dealing with engineering
education and with the engineering profession.
At present, the BEST headquarters is based in
Grenoble, France. However, BEST has always found
in FEANI a warm welcome at its headquarters in
Brussels. As it is well known, it is convenient for
the European organisations to be based in Brussels,
the unofficially named capital of Europe. BEST is
now solving, with the assistance of FEANI, the
appropriate paperwork and the legislative aspects
concerning its transfer of seat to Brussels.
I want to finish my presentation here, by offering to
BEST the total collaboration of FEANI and congratulating the organizers for the great success of these
events; I wish to BEST the greatest achievements
in its activities and in the development of its goals.”
EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR ACCREDITATION OF
ENGINEERING EDUCATION (ENAEE)
the premises of FEANI. FEANI ensures the secretariat of ENAEE, with a number of additional tasks
since the past two-year timeframe, for which it
receives a ‘service fee’.
ENAEE was founded in 2006 at the end of an
EU-funded project. By the end of 2013, it consisted
of 17 Full Members and three Associate Members.
ENAEE is the body responsible for awarding
authorisation to accreditation agencies to award
the EUR-ACE label for Bachelor and Master
engineering programmes they have accredited.
Currently, the following ten accreditation agencies are authorized to award the EUR-ACE label:
ASIIN (Germany), CTI (France), Engineers Ireland
(Ireland), QUACING (Italy), KAUT (Poland), Ordem
dos Engenheiros (Portugal), ARACIS (Romania),
AEER (Russia), MÜDEK (Turkey) and EngC (UK).
FEANI has been instrumental in the founding of
ENAEE whose headquarter is ever since located at
It is the ENAEE Administrative Council (AC) that
manages the activities of the organisation and makes
proposals to the General Assembly (GA). It consists
of the President plus nine AC members. At the GA in
April 2012, Dr. Iring Wasser (DE-ASIIN) was elected
President for a 2-year period. He has recently been
succeeded by Prof. Dr. Bernard Remaud (FR-CTI).
The FEANI Secretary General, Mr. Dirk Bochar, was
elected Administrative Council (AC) member for a
4-year period in 2012. He was then designated by the
AC as one of two Vice Presidents. Mr. Juhani Nokela
(FI-TEK) was appointed Treasurer.
In 2012, the ENAEE GA agreed on a number
of modifications in the Statutes and Bylaws.
This concerned mainly the mandates/terms of
offices, travel reimbursement policies and the introduction of a “Candidate Agency” status. Statutes/
Bylaws have again been streamlined by some additional modifications in 2014.
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Prof. Bernard REMEAU (France), current ENAEE President (left) and the two former ENAEE Presidents,
Dr. Iring WASSER (Germany, center) and Prof. Giuliano AUGUSTI (Italy, right).
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In order to promote the EUR-ACE label to accreditation agencies, universities, students and industry,
ENAEE organized a first Annual Conference in
November 2012 in PT-Porto. In 2013, a second
Conference took place in September 2013 at the
KU Leuven in conjunction with SEFI’s 40th anniversary event.
ENAEE is constantly looking for increasing the
number of agencies authorized to award the
EUR-ACE label. It is the main role of the so-called
EUR-ACE Label Committee (LC) to make recommendations to the AC in relation to granting accreditation
agencies the right to award the EUR-ACE label. In
2013, three agencies were given “Candidate Agency
Status”: OAQ (CH), ANECA (ES) and FINHEEC (FI).
Further to the review of new potential authorized
agencies, several authorizations to existing agencies were expiring after fi ve years. During 2013,
the LC has thus been very occupied with setting up
Review Teams to prepare reports/recommendations for renewals to the AC for approval in 2014.
Since 2012, Mr. Jean-Claude Arditti (CTI) is heading
the LC as chair. The LC consists otherwise of one
member per authorized agency. At the end of 2013,
the EUR-ACE database included some 1500 labels
at 300 different HEIs in 21 countries.
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Another major task within the ENAEE organisation
has been to review the general EUR-ACE Framework
Standards (EAFS). This work has started in 2013
and is being continued in 2014. Furthermore,
a Working Group was active on the subject of
“Mutual Recognition” (between authorized agencies
in a first step).
In 2012 and 2013 ENAEE also acted as a partner in the
following EU-funded projects: EUGENE (Academic
Network EUropean and Global ENgineering
Education), ECDEAST (implementation of new
curricula in Russia in consistence with EUR-ACE
standards) and QUEECA (Quality of Engineering
Education in Central Asia).
ENAEE closed its financial year 2012 with an overall
profit of EUR 11,634 and of EUR 11,928 in 2013.
WORLD FEDERATION OF ENGINEERING
ORGANIZATIONS (WFEO)
WEFO Meeting in September 2012, Slovenia18
The Slovenian Chamber of Engineers, national
member of the World Federation of Engineering
Organizations, hosted the meetings of the
Federation’s committees and executive council from
the 16th to the 20th of September 2012 in Ljubljana,
Slovenia19.
Simultaneously, the World Engineering Forum
under the theme of “Sustainable Construction for
People“ took place on 18th and 19th September and
was inaugurated by the President of the Republic
of Slovenia. The Forum’s sessions and roundtables addressed the issues of Cities and Urban
Development, Sustainable Infrastructure, Green
Buildings and Disaster Risk Management.
• It approved the Federation’s audited accounts
and budgets.
• It listened to the report on the WFEO involvement in Rio + 20 by Jorge Spitalnik.
• It noted the updated Strategic and Action Plans
presented by the executive director.
• It approved the updated rules of procedures
according to the report of the Task Force on
Governing Documents.
• It welcomed a new national member from Fiji.
• It noted the merge of the Federation of African
Engineering Organizations (FAEO) and the
African Engineering Forum (AEF) with the
FAEO being the Federation’s International
member with one vote.
• It took note of the progress report by Tan
Seng Chuan on the Federation’s 2013 General
Assembly meetings and the World Engineers’
Summit to be held in Singapore.
• It confirmed with thanks the invitation of the
Nigerian Society of Engineers to hold the next
2014 Executive Council meeting in Abuja.
• The activities and projects of the Federation
were debated including the collaboration
between WFEO on the one hand and UNESCO
and OECD on the other hand as well as the
Federation’s involvement in United Nations
Bodies, European Commission and international organisations and multilateral agencies.
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The Executive council was opened by President Adel
Al-Kharafi.
Notes
1 derknopfdruecker.com
2 www.ScienceClip.at, www.facebook.at/ScienceClip.at
3 http://www.ckait.cz/staveduk/
4 http://english.ida.dk
5 Survey 2012 by the IESF Observatory of engineers
6 www.vde-mint.de
7 The Policy Statement and Code can be found at http://
www.engc.org.uk/cpd.aspx
8 The full text of the survey can be found at Survey of
professionally registered engineers and technicians
2013: http://www.engc.org.uk/media/149881/2013%20
survey%20of%20registered%20engineers%20and%20
technicians.pdf
9 http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/20years/
singlemarket20/index_en.htm
10 http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/publications/
docs/20years/achievements-web_en.pdf
11 http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/strategy/
docs/20concerns/publication_en.pdf
12 http://europa.eu/rapid/
press-release_MEMO-13-867_en.htm
13 http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/
industrial-competitiveness/documents/files/
sector-studies-business-services_en.pdf
14 http://www.adepp.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/
Liberal-Professions_Actions_version2.pdf
15 Verdict of 11 October 2001, Adam C-267/99, Slg. 2001,
I-7467)
16 Eurobarometer No 398, http://ec.europa.eu/
public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_398_en.pdf
17 Regulated Professions Database, http://ec.europa.eu/
internal_market/qualifications/regprof/index.cfm
18 http://ws3-er.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/yasu/
photos/20120917Slovenia/index.htm
19 http://www.wfeo.net/wfeo-committees-andexecutive-council-meet-in-slovenia-from-16-to-20september-2012/
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