European Council of Civil Engineers

The European Council of Civil Engineers is constituted to implement the following objectives in relation to the following bodies.
- European Community:
(a) to implement the general policies and objectives of the Treaty of Rome insofar as they affect the profession of civil engineering;
(b) to promote higher standards of civil engineering in the European Community and Europe in general;
- European Commission:
(a) to inform and to advise the European Commission of matters relevant to the civil engineering profession and in particular, to ensure that the text of its Directives is in keeping with the foregoing objectives;
(b) to advise the European Commission on the organisation and methods of the construction industry and the framework within which civil engineering works;
- EC National Governments and Institutions:
(a) to advise and influence individual Governments and professional Institutions in the light of the Council’s corporate policies;
(b) to formulate standards to achieve a mutual compatibility or acceptability of the results of different regulations which control the profession;
(c) to formulate standards for a European Code of Conduct of the Civil Engineering Profession and disciplinary procedures applicable throughout the European Community;
- The Profession, Related Organisations and Industries:
(a) to formulate guidelines to maintain and raise standards of civil engineering education and professional competence;
(b) to assist in achieving mutual compatibility of codes, standards and regulations in the industry;
(c) to promote Health & Safety in the profession and industry;
(d) to work with related professional organisations and the industry to achieve the main objectives;
(e) to encourage where possible and where desirable mutual recognition of qualifications between members;
(f) to encourage the continuing professional development of Civil Engineers throughout the European Community by means of publications, conferences, and seminars on a pan European basis;
(g) to set up a system which allows individuals belonging to the national organisations represented by the Council to make use of each other’s facilities;
(h) to seek to become a forum for discussion and policy formation on topics such as the environment, sustainable development, Health and Safety, infrastructure, research and development in the European Community.

Construction 2020 - High Level Tripartite Strategic Forum
Directive 2005/36/EC
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Mr Aristodimos Chatzidakis (President)

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