World Council of Civil Engineers

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World Council of Civil Engineers
June 2008
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Background

• The idea of creating a world council dealing
  exclusively with civil engineering issues was
  born out of the European Council of Civil
  Engineers (ECCE) created in 1985
• Established through ECCE in Istambul in November
  2005
• The World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE) was
  founded in July 2006

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What is the WCCE

• WCCE facilitates a global platform where all
  members are equal, capable of addressing specific
  problems typical of the civil engineering fields
• WCCE is open to all existing organizations
  involved directly or indirectly in civil
  engineering and construction business
• WCCEs core values
• Integrity
• Ethics
• High technical standards
• Actions against corruption
• WCCE will foster the free exchange and transfer
  of knowledge, tecnology, and information

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Governance

• General Assembly
• meets once a year
• Executive Committee
• President
• President elect
• Treasurer
• Vicepresidents (chairmen of Standing
  Committees)
• 1 Representative from each Continent (National
  members)
• 1 Representative from each International member
• 1 Representative from each Associate member
  group
• Executive Director
• Standing Committees

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How do we work- I

• WCCE has establised a number of Standing
  Committees, hosted by a National member with
  participation by any member of WCCE
• Construction
• Natural Disasters
• Education, Training and Capacity Building

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How do we work- II

• Conferences and seminars
• Committee Work
• Uniform Building Codes
• Alternate Dispute Resolutions
• Ethics and Integrity in construction
• Evaluation of faculty members practical
  experience
• Project management
• Natural Disasters
• Capacity Building
• Web-based and electronic communications
• Peer reviewed articles
• Continued Professional Development

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Membership

• Ordinary members (voting)
• 1. National civil engineering organizations
• 2. International/regional civil eng
  organizations
• Associate members (non voting)
• 1. Corporate members
• 2. NGOs and Academic Institutions
• 3. Individual professionals/students
• 4. Sectorial associations

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Current membership

• National members
• Greece Puerto Rico Spain
• Costa Rica Brazil Cyprus
• Mexico Tanzania Portugal
• Turkey Cuba Germany
• Zambia Zimbabwe
• International members
• ECCE Africa Engineers Forum
• Associate members
• Individual Professionals
• NGO and Academic Institutions
• Corporate Members

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Strategic Alliances

• Transparency International
• World Justice Forum
• WFEO (World Federation of Engineering
  Organizations)
• The World Bank
• UNESCO

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Where are we located

• The Secretariat in Madrid, Spain
• premises of the
• Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y
  Puertos
• Calle Almagro 42, 28010 Madrid SPAIN
• www.wcce.net

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Whats up next ?

• 3rd General Assembly in Brasilia, Brazil on
  December 4th 2008, during the WFEOs WEC 08 where
  some 5.000 engineers from all over the world will
  be gathered. www.wec2008.org.br
• 4th General Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey on 22-26
  June 2009, with the International Congress on
  Earthquake and Tsunami