Chartered Engineers and Incorporated Engineers
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Issue 12 / March 2015 National Members Europe Features FEANI News from Netherlands/United Kingdom TTIP in Mutual Recognition the General Chartered Engineers Engineering of EUR-ACE Labelled Assembly and Incorporated → p.40 Engineering Degree → p. 5 Engineers → p. 22 Programmes → p. 59 12 IS FEANI NO SE FI NATIONAL EE RU IE DK RU MEMBERS UK NL PL KZ BE DE LU CZ FR SK CH AT HU SI RO HR PT SER AZ ES IT BG MK GR MT CY AT ÖIAV - Österreichischer Ingenieur-und IE Engineers Ireland Architekten-Verein AZ CES - Caspian Engineers Society IS VFI - Association of Chartered Engineers in Iceland TFI - The Icelandic Society of Engineers BE CIBIC - Comité des Ingénieurs Belges IT CNI - Consiglio Nazionale Ingegneri / Belgisch Ingenieurscomité 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 CZ CSVTS - Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies MT COE - Chamber of Engineers CKAIT- Czech Chamber of Chartered Engineers and Technicians NL KIVI NIRIA - Koninklijk Instituut Van Ingenieurs DE DVT - Deutscher Verband Technisch- Wissenschaftlicher Vereine NO NITO - The Norwegian Society of Engineers and DK IDA - Ingeniørforeningen I Danmark Technologists TEKNA – The Norwegian Society of Chartered EE EAE - Estonian Association of Engineers Scientific and Academic Professionals PL NOT - Polish Federation of Engineering ES IIE - Instituto de la Ingenieriá de España Associations INITE - Instituto de Ingenieros Técnicos de España PT Ordem 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 FR CNISF - Conseil National des Ingénieurs et in Romania des Scientifiques de France RU RUSEA – Russian Union of Scientific and UK EC - The Engineering Council Engineering Associations SE SVERIGES INGENJÖRER - The Swedish Association GR TCG - Technical Chamber of Greece of Graduate Engineers RS SITS - Union of Engineers and Technicians of HR HIS - Croatian Engineers Association Serbia SI ZDIT - Association of Societies of Engineers and HU Budapest University of Technology and Economics Technicians SK ZSVTS - Association of Slovak Scientific and Technological Societies Contents March 2015 – ISSUE n° 12 The EUROPEAN Engineers FEANI is the official publication of FEANI, Statement of the FEANI President ................................................2 the European Federation of National Statement of the FEANI Secretary General ..................................3 Engineering Associations. FEANI General Assembly 2014 .....................................................5 In Memoriam: Mr José Medem Sanjuan .......................................7 European Engineers’ Day .............................................................8 Priorities for the EMC in 2015 .....................................................10 National Members France: François Lureau is the new President of “Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France” (IESF) ........................ 11 Ireland: Engineers Ireland Member Guide ..................................12 Kazakhstan: Third Asian Universities Forum: “Eurasian Diversity and Role of Universities for Sustainable Development” ..16 Netherlands: Technology Keynote Speech .................................18 Netherlands/United Kingdom: Chartered Engineers and Incorporated Engineers .......................................................22 United Kingdom: Continually Improving Professional Engineering Standards ..............................................................24 PUBLISHED BY : United Kingdom: Ethical Engineering .........................................26 FEANI Av. Roger Vandendriessche 18 B-1150 Brussels Tel 00 32 2 639 03 90 Europe Fax 00 32 2 639 03 99 The Innovation Principle - European Risk Forum .........................27 Email : [email protected] What is Europe 2020? ................................................................30 RESPONSIBLE EDITOR : Europe 2020 Education Indicators in the EU28 in 2013 ..............31 Dirk Bochar Integrating PhD Students into the EU Workforce ........................35 [email protected] Improving STEM Talent Supply in Europe ...................................36 GRAPHIC DESIGN : Why strengthening Talent as a Strategic Enabler should be De Visu Digital Document Design on the Dutch EU Presidency Agenda .........................................38 PHOTO CREDITS : TTIP in Engineering ....................................................................40 cover: © Fotolia Why Education should be excluded from the TTIP .....................42 p.17-19: http://engineersireland.ie Businesses as Shareholders in the Skills Formation Process .....44 p.21: http://ueb.vnu.edu.vn p.34-50-52-53: http://ec.europa.eu Skill Mismatch ............................................................................45 p.37: http://csr.honda.com Switzerland and EU join Forces in Science and Research ..........49 p.27-35-40-47-51-58-64-66-75-76: ©ingimage p.2-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-22-25-49-56-59-60: New Modes of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education .......50 Eventattitude-Vandeneynde Momentum for European Innovation and Competitiveness ........54 While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the material published in The FEANI NEWS “The European Engineers Features Publication”, neither the Federation, the publisher, Prof. Dr. Bernard REMAUD, new President of ENAEE ................56 nor their agents can accept any responsibility for The EUR-ACE© Label, assuring Quality Engineering the veracity of contributors’ articles or statements appearing in this magazine and any views or Degree Programmes ..................................................................57 opinions expressed are not necessarily those of Mutual Recognition of EUR-ACE Labelled Engineering the publisher. We do not accept responsibility for loss or damage to unsolicited contributions. Degree Programmes ..................................................................59 This publication is protected by copyright. Articles Standards of Engineering Degree Programmes, may be freely reproduced for non-commercial purposes provided reference is given. the Requirements of Industry? ...................................................61 © 2015 New method of Calculating a Qualified Majority in the Council ...64 The Economic Case for Education .............................................66 ISSN : 1374-1187 Masterplan on Education about Standardization ........................68 ETUC Resolution on Improving Quality of Apprenticeship www.feani.org and Work-based Learning ..........................................................73 Greeks want to see Heads Roll ..................................................76 FEANI Statement of the FEANI President Prof. Dr. José VIEIRA, President of FEANI Dear FEANI-members, irst of all I would like to thank all of you who have support- “I trust that the impact will reflect ed my candidature for the FEANI Presidency last October on the everyday work of our Fat the General Assembly in Gdansk (PL). I am particularly honored to have been elected by all FEANI-members: this pro- members and that we will discuss vides my mandate with strong legitimacy and unbiased support. Both are very important to me and paramount to successfully best-practices with each other.” accomplish this task to which I will dedicate my time and efforts to the best of my abilities in the three years to come. Building further on the foundation laid by my predecessor re- garding the implementation of the FEANI Strategic Plan 2013- the integration of the FEANI Task Forces - which were ad hoc 2017, I have in co-operation with the Secretary General, con- coalitions within our network – and which will now be formalized sidered the appropriateness of assigning specific “responsibilities” into FEANI Committees or Working Groups. to the respective Executive Board Members. This seemed re- quired because an Organization’s representation in Brussels is These bodies have been defined as the “Business Development a bit like an embassy: it carries the Organization’s messages Group”, the “National Members Forum” and the “Finance to the institutions and informs the stakeholders of the European Committee”. They are chaired by one Executive Board member, situation in Brussels on a variety of issues and topics which are each time backed-up by two other Executive Board members. of specific interest to our 35 members. In his activity reports These platforms will facilitate the corporate debate and activate the Secretary General informs us on a regular basis about how our members to reach out to the Executive Board as decision his activities are organized and what his day-to-day work con- makers. They will also help to determine our public affairs ac- sists of. His activities and our Organization’s corporate strategy tivities and to have them efficiently coordinated between the are very much interlinked and the strategy is also influenced by Central Secretariat in Brussels and our members throughout the information gathered and provided by him and other key Europe. Building a useful professional network in Brussels is players in the FEANI Working Groups. In order to increase our complicated and time consuming. I encourage our