ABOUT ECCE

The European Council of Civil Engineers (ECCE) was created in 1985 out of the common concern of the professional bodies for Civil Engineers in Europe that the Civil Engineers working together across Europe could offer much more to assist Europe advance its built Environment and protect the natural environment.

At the European Union level, ECCE aims to promote the highest technical and ethical standards, to provide a source of impartial advice, and promote co-operation with other pan-European organisations in the construction industry. ECCE also advises and influences individual governments and professional institutions, formulates standards and achieves a mutual compatibility of different regulations controlling the profession, and formulates standards for a European Code of Conduct of the Civil Engineering Profession and disciplinary procedures applicable throughout the Union. 

ECCE formulates guidelines to maintain and raise standards of civil engineering education, training and professionals competence, as well as assisting in achieving mutual compatibility of Euro codes, standards and regulations in the related industry and encouraging and improving levels of safety and quality in the industry.

ECCE is active in such areas as the environment, research and development, education and training, ethics, continuing professional development, transportation and liability, as well as organising workshops and conferences.

OBJECTIVES

The European Union

1. Promote the highest technical and ethical standards.
2. Provide a source of impartial advice.
3. Promote co-operation with other pan-European organisations in the Construction Industry.

National Governments and Institutions

1. To advise and influence individual governments and professional Institutions.
2. To formulate standards and achieve a mutual compatibility of different regulations controlling the profession.
3. To formulate standards for a European Code of Conduct of the Civil Engineering Profession and disciplinary procedures applicable throughout the Union.

The Profession, related Organisations and Industry

1. To formulate guidelines to maintain and raise standards of civil engineering education, training and professionals competence.
2. To assist in achieving mutual compatibility of Euro codes, standards and regulations in the related industry.
3. To encourage and improve levels of safety and quality in the industry.

AREAS OF ACTIVITY

WHO’S WHO?

The ECCE President from November 2005 is Richard Coackley of the United Kingdom.  He succeeded Yrjö Matikainen of Finland, ECCE’s  President from 2002-2005.  ECCE Vice-Presidents are Carsten Ahrens of the Deutsche Sektion des ECCE and Honorary Treasurer is Vassilis Economopolous of the Association of Civil Engineers of Greece.  Newly elected to the Executive Committee at ECCE’s Meeting in Istanbul in November 2005 are Jiri Plička of the Czech Chamber of Engineers and Technicians, Murt Coleman of Engineers Ireland and Gülay Özdemir of the Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers.  With effect from mid-March 2005 a new ECCE Secretary General has been appointed, Diana Zlatnanská of the Slovak Chamber of Civil Engineers. The financial administration for the ECCE Secretariat is provided by the Institution of Civil Engineers.

BECOMING A MEMBER OF ECCE

We regret that we can not accept individuals as members of ECCE.

Initial enquiries about ECCE’s activities should be made to your own representative organisation.  Our list of member and associate countries gives contact addresses for member organisations and for equivalent organisations in other European countries.  National organisations wishing to enquire about membership of ECCE should contact the ECCE Secretariat for a full application pack.  Please provide your e-mail contact details.

Some guidance regarding the ECCE web-site:  

Technical briefings given at meetings on themes of interest to professional civil engineers are placed on the web-site under the heading “News”.  There is a menu option ‘Technical Briefings” which will provide you with full briefing material which has been provided to us.

Presentations which aim to improve standards across the profession (e.g. ethics, health & safety etc.) or which are examples of ‘best practice’ are to be found in the  “Activities” menu on the web site and then at the heading “ECCE’s ‘INSTIL’ initiative”  (reflecting our aim  to INspire, STImulate, and Lead in the profession).

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