ECCE : Workshops and Conferences

ECCE member organisations organise regular workshops and conferences with which ECCE is associated. Details may be found in ECCE News, the Newsletter of the European Council of Civil Engineers, whilst information on workshops and conferences of interest to professional civil engineers is set out in the monthly ECCE Brussels Brief.

EFCA, ECCE & ACE SEMINAR, New EU Public Procurement Directive: EUROPEAN HARMONISATION OF PROCUREMENT PRACTICES IN THE SECTOR OF THE ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY AND ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES

21 October 2004 - Renaissance Hotel, 19 Rue du Parnasse, Brussels, Netherlands

ACE, ECCE and EFCA are the three main European organisations representing the architectural and engineering professions. Together we are organising an important seminar on the impact that the new EU public procurement directives will have on the procurement of architectural and engineering consultancy services.

The seminar is to be a one-day event and it will held in Brussels on the 21^st October 2004.

Public procurement procedures are of great importance to the construction sector. The value of construction to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the EU-15 in 2003 was €909 billion, of which approximately 35% was attributable to public works. This figure represents about 3.3% of GDP.

The administrations of most EU Countries are currently preparing to transpose this into National law. In the process there will be many decisions for them to take as the directives allow for some optional treatment of some of the requirements. The architectural and engineering professions support the proposed procedures, but the specific nature of the services offered by these professions will require careful consideration in the transposition phase. This seminar will offer an insight into the thinking of the Commission on the topic and will offer national administrations a clear indication of how architectural and engineering consultancy services should be treated in public procurement procedures. The seminar will also see the launch of a detailed guidance document by the Architects Council of Europe which recommends how national administrations should deal with the provision of architectural services.

The Architects Council of Europe	www.ace-cae.org
The European Council of Civil Engineers:	www.eccenet.org
The European Federation of Consulting Associations:	www.efcanet.org

Program of Speakers, Microsoft Word File (130kb)

Registration Form, Microsoft Word File (207kb)

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