Engineers in Europe Yearbook 1999/2000
| How is Europe involved in financing major infrastructure projects? |
How can I get up-to-the minute information on-line? |
| How do the European Institutions work? |
What new technical standards are being introduced? |
| What links are being created with the potential new markets of Eastern Europe? |
What new and proposed legislation is going to affect the work of engineers? |
| What are the main Research and Development programmes to which engineers can apply? |
Engineers in Europe can help answer these and many more questions. |
To give you an indication of what we offer, the 1999/2000 contents list for Engineers in Europe is set out below...
The Yearbook comes in a hard-back royal blue A4 presentation looseleaf binder.
FEATURE SECTION
(approx. 30 pages), includes
- The ICE Annual European Lecture in May 1999 by Quentin Peel, International Affairs Editor of the Financial Times "The Euro - Sterling Stand or Fundamental Folly"
- GATS 2000 and the mutual recognition for the professional civil engineer
- "Internetting" by Stephen Vincent MICE and news of Information technology developments affecting the construction sector
- CIRIA, the Construction Industry Research Association and its work with Europe
- An overview of the priorities of the EU Presidencies 1998-2000
- News miscellany - and much more
- Special supplement - a profile of the new European Commissioners and their roles
TECHNICAL REFERENCE SECTION
(Over 125 pages)
- Infrastructure News - Trans-European Networks
- Environment
- Health and Safety
- Research and Development
- Education and training
- Standards, Testing and Certification
- Public Procurement
- Small and Medium Enterprises
- Information Technology
- Europe and its Neighbours (Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean)
SECTOR SPECIFIC SECTION
Members of ICE receive a specific section relating to Europe and the construction sector, plus information on the activities of the Institution in Europe.
REFERENCE SECTION
(Over 40 pages, updated)
- Introduction to the European Community - A Brief History
- Europe - Single Market or European Union
- Expansion of the EC
- EU - Gross Domestic Product and Inflation Figures
- European Community Institutions and Bodies - The European Parliament and its Committees from 1999 onwards, The restructuring of the European Commission from 1999 onwards
- The European Budget and Structural Funds
- The European Investment Bank, other Funds and Banks
- Other European Institutions
- The role of the Treaty on European Union
- European legislative system, Documentation
- General and Regional Agencies, Foundations and Centres post Maastricht
- General Sources of Information and Help
- Databases and EU information on the Internet
- Information Miscellany
- European Acronyms
Available for £25.00 including U.K./Europe post & packaging from:
Institution of Civil Engineers
1 Great George Street
LONDON SW1P 3AA
Contact: Diana Maxwell
Tel: 0171.665.2155/56
Fax: 0171.233.1806
Email: maxwell_d@ice.org.uk
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ECCE address details are provided on the contact page.
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Last updated 24 December 1999.