WCCE Rio invites its members to participate in the next edition of the International Conference of Consulting Engineers FIDIC 2014 to be held in the city of Rio de Janeiro from 28 September to 1 October 2014.
Those interested can download the following brochure with information necessary for records and the various activities that take place in the Brazilian city during those days.
During this conference will present the FIDIC 2014 awards.
The 9th General Assembly of the World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE), a UN- Water partner, took place in Lisbon from 21- 25 November 2014, hosted by Ordem dos Engenheiros de Portugal on the occasion of an international workshop on Heritage Building restoration at the same venue. The attendance to WCCE activities by our Portuguese counterparts and WCCE delegates was very high and enriched our activities with their expertise.
Almost a month has passed since WCCE held its 8th General Assembly from 10-13 October in Santiago de Cuba. As you may know, UNAICC hosted our 8th General Assembly on the occasion of an international workshop on Tourism & City. The attendance to WCCE activities by our Cuban counterparts and WCCE delegates was very high and enriched our activities with their expertise.
The first week of March was held in the city of Praia, Cape Verde, the 6 th Meeting of Professional Associations of Civil Engineering of Portuguese and Spanish language, whose vice-president and secretary assumes the College together with the Order of Engineers of Portugal. During this meeting, its General Assembly agreed to become associate member of WCCE.
During the meeting, the topics covered a general debate themed 'The Civil Engineering in the World 2020 - Mobility, Social Responsibility, Education and Professional Civil Engineer' for a General Assembly subsequently embodied in the Declaration of Praia. Likewise, there was Portugal's reelection as President and the College as Vice President. The next meeting will take place in 2016 in Spain.
On 30 and 31 October the 62nd General Assembly of the European Council of Civil Engineers on the 30th anniversary of its foundation was held in Prague, hosted by the Czech Chamber of Authorized Professional and Technical Engineering. During this Assembly, WCCE President Alfonso Gonzalez attended the ECCE meeting invited by the President of the European Council, the Polish Wlodimiercz Szymczak.
Homage to Vassilis Economopoulos
During this meeting, ECCE paid tribute to the figure of our Greek colleague Vassilis Economopoulos, who passed away last October and held the office of President of the European Council of Civil Engineers from 2009 to 2011. Vassilis Economopoulos contributed to the WCCE initative by holding the office of treasurer since 2006 to 2008.
