🚧 GIACC co-ordinates four pilot studies to identify whether BS 10500 works in practice

The UK's recent passage into statute of its Anti-Bribery Act 2011 will challenge most organisations to put in place what might be considered appropriate mechanisms to guard against the risk of a member of staff bribing a third party. This new law is designed to do much more than deal with large scale, multi-million dollar bribes - it is also designed to eliminate much lower level bribery and it affects corporate hospitality, gift-giving and 'facilitation payments.' While large enterprises may be able to afford extensive legal advice to put appropriate safeguards in place, this cost is likely to be beyond the reach of many smaller organisations, in the public, private and third sectors.

For these organisations, the guidance provided by a documented British Standard, and the opportunity to put in place a Anti-Bribery Management System that follows the established principles and structure of ISO9001 and many other related management systems, will significantly simplify the process of compliance.

This page will carry information about the development of relevant documentation toolkits, employee training and awareness and other products which will help organisations meet their compliance obligations.

Working with BSI British Standards, GIACC has co-ordinated four pilot studies to identify whether BS 10500 works in practice.  The pilot studies were undertaken on a sample of different size companies from different sectors to ensure that BS 10500 was suitable and adaptable.

The pilots were undertaken on:

• Balfour Beatty – Construction and engineering – 55,000 employees in 100 countries
• Mabey Bridge – Steel bridge manufacturer – 550 employees – exporting to over 60 countries
• Collinson Hall – property sales and management agent – 25 employees – UK only
• Myers la Roche – optical consultant – 15 employees – 7 countries.

Final dates to 7th World Water Council

The World Water Council selected Daegu Gyeongbuk and the Republic of Korea to welcome the 7th World Water Forum in 2015, during its 43rd Board of Governors meeting organised on 14-15 November in Rome at the headquarters of the FAO. The selection followed a rigorous evaluation process for the candidates, closed by a final vote of the Governors. 

Dr. Eun-kyung Park, Water Ambassador for the Republic of Korea, thanked the WWC Governors and expressed her wish to work in close collaboration with Scotland and the City of Glasgow, that competed with them to host the 7th World Water Forum. The vote is conditional upon the signature of an agreement between the World Water Council, Daegu Metropolitan City and the Korean Government, between now and 31 January 2012, so as to specify the terms of their agreement.

7th World Water final dates have been released. 7th World Water will be held from April 12 to 17 April 2015.

Further information: http://worldwaterforum7.org/en

Echoes of the 11th General Assembly of WCCE

WCCE’s 11th General Assembly of the World Council of Civil Engineers was held in San Jose, Costa Rica from 7 to 10 September 2016, organized by the Association of Civil Engineers of Costa Rica in parallel with its the International Congress of Civil Engineering. These activities were welcomed by the Hon. Minister of Public Works of Costa Rica, Carlos Villalta Villegas. Attendance at WCCE activities by our colleagues in Costa Rica and WCCE delegates was very high and enriched our activities with their experience.

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Echoes from WFEO's General Assembly

During the past week, WFEO held its General Assembly in Kyoto, Japan on the occasion of the World Engineering Congress 2015. In this Assembly, the Brazilian engineer, Jorge Spitalnik, takes over the presidency for the next two years succeeding the Palestinian civil engineer, Marwan Abdel Hamid. In addition to this, elections to WFEO Executive Board were held with the following results.

• Marlene Kanga, Past President of Engineers Australia has been elected President Elect of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations - WFEO taking over the presidency for the period 2017- 2019. On this same meeting, WCCE's Past President Tomás Sancho has been elected as a national representative to the executive Board of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations - WFEO representing Spanish Instituto de Ingeniería de España. In addition to this several other WCCE member representatives have been elected such as Italy's CNI representative, Nicola Monda.

From WCCE, we want to congratulate them on their election and wish them all the best on their work on behalf of the engineering community.

On other grounds, during this Assembly WFEO presented his tribute to WCCE's founding President and WFEO's former president, José Medem Sanjuan, passed away past January.

Echoes from our 9th General Assembly

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.

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