C Member Associatio
ons in the Asia-Pacific
Ac Region (AASPAC)
FIDICASSPAC Secreetariat
Level 3, 200 Cre
eek Street, Brisbane, Australia
APOP Box 99 Spring Hilll QLD 4004
4
Tel:: +61 7 300
078181, Fax
x: +61 7 300
078182E-mail: denn
nis.sheehan
n@opus.coom.au
1.
ASPAC Annual
A
EventsThe ASSPAC annua
al event wa
as held as u
usual in con
njunction with the FIDIIC Annual ConferenceCeheld in D
Davos, Switzerland beetween 2-4 O
October 2011.

The coonference was them
med “Locaal Resourcees - Globall Perspectiives” and was welll
attended by many ASPAC meembers asso
ociations annd Company representtatives.
The Assian Develo
opment Bank made a special presentationpn to the A
ASPAC Forum on theeprocessses it follow
ws in enga
aging Cons ultants for its projects
s in the reegion. A copy
cof thee
presenttation is ava
ailable on thhe ASPAC wwebsite.
During tthe Confere
ence, the ASPACA
Exe cutive Com
mmittee and the Generral Assemblly Meetingss
were heeld and the following highlights we
ere noted in summary forf the yearr.
CASPAC Executive Committee
2.
members atThree oof the eight Executive Committee
Ca the 2011 General Asssembly Me
eeting weree
ending ttheir appoin
ntments, annd under thee ASPAC By-Laws
B
it wasw necessaary to appoint two neww
members for the ne
ext 3 year period.
pAmitabh
ha Ghoshal from India and Liu Luo
obing from China weree elected froom a nomin
nation list off
7 candiddates
Dr Hoig Kang fromm Korea wass elected ass our Chairmman- Elect tot take officce at the 2012 GAM
Edmondd Mirzakha
anian and Salvador CCastro as outgoingomembers
mw
were thanke
ed for theirr
contribu
utions to thee ASPAC EC during theeir appointm
ments.
The ASPAC Execu
utive Commmittee after tthe election at the 2011 General A
Assembly Meeting
Mandd
their terrms of office
e are as follows:
mberMemDenn
nis SheehannDr Hooig Kang
Keshhab Amatya
Kono
omu Uchimu
ura
Chien
n-Chung Li
Liu Luobing
Amitaabha GhoshhalCountry
Australia
Korea
NepalJapan
China-Taaipei
ChinaIndia

Periodd(2009 – 2012) Chhairman(2009 – 2012) Chhairman Eleect(2009 – 2012)(2009 – 2012)(2009 – 2012)(2012 – 2014)(2012 – 2014)2011 FIDIC/ASPAC/T
TCDPAP CConferences
3.
In a commbined effo
ort with FIDIC and TCD
DPAP, a coonference wasw held in Kuala Lum
mpur in Aprill
2011 annd many AS
SPAC members associiation representatives attended
ain a strong deelegation off
about 200 attendeees.
The coonference wasw
theme
ed “Sustainnability in the Globbalized Woorld” and establishededaction-ooriented nettworking annd knowled ge sharing sessions drawing
don the particip
pation frommsenior ggovernment officials, industry ca
aptains, soc
ciety leaderrs and aca demic expe
erts acrosss
various professiona
al discipline
es.
Internattional experrts from meember counntries of TC
CDPAP andd ASPAC w
were in atteendnace too
presentt the technical papers
s/case studdies/successs stories andahands-oon example
es on neww

FIDICC Member Associatio
ons in the Asia-Pacific
Ac Region (AASPAC)AS
SPAC Secreetariat
Level 3, 200 Cre
eek Street, Brisbane, Australia
APOP Box 99 Spring Hilll QLD 4004
4
Tel:: +61 7 300078181, Fax
x: +61 7 300
078182E-mail: denn
nis.sheehan
n@opus.coom.au
approacches, solutio
ons and meechanisms tto achieve sustainablesdevelopmeent.
Member AssociationA
ns and Reg
gional Activity
4.
The Meember Assoociation activ
vity reportss for the 201
11 year, ideentified thatt while there
e is a greattamountt of activity ini the region being con
nducted by individual members,mthhere is little happening
gon a reggion wide ba
asis and tha
at ASPAC hhas struggle
ed to find a regional puurpose.
In an atttempt to solve that shhortcoming , the ASPA
AC EC conssidered varrious option
ns at its ECCMeetingg and decided to use the FIDIC VVision, Mission and Objectives as a guide to developinggregional activities that could use the ccapacity in the regionn to furtheer the value
e of FIDIC
C
membership to its members.
This woork will be reeported prog
gressively aas it develops.
Member AssociationA
ns Training
g Programm
mes5.
FIDIC nnational Member Assoc
ciations org
ganise training programmme for botth post-graduates anddthe conttinued deve
elopment off profession als and the following area links to ssome exam
mples.
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FutureNet (Australiaa) Young proofessionals network wiith activitiees that inclu
ude staff
ddevelopment through specialisedd seminars.
NNew Zealand: supportts accredite
ed courses, occasionallly runs busiiness development
ccourses, ha
as strong lin
nks with traaining provid
ders particu
ularly univeersity Schoools ofEngineeringg (postgraduate and prrofessional developmeent)
CEA-India in associattion with tthe Consultaancy Develo
opment Cenntre organisses a seriessoof training seminars withw
FIDIC. T
There are currently fou
ur training sseminars ea
ach year onntthe FIDIC coontracts.
AAJCE-Japa
an Young Professiona
Pals Exchangge Programmme mainly involves ann exchange
oof engineerrs between countries.

6.
Coming Events
EThe follo
owing evennts are scheeduled to bee held in thee ASPAC reegion duringg the next yeear.
••22012 ASPA
AC/TCDPAP
P conferencce in Sri Lan
nka (Colombo) in Marcch
22012 FIDIC
C conferencee in Korea ((Seoul) in SeptemberS••2
2013 ASPA
AC/TCDPAP
P conferencce - TBA
22013 FIDIC
C conference
e in Spain ((Barcelona)) in September

In addition to thesee most of ouur Member AAssociation
ns will be hoolding local events andd details areeavailable from theirr websites.

Dennis Sheehanan - ASPACC Secretaria
atChairma