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December 2005
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India training centre launched
FIDIC's new training centre in India launched activities in December 2005 with asuccessful contracts seminar.
FIDIC meets with World Bank to prepare specific action items
With consulting engineering seen as vital for infrastructure supply, the WorldBank met the FIDIC President in early-December 2005 to develop initiatives.
Asia-Pacific regional 2006 conference targets poverty alleviation
FIDIC is actively participating in the 2006 ASPAC-TCDPAP Asia-Pacific regionalconference that will review the role of consulting engineers in poverty alleviation.

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A business-oriented programme for the 2006 consulting engineering conference
The 2006 International Consulting Engineering Conference (Budapest, 24-27
September 2006) envisages a dynamic, business oriented programme.
GAMA Group of Africa Member Associations 2006 regional conference
The GAMA 2006 regional conference, Bagamoyo, Tanzania, 2-5 April 2006, aims
to help develop capacity building initiatives.
Forthcoming visits and meetings
Contracts courses expand to target the Americas through Caribbean events.

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Translations of the Harmonised Construction Contract envisaged
Within six months of publication and following agreement with all major banks,
MDB Contractorganizations plan to translate FIDIC's MDB Harmonised Construction Contract.
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Adjudicators Assessment Workshop planned
Subject to a successful review of applications, the next FIDIC Adjudicators
Assessment Workshop takes place in March 2006 in the UK.
National adjudicators lists supported
FIDIC has put in place several measures to help Member Associations develop andmaintain national adjudicator lists.
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Shanghai Engineering Consulting Trade Association inaugurated
A FIDIC delegation visited Shanghai for the inauguration of the Shanghai
Engineering Consulting Trade Association.
Spanish association celebrates its 40th anniversary
The FIDIC President attended celebrations in Madrid marking Tecniberia's 40thanniversary.
Joint tasks forces envisaged for key European topics
The European federation EFCA agreed on key projects, some in collaboration with
FIDIC, at its November 2005 meeting.
Business practice
Capacity building extended to in-house trainingFIDIC's well established programme of training events has been expanded toinclude in-house training courses for client organizations.
Business development
Project sustainability promoted in Tokyo and Paris
Initiatives to promote the uptake of Project Sustainability Management included
participation in the World Sustainable Building Conference.
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FIDIC President and Past-President in the news
Canada recognizes Wayne Bowes; 2006 World Water Forum supported by Jorge
Díaz Padilla.
Notices to Member Associations
MA Notices: December 2005

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Activities
India training centre launched [full item: 77Ac]
FIDIC's new training centre in India was successfullylaunched in New Delhi on 12-13 December 2005 with a
FIDIC contracts seminar (see www.ceaindia.org) held at
the India Habitat Centre (see photo) that hosts 32
organizations, including CEAI-India, FIDIC's Member
Association, and CDC, a FIDIC Affiliate Member.
Organized by FIDIC, CEAI-India, CDC and their training partner, ITC, the vigorous
discussion from the 100 participants coming from India, Afghanistan, Pakistan
and Bangladesh illustrated the importance of FIDIC's initiative to bring contracts
training events to India. Plans are in place for 2006, with seminars targeting thekey centres of Mumbai, Chenai, Calcutta and New Delhi, see FIDIC.org/events.
FIDIC meets with World Bank to prepare specific action items[full item: 76Ac]

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Quality-based selection, capacity building and business integrity are high on themultilateral development banks' (MDB) agenda as they gear up to meet theincreased demand for infrastructure. FIDIC is seen as a key partner in
discussions, with consulting engineering firms maintaining a keen interest inbank-funded projects. At a meeting in early December 2005 with the World Bank,Jorge Díaz Padilla, FIDIC President, and Enrico Vink, Managing Director, discussed
several initiatives with the view to developing specific action items, such as ananalysis project quality (see News item). Central to recent discussions has been
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internationally funded projects. This comes at a time when the harmonisation ofprocurement procedures took a major step forward with the banks' agreement tolicence FIDIC's MDB Harmonised Construction Contract (see News item).
Asia-Pacific regional 2006 conference targets poverty alleviation[full item: 75Ac]

Consulting engineers and their impact on poverty alleviation, a Millennium
Development Goal, will be the focus of the industry's 2006 Asia-Pacific regional
conference (Dhaka, 5-8 March 2006). Organized by TCDPAP in collaboration with
FIDIC's ASPAC Asia-Pacific Member Associations, the conference will seek toidentify solutions, for it is clear that consulting engineers have an important roleto play. It is also important to demonstrate that sustainable, high-quality
solutions offer the best way to significantly reduce poverty by improving the livesof the less fortunate. Development funding agencies will be a prime focus fordiscussions, with the Asian Development Bank likely to make a presentation, andconsulting engineers and their clients throughout the region being urged toparticipate. FIDIC speakers will include Jorge Díaz Padilla, FIDIC President, andEnrico Vink, FIDIC Managing Director. For information, www.tcdpap.org.
EventsA business-oriented programme for the 2006 consulting engineering
conference [full item: 46Ev]
The programme for the 2006 International
Consulting Engineering Conference (Budapest,September) organized by FIDIC with theEuropean federation EFCA and their national
Member Association AHCEA-Hungary, will adopt
a novel, business-oriented format. Following
plenary presentations to set the scene, workshops on best-practice procurement
and project implementation will focus on new tools that are being developed for
procuring and implementing projects. A third stream addresses critical issues thatwill affect firms as they prepare for tomorrow. Examples at the local, regional andglobal levels will then show how the new approaches can be applied in themarketplace. Full details will be available at www.consulting2006.org in early2006. In the meantime, those interested in the latest developments in project
procurement are urged to block out 24-27 September 2006 so as not to miss thedynamic, "must attend" 2006 International Consulting Engineering Conference.

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GAMA Group of Africa Member Associations 2006 regional conference[full item: 47Ev]

Africa's 2006 consulting engineering regional conference organized by the FIDICGAMA Group of Africa Member Associations takes place in Bagamoyo, Tanzania,
near the capital Dar-es-Salaam, on 2-5 April 2006 (see www.acet.or.tz). Inaddition to senior bank officials, FIDIC will also be represented by Jorge DíazPadilla, FIDIC President, and Enrico Vink, FIDIC Managing Director. The
conference will focus on private sector development and the role of the African
Development Bank under the NEPAD - African Union framework. FIDIC is keen to
support as much as possible such initiatives, in order to achieve strategic goals of
an improved and sustainable consulting industry in the region. Other initiatives
being explored include the concept of business schools in Nigeria and Kenya
offering training to local firms. FIDIC training is already being offered through theSAACE-South Africa School of Consulting Engineering (www.saace.co.za/school.
Forthcoming visits and meetings [full item: 32Ev]
ISO Sustainable Construction Working Groups, UK, 8-9 Jan 2006
FIDIC-JCC-ECV Dispute Resolution Course, Barbados 30-31 Jan 2006
FIDIC-ESCONE-CRCICA Contracts Seminar, Cairo, Feb 2006
FIDIC-IRSCE Capacity Building Seminar: PSM, Tehran, 18-19 Feb 2006
FIDIC-Cornerstone Contracts Workshop, Copenhagen 27-28 Feb 2006
Adjudicators Assessment Workshop, UK, Mar 2006
FIDIC-ASPAC-TCDPAP Conference, Dhaka, 5-8 Mar 2006
FIDIC-ECV Contracts Course, Bucharest 27-28 Mar 2006
GAMA Annual Conference, Bagamoyo, Tanzania, 2-5 Apr 2006
ACET-Tanzania Capacity Building seminar, Bagamoyo, Tanzania, April 2006
FIDIC-Cornerstone Contracts Workshop, Cairo 25-26 Apr 2006

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To meet the demand, several organizations have already indicated that they plan
to translate the recently published (May 2005) Multilateral Development Bank(MDB) Harmonised Edition of the FIDIC Construction Contract (see News item).
The Interamerican Development Bank, a participating bank licenced by FIDIC,
plans a Spanish version and CNAEC-China is seeking permission to publish aChinese version. Several other Member Associations have also approached FIDIC.
Under the terms of the licence agreement, a participating bank can, with FIDIC'spermission, authorise translation provided the translation is made available at nocharge to FIDIC and the other participating banks.

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CoursesponsorAll of the major MDBs have now signed licence agreements to use the Harmonised
Edition on bank-funded projects. The benefits are huge, in terms of costs savings Positions
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to lenders, borrowers and consultants in reducing unnecessary bureaucratic
hurdles. The consulting engineering industry will now be able to work with greater
Positionscertainty, knowing that MDBs will be using, wherever possible, similar
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procurement documentation based on the popular FIDIC Construction Contract.
Only the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) has announced that it will not now sign
the agreement since the fund will be wound up (see News item). The NDF will
honour all commitments and as a strong supporter of procurement harmonisation,
will advise clients to obtain Works contracts from FIDIC.
Adjudicators Assessment Workshop planned [full item: 54Co]
The FIDIC President's List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators was set up so that
FIDIC could appoint experienced adjudicators when required to do so under theterms of a FIDIC contract. Successful applicants must be FIDIC members, either
through a FIDIC Member Association or via Affiliate or Sustaining Membership,and have passed a two and one-half day Adjudicators Assessment Workshop(AAW). A call for applications by 22 December 2005 for the next AAW was sent toMember Associations in November 2005. Applications are presently being
reviewed, and if there are sufficient qualified candidates, the workshop will takeplace in the UK in March 2006. Late applications may be considered (pleasecontact FIDIC and consult FIDIC.org/dab.

National adjudicators lists supported [full item: 55Co]
Gaining the necessary experience for entry on the FIDIC adjudicators list often
calls for national dispute board experience. FIDIC has published guidelines to help
Member Associations establish adjudicators lists (see FIDIC.org/dab). The
federation monitors the lists and facilitates access via FIDIC.org/dab. Recently,
FIDIC has also worked to ensure that those components of a FIDIC contracts
training course that are considered essential for an adequate understanding of
FIDIC contracts and dispute adjudication are "flagged" as suitable for candidates
to national lists (notably for courses in the Europe and Asia-Pacific series - see
FIDIC.org/events). Further efforts in the same direction aim to encourage
pupilage (on-site training by experienced dispute adjudicators) and theorganization of train-the-trainer training courses in association with contracts
training events.
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Shanghai Engineering Consulting Trade Association inaugurated[full item: 42Re]Following the FIDIC 2005 Conference in Beijing,a FIDIC delegation that included Jorge DíazPadilla, FIDIC President, John Boyd, FIDIC VicePresident, and Richard Kell, immediate PastPresident, made an official visit to Shanghai in
September 2005 to meet Mr. Zhou Yupeng, thecity's Vice-Mayor, other senior government
officials and the heads of local consulting
engineering firms. At a meeting with Mr. Zhou,
discussions were held on the role of consulting engineers in preparing for the2010 Shanghai World Fair (see www.expo2010china.com), the types of servicethat will be required and the opportunities for FIDIC firms. Dr. Díaz Padilla wasalso invited to witness the official inauguration of the Shanghai EngineeringConsulting Trade Association which has as its first Chairman, Mr. Liang Yuyuan, along-time friend and supporter of FIDIC in his former role as General Manager ofthe Shanghai Investment Consulting Corporation. Mr. Liang, Richard Kell, Jorge
Díaz Padilla and John Boyd are seen in the photo, starting on the third from theleft, taken at the unveiling ceremony.
Spanish association celebrates its 40th anniversary [full item: 41Re]
The successful fusion in 2002 of ASINCE andTecniberia-Civil, Spain's two consulting
engineering associations, into an enlarged
Tecniberia/ASINCE was hailed as a model ofcollaboration for the industry duringcelebrations in Madrid in October 2005 marking
Tecniberia's 40th anniversary (seewww.tecniberia-asince.es). They were attended by Jorge Díaz Padilla, FIDIC
President, and Enrico Vink, FIDIC Managing Director, and by several senior
government officials, highlighting the close contacts that have been established.
The occasion allowed FIDIC to strengthen ties with the Latin American
associations which were represented, and with their regional federation FEPAC.
FIDIC seeks closer co-operation with FEPAC through further discussions in thenear future.
Joint tasks forces envisaged for key European topics [full item: 40Re]
Of particular significance to the European market for consulting engineering
services are procurement guidelines, anti-corruption initiatives, standardization ofterminology, liability limitations and costs of insurance, transparency and faircompetition and, particularly in east and central Europe, capacity building. The
European Federation of Consultancy Associations, EFCA, agreed on a number ofkey projects for the coming year at its November 2005 meeting of association
directors and secretaries, attended by Enrico Vink, FIDIC Managing Director.
FIDIC was able to be able to offer assistance in several areas, and joint task
forces are to be established in liability and insurance, for instance, whereadditional resources will offer greater impact.

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Capacity building extended to in-house training [full item: 65Pr]
A full programme of events in late-2005 in Asia, Europe and the Caribbean
attested to the popularity of FIDIC contracts training events, with hundreds ofconsultants, contractors, lawyers and clients attending one- and two-day
seminars, workshops and courses. 2006 also begins with a similar flourish ofevents. Details are available on FIDIC.org/events, designed to provide more
information and easier access to those seeking a suitable event.

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Recognizing the importance of FIDIC standards in emerging markets, clientorganizations are increasingly turning to FIDIC for help in upgrading their skills,
especially in the areas of contract administration and procurement. To meet theContracts
demand, FIDIC now arranges in-house training in association with establishedsuppliers. For instance, FIDIC has arranged for a two-day FIDIC contracts course Copenhagen27-28 Feb06
at a major utility in Kosovo in January 2006. Among the main advantages of this
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approach are official recognition of participation and the availability of FIDIC
documents. The increased level of investment activity in countries such as Kosovo
offers considerable opportunities for consulting engineers, and for FIDIC with its
capacity building programme and established courses.
Business development
Project sustainability promoted in Tokyo and Paris [full item: 45De]
The built environment accounts for 40% of greenhouse gas emissions and thebuildings account for one-half of all resources extracted. Promoting sustainablebuildings and construction is therefore a major priority for governments andinternational agencies. Incorporating sustainability throughout the project life
span of 80 years for the average building is essential. FIDIC's main contribution is
Project Sustainability Management (PSM; FIDIC.org/psm) that defines project
goals and establishes a standards-based implementation process. Peter Boswell,
FIDIC General Manager, was invited to present PSM at the 2005 World
Sustainability Building Conference (Tokyo, 27-29 September; www.sb05.com)
that showcased building rating systems. These systems are becoming increasingly
more complex, by integrating life-cycle analysis and site-specific design, forexample. PSM works in association with rating systems by defining andimplementing a broad range of sustainability goals that are referenced toacknowledged whole-society goals.
A few days later, John Boyd, FIDIC Vice-President, and Peter Boswell participatedin the annual UNEP meeting with industry associations (Paris, 22 October 2005)
that aims to develop partnerships for actions to improve the environment.
Through UNEP's Industry Sector Scorecards (see www.unep.fr), PSM wasrecognized by participants as a outstanding initiative for moving society towards
greater sustainability on practical, project-by-project basis. FIDIC's objective at
the meeting was to establish partnership with client industries in the mining,transport and water and energy sectors for the application of PSM on projects.
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FIDIC President and Past-President in the news [full item: 28Im]
Some 14 senior Canadian parliamentarians attended the 2005 ACEC-Canadaawards ceremony that recognized industry achievements, and the value that
consulting engineering brings to society. A special highlight was a prize awarded
to Wayne Bowes, FIDIC Past-President (1999-2001), for many years of service toACEC-Canada and to the industry.
Jorge Díaz Padilla, FIDIC President, who is helping to organize the 4th World
Water Forum (Mexico City, www.worldwaterforum4.org.mx; 16-22 March 2006)
has indicated that more than 500 contributions have been received by theForum's Secretariat, including one from FIDIC in collaboration with CNEC-Mexicoand AJCE-Japan; some 150 will be selected for formal presentation. FIDIC aims to
make a important contributions, especially in sessions under the "Water for
Growth and Development" and "Water Supply and Sanitation for All" themes.

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Notices to Member Associations
Meetings: see Events
Budapest 2006 information
MA Letters
20/05: YP Management Training PDF
20/05: Future Leaders Award PDF
20/05: Adjudicators Assessment PDF
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