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Latest news
Recent issues of FIDIC News are based on short versions of the latest news items.
 
FIDIC - Activities Archive
 
FIDIC 2010
Item 113Ac		The FIDIC 2010 conference Managing Innovation - The Way Forward promises to be a landmark event for consulting engineering. [Sunday, April 04, 2010] Temple
Mexico
Item 114Ac		Central and Latin American countries move closer to FIDIC following participation in CNEC-Mexico and pan-American events.  [Wednesday, July 07, 2010] Mexico</td
Sponsorship
Item 115Ac		FIDIC enters into sponsorships agreements with firms in key areas on business activity. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010]
FIDIC 2010
Item 116Ac		The FIDIC 2010 New Delhi Conference business programme, speakers, activities and side events testify to Incredible India's remarkable diversity and achievements. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010] President</td
 
Business - Development Archive
 
Bayo Adeola
Item 66De		Engineering is Development by Bayo Adeola, a former FIDIC Executive Committee member, tells a story of resilience in difficult circumstances. [Wednesday, December 01, 2010] Adeola
World Bank
Item 67De		The World Bank's revised Consultants Guidelines can be commented on before 15 May 2010. [Friday, April 10, 2020] QBS
Certification
Item 68De		The Chinese government has approved the creation of a pilot FIDIC Engineer certification scheme. [Friday, April 10, 2020]
Latin America
Item 69De		A pan-American round-table held during the CNEC-Mexico 25th anniversary celebrations highlighted cost-based selection as a severe obstacle. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010] Urete</td
 
Business - Practice Archive
 
ISO
Item 84Pr		A new International Standards Organization publication International Standards and "private standards" does little to answer the questions. [Sunday, April 04, 2010] Standards
Client award
Item 85Pr		An international equivalent of the USIC-Switzerland procurement Best Practice Award is planned. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010] Glarus</td
 
Business - Contracts Archive
 
Spanish courses
Item 85Co		Tecniberia ha suscrito un acuerdo con FIDIC y LAMBAL para impartir cursos FIDIC con acreditación oficial. [Wednesday, May 05, 2010]
Forms tool
Item 86Co		The multilateral development banks are implementing web-based form filling systems to improve the consistency of bidding documents. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010]
Design-Build
Item 87Co		China's drafting of new national contracts and recent multilateral development bank announcements reflect the growing interest in design-build and turnkey projects. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010]
 
Industry - Representation Archive
 
EFCA
Item 68Re		Extensive discussions on the role of a European federation in a more global industry have ended with the development of a new FIDIC-EFCA agreement.  [Sunday, April 04, 2010] EFCA
EFCA
Item 69Re		FIDIC has signed a new agreement with the European federation EFCA that envisages EFCA representing FIDIC in Europe to achieve greater synergy and efficiencies. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010] EFCA
 
Industry - Image Archive
 
Skills
Item 50Im		The impact of investments in measures to introduce clean energy technology to be reviewed by the FIDIC Climate Change Task Group. [Sunday, April 04, 2010] Jobs
Austria
Item 51Im		The vital role of engineers was celebrated to mark Austria's 150 years of the formal recognition of civil engineers. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010]
 
Principles - Quality Archive
 
UNCITRAL
Item 4Qu		Active participation has confirmed that the revised UNCITRAL Model Law and guide will accommodate Quality Based Selection. [Sunday, April 04, 2010] UNCITRAL
Cost-based awards
Item 5Qu		In response to European Union Directives, the European federation EFCA has issued a policy statement urging clients not to use the lowest price option. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010] EU
 
Principles - Ethics Archive
 
ISO
Item 50Et		The International Standards Organization has decided to progress its ISO draft 26000 social responsibility guidance to become a fully fledged standard.  [Sunday, April 04, 2010] ISO
MDBs
Item 51Et		A multilateral development bank cross-debarment agreement formalises what was effectively in place under a 2006 agreement. [Sunday, April 04, 2010] Debarment
Legislation
Item 52Et		With anticorruption legislation becoming more severe worldwide, legislators and development banks are turning to stronger reporting incentives. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010] Obama</td
 
Principles - Sustainability Archive
 
Climate Change
Item 9Su		FIDIC's new Climate Change Task Group is to consolidate and share information on a wide range of Member Association initiatives. [Sunday, April 04, 2010] Boyd
Cooperation
Item 10Su		The Sustainable Building (SB) Alliance, the World Green Building Council and the UNEP Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative have signed a MoU to develop metrics. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010] WGBC
 
Announcements - Events Archive
 
2010 ITP
Item 62Ev		Intensive training courses taking place worldwide feature. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010]
2010 Conferences
Item 63Ev		International and regional conferences feature [Wednesday, July 07, 2010]
GAMA 2010
Item 69Ev		Speakers, including Kenya's Prime Minister, called for more local participation in development bank funded projects. [Sunday, April 04, 2010] Gama
Users Conference
Item 70Ev		The 2010 Asia-Pacific contracts users conference reviewed the latest developments from both FIDIC's and users' perspectives. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010]
 
Announcements - Notices Archive
 
Centenary
Item 13No		FIDIC members are to be invited to help plan the FIDIC 2013 Centenary Conference in Barcelona. [Sunday, April 04, 2010] Cornelius
Capacity Building
Item 14No		Henning Therkelson, the new Capacity Building Committee chair, plans to review activities.  [Sunday, April 04, 2010] Therkelsen
Business Practice
Item 15No		Like many FIDIC committees, the Business Practices Committee now uses routinely online web conferencing for its meetings. [Sunday, April 04, 2010]
Mexico
Item 16No		The FIDIC Executive Committee will meet in Mexico City on 19-20 May 2010 on the occasion of CNEC-Mexico's 25th anniversary. [Sunday, April 04, 2010]
Executive
Item 17No		The FIDIC Executive Committee met in Mexico City in association with CNEC-Mexico 25th anniversary celebrations. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010]
Executive
Item 18No		With FIDIC's centenary in 2013 approaching, partnering with international organisations and consolidating committee outputs were stressed. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010] Harmonised
Networking
Item 19No		FIDIC conferences offer interesting possibilities for supporting member firm business development. [Wednesday, July 07, 2010]
 
Announcements Archive
 
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