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Capacity Building: Events 
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The Capacity Building Forum is coordinated by the FIDIC Capacity Building Committee
 
Young Professionals Management Training Programme
FIDIC organizes each year a management training programme for young professionals that is supplied by the training organization DIEU. The next programme starts in February 2008 and ends at the FIDIC 2008 Annual Conference (Quebec, September 2005). Further information and registration (both offline and online) is available at www.fidic.org/ypmtp.
 
Training courses, seminary and workshops
Organized by FIDIC
FIDIC organizes workshop and training courses with other organizations and with FIDIC Member Associations (search in the FIDIC Diary). 
Organizations wishing to organize a training course in association with FIDIC are asked to complete a Request for Information form (RTF). Courses of 1-3 days can be organized in topics ranging from contracts, dispute resolution, procurement and tendering through to all the aspects of business practice covered in the FIDIC Guide to Practice training manual (see capacity building materials).
 
Co-organized by FIDIC
Several organizations supply training in aspects of business practice related to FIDIC's contracts, agreements and management practices. For contracts and dispute resolution: see News item or search in the FIDIC Diary.
 
Regional Training Centers
For more general information about the proposed training programmes. A listing of the courses available at the Regional Training Centers.
 
Centers
FIDIC-Tsinghua University-CNEAC (FTC) Regional Training Centre
Agreement to create the FIDIC - Tsinghua - CNAEC Training Centre for programme and project management for postgraduates, with a main focus on FIDIC Conditions of Contract, was signed on 29 April 2001 (News item). The first training course took place in the winter of 2001/2 following an introductory course in October 2001. The next course took place (on urban sustainability management) is in May 2002 in Shanghai. Courses are planned for l2006. Postgraduate and professional development.   Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
FIDIC-KAIST-KENCA (FKK) Regional Training Centre
An agreement was signed in Seoul on 13 March 2003, for a three-year agreement-in-principle to form, in partnership with the Korea Engineering and Consulting Association (KENCA), a joint regional FIDIC-KAIST-KENCA (FKK) Training Centre for postgraduates based at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) campus in Seoul. The first courses will be held at the end of 2003.   KAIST
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea
FIDIC-Jordan Training Programme
The Engineering Training Centre, Amman, Jordan, entered into an agreement with FIDIC in 2006 to organize the FIDIC-Jordan Training Programme (PDF) comprising training courses based on the modules of the FIDIC Guide to Practice Training Manual and the FIDIC Contracts Manual. Courses started in 2007 and a regular series of some six  two-day courses are organized each year. The ETC is operated by the Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) and the FIDIC courses organized by the centre are organized under the auspices of the Jordan Architects and Consulting Engineers Council (JACEC) that groups the JJEA and the Architects and Engineers Business Council (AEBC). Contact etc@jea.org.jo Amman
Amman, Jordan
 
In-house Training Courses
FIDIC offers in-house training courses, either in partnership with training organizations or organized by FIDIC Events through the FIDIC Secretariat using FIDIC Experts (using a FIDIC Expert for FIDIC recognized in-house training confers certain advantages - see Guidelines in PDF). Please contact FIDIC Events at fidic@fidic.org for information. Typical courses take one or two days, in English with other languages available, and translators can be arranged in necessary.
 
Participants taking part in a FIDIC in-house training course receive a certificate of attendance, issued by FIDIC. Programmes that are available are:
 
Area Topic Supplier Programme
Business practice Financial management FIDIC
Firm management FIDIC
Business development FIDIC
Preparing for the future FIDIC
Management systems Project Sustainability Management FIDIC  Two-day, English
Environment management FIDIC/UNEP  
Business Integrity Management FIDIC  
Project Management for consulting engineers FIDIC
Procurement Tendering and procurement FIDIC
Contracts and agreements Client-Consultant agreements for engineers    
Contracts management and administration FIDIC Two-day, English
Practical use of contracts ECV Two-day, English
Claims and dispute resolution ECV Two-day, English
Dispute Adjudication Boards and duties of the adjudicator ECV
 
National Capacity Building Development Programmes
FIDIC launched a programme of seminary in 2005 to enable national Member Associations to develop a capacity building programme. The first event was in Tehran in June 2005. A recommended programme for a one-day seminar is available Word. Capacity development seminars have been held in Malaysia and Tanzania. The next is planned for Damascus, Syria, on 12-13 April 2008.
 
Member Association Training Programmes (English speaking)
FIDIC national Member Associations organize training programme for both post-graduates and the continued development of professionals.
 
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