On Thursday 22nd June it was with great pleasure that KIVI were voted in as a provisional member of the International Professional Engineer Agreement, and are now a member of the IEA.
The International Engineering Alliance (IEA) is a global not-for-profit organisation, which comprises members from 35 jurisdictions. Some of these members include, Engineers Ireland, Engineering Council UK, Engineers Australia and Hong Kong Institute of Engineers. The IEA is active within 26 countries and across seven international agreements. These international agreements govern the recognition of engineering educational qualifications and professional competence.
Through the Educational Accords and Competence Agreements, members of the International Engineering Alliance establish and enforce internationally bench-marked standards for engineering education and expected competence for engineering practice.
In June of this year a delegation from KIVI and TU Delft’s Karel Luyben attended the IEA (International Engineering Alliance) annual meeting. During this time our group of representatives had to present and prepare an application for membership of the IPEA (International Professional Engineers Agreement) and were successful in doing so.
As well as our newly obtained membership to the IEA, the week also included lots of other productive talks and meetings with representatives from Institutes all over the world. From this we hope to continue our outreach to the International Engineering Community and to provide further opportunities for knowledge exchange and cooperation, as well as mobility and professional development opportunities for our engineers.
Overall the conference was a great success for our delegation and we very much look forward to being part of the IEA family.
