On September 15, 2020, the Secretary General Chartered Engineering, dr.ir. Antoinette Vietsch signed on behalf of KIVI the statutes of the European alliance for mutual recognition of certification of engineering competencies, Enginet. KIVI is thus one of the founding fathers. The other founding fathers are: the Italian CERT-ING Agency, the Société Nationale des Ingénieurs Professionnels…
Following the decision of the Members’ Council to organise the activities for Chartered Engineering in its own Chartered Engineering section, the quartermasters Eelco Schrik and Antoinette Vietsch made the necessary preparations. This period is concluded by the appointment on 30 June 2020 by the board of KIVI of the following engineers as board members of…
On 26 June 2020 David Loosley, the Chief executive of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEst) and Bart Struwe, interim Chief Executive of KIVI signed a cooperative agreement for joint membership. This agreement, which is endorsed by the Royal Dutch Marine, is the result of a pilot in combination with the new…
The annual meeting of the International Engineering Alliance, IEA took place on zoom instead of in Cape Town. The Secretary General Chartered Engineering, dr.ir. Antoinette Vietsch was invited by the IPEA Executive Committee to held a short presentation on 24 June 2020 at 2.30 CEST. The presentation was to support the application of the membership…
Not only the Board of KIVI but also the Members’ Council endorses on 16 December 2019 the report “Chartered Engineering, success or drama” of the Chartered Engineering working group of the Members’ Council. The report begins with a historical summary and a global description of other professional registers and registrations. The opinion of the…
On July 27, KIVI welcomed Francesc González, Director of AQPE of Spain, to our headquarters in The Hague. Here we signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement to facilitate the mobility of Incorporated Engineers. The signing of this agreement was necessary to complete the formalisation of relations initiated on March 12 with the signing of a mutual…
On the 20th July 2018, The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES) signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with The Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers (KIVI) to promote the mutual recognition of Chartered Engineers. With the agreement, Chartered Engineers from The Netherlands can gain professional recognition of their qualifications and expertise when they practice in Singapore…
In April of this year KIVI CEO Micaela dos Ramos and AQPE (Agency for Qualification of Professional Engineers, Spain) President Oriol Barbeito came together to sign a Mutual Recognition Agreement. This exciting new venture will allow professional engineers registered with either AQPE or KIVI the opportunity upon request to be fully recognised at an equal…
On Thursday 22 February at the KIVI headquarters, a group of senior engineers from the Royal Netherlands Navy received mentor training in accordance with the Professional Registration assessment process. This was to supplement the new pilot group within the Royal Netherlands Navy who are starting their journey to becoming Chartered Engineers and Incorporated Engineers with KIVI.…
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