ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING ROMA JANUARY 2017

The Secretary General of the Arab Federation of Engineers, prof. Adil Alhadithi, chaired the Executive Board by the EAMC (Organization of Mediterranean Engineers' Organization), which took place on 21 January at the headquarters of the National Council of Engineers hosting the General Secretariat of the Association, entrusted to Ing. Nicola He says, already a member of CNI. The Executive Board also took part in the technical tables of the tables operating within the Association.

Particularly important was the initiative initiated by the Committee Infrastructure and Construction, chaired by Chairman Nick Zygouris, a member of the National Council of Greek Engineers, who set up a group, coordinated by Prof. Massimo Guarascio, for the study and support of the project for the construction of a bridge that connects Tunisia with Sicily (TUNelIT).

EAMC has supported it since its first activities and its activities will be illustrated in the Kick Off meeting scheduled for 8 February 2017 at the Faculty of Engineering of the Sapienza University in Rome with the participation of Italian and Tunisian institutional representatives.

The Committee Engineering Education and Professional Qualification, chaired by the chairman Prof. Alfredo Squarzoni, Director QUACING / CNI, proposed to extend its activities to accrediting university courses in Arab countries starting from an analysis of national systems to date Operating. The Commitee Energy and Renewable Energies, chaired by Chairman Walid Al Baba, vice president of the Lebanese Engineers Union, has Will be shown at the international conference scheduled in Beirut on 12-15 March 2017 hosted by the Union itself.

The Committee Environment, chaired by Chairman Mohammed Al Nemr, vice chairman of the Egyptian Engineers' Union, proposed a joint operational model with Energy and Renewable Energies and Structure and Infrastructure committees for aspects related to its business.

"Having created in the Mediterranean area," explains ing. Nicola Monda, Secretary-General of EAMC - an Association that is a place of mutual knowledge and a confrontation on topics of particular importance, with the participation of delegated engineers of the institutional representatives of engineering in the countries concerned, was particularly appreciated and 'Italian engineering in a prominent position around the world.'

The Association is the development of the network created at the initiative of the CNI, under the auspices of the Assembly of the Mediterranean Parliaments (PAM) and with the collaboration of WFEO (World Federation of Engineer Organizations) and RMEI (Réseau Méditerranéen des Ecoles d 'Ingénieurs). National Association of Country Engineers from Federation of Arab Engineers (Federation Arab Engineers) and all European countries join the Association through the European Association of Engineers (ECEC), ECCE (European Council of Civil Engineers) and RMEI.

The Association established in Cairo in May 2016 was recognized as a world-wide association in the WFEO Executive Council (World Federation Engineering Organization), which was held in Lima in December 2016, adding to the most important international organizations already members of WFEO.

The second EAMC assembly, organized by the Technical Chamber of Greece, will be held in Crete on 12 and 13 May 2017.

Rome, January 23, 2017