CSCE International Affairs Committee
The International Affairs Committee plans and implements training and technical exchange activities under joint cost sharing agreements with Civil Engineering organizations in other countries. These collaborations include short courses, workshops and seminars.
For further information, please contact:
CSCE National Office
4877 Sherbrooke St., Westmount, QC H3Z 1G9
Tel.: (514) 933-2634 Fax: (514) 933-3504
E-mail: info@csce.ca
OR the Chair of the IAC
Workshop photo- all attendants at “Changing Hydrologic Cycle and Water Security” Workshop
Meeting with China Association for International Exchange of Personnel
Yangtze River Model at Hydraulics Lab of Changjiang Water Resources Commission
in Wuhan
Dinner with Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society after meeting
IAC’s Selected Projects and Activities (2009-2012)
Protocol – Civil Engineering for A sustainable Future
The American Society of Civil Engineers, the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and the Institution of Civil Engineers believe that emerging global challenges over the last decade, including the financial crisis, population migration, and food and energy crises, have reinforced the need to secure and fulfill internationally agreed commitments to sustainable development. Please click here to read Protocol Triennial 2012 .
Civil Engineering and Climate Change Protocol
At the close of the 2009 Triennial Conference held in St. John’s, NL from June 1-2, 2009, the Presidents of ICE, ASCE and CSCE jointly signed a Civil Engineering and Climate Change Protocol. Please click here to read Protocol Triennial 2009 – .
CSCE President’s Visit to Beijing and Hong Kong. With arrangements made by IAC, the CSCE President, Mr. Gordon Jin, visited China in April 2010. In Beijing, he was warmly welcomed by the Presidents of the Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society, the China Civil Engineering Society and the China Highway and Transportation Society. During meetings, past technical exchanges were reviewed and new cooperative programs discussed. The CSCE President’s visit to China strengthened CSCE relationships with the three Chinese sister engineering societies. In Hong Kong, the CSCE President met with members of the CSCE Hong Kong Branch, the first Branch of the Society outside of Canada. He also met with senior leaders of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, one of the most influential engineering societies in the Asia-Pacific Region. Read more about this visit – click here. Presidential Visit to China 2010
Shiyang River Basin Project. This 3-year project of the Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society (CHES), the Gansu Research Institute for Water Conservancy (GRIWC) and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) concerns environmental / ecological assessments and restoration of the Shiyang River basin in the central part of Gansu Province, north-west China. In November 2009, a delegation of three CHES members and three GRIWC members visited Canada for discussions with members of the CSCE project team and for collecting technical information from universities and the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa. In April 2010, five CSCE technical team members went to China to discuss some of the experimental and numerical data that will go into the final project report.
The 2nd International Conference on Waste Engineering and Management (ICWEM 2010). This Conference, being organized jointly by the CSCE, the China Civil Engineering Society and the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, will be held in Shanghai, China from October 13 to15, 2010. The “First Call for Papers” was sent out in December 2009. In May 2010, the abstract review/ paper acceptance process was completed.
International Conference of Transportation Information and Safety (ICTIS). In September 2009, the CSCE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Wuhan University of Technology (WHUT) to co-organize the ICTIS in 2010 and subsequent international conferences in China. The Wuhan University has agreed to take 100% of the financial risks for organizing the conference. The CSCE will implement this MOU through the IAC and the CSCE Transportation Division.
Liaison with IE (I) (Institution of Engineers, India). Work continued on a proposal to initiate a “CSCE e-membership to select IE(I) student members would entail providing initially limited one-year memberships to IE(I) student members in Pune (a city 200 km south of Mumbai). The aim is to create awareness of the CSCE, and its various services and the activities If the pilot project proceeds and is successful, it could be extended to other cities in India and possibly to other countries.
Water Project in Cameroon, Africa. The Kumbo Water Improvement project agreement with CIDA came into effect in October 2009. In December 2009, a local coordinator was hired and partnership arrangements, logistics and financial systems established for the project. During December 2009 and January 2010, terms of reference and schedules were established and volunteers recruited to undertake the work. In 2010, six assignments will involve Canadians going to Cameroon and two assignments will involve Cameroonians coming to Canada. In April 2010, the Manager of Operations worked a month with the City of Guelph in operations and maintenance management training. In October 2010, the KWA General Manager will spend three weeks in the Ottawa meeting utility managers and participating in management training.
Proposed Project in Haiti. Kirk Thompson has worked closely with Doug Salloum (CSCE Executive Director) in preparing a CSCE proposal for a project to develop updated building codes for Haiti to allow construction to withstand expected natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, mudslides, and flooding.
Domestic Program. IAC is attempting to increase its services to CSCE members in Canada. Special presentations, updated website information, webinars, and informational publications were planned for the forthcoming year. IAC continues to provide information to CSCE members in CIVIL Canadian Civil Engineer (CCE). The 2009 summer issue of CIVIL on the theme of “International Perspectives of Civil Engineering” was published in June 2009.
Summary of International Agreements
ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers
AICCP – Asociacion de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos (Spain)
BSE - Bahamas Society of Engineers
CCES – China Civil Engineering Society
CHES – Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society
CHTS – China Highway and Transportation Society
CIP - Colegio de Ingenieros del Perú
CSES - Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences
ETE - Épitoipari Tudomanyos Egyesulet (Hungary)
FECIC - Federación de Colegios de Ingenieros Civiles de la Republica Mexicana
HKIE - Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
IAHR - International Association for Hydraulic Engineering & Research (The Netherlands)
ICE/ESE - Institution of Civil Engineers of the Egyptian Society of Engineers
ICE - Institution of Civil Engineers, UK
IE (Australia) – Institution of Engineers, Australia
IE (Argentina) - Instituto de Engenharia Argentina
IEI – Institution of Engineers (India)
IPENZ - Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand
ISCE - Israeli Society of Civil Engineers
ISOPE - International Society of Offshore & Polar Engineers (USA)
JIE – Jamaica Institution of Engineers
JSCE - Japan Society of Civil Engineers
KSCE - Korean Society of Civil Engineers
PICE – Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, Inc
PZITS – Polish Association of Sanitary Engineers & Technicians
SISF – Société des Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France
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