What is FEANI?

FEANI is a federation of professional engineers that unites national engineering associations

from 32 European countries. Thus, FEANI represents the interests of over 3,5 million
professional engineers in Europe. FEANI is striving for a single voice for the engineering
profession in Europe and wants to affirm and develop the professional identity of engineers.
Through its activities and services, especially with the attribution of the EUR
ING professional title, FEANI aims to facilitate the mutual recognition of engineering
qualifications in Europe and to strengthen the position, role and responsibility of engineers in
society. The General Secretariat of FEANI, managing the activities of the federation, is
located in Brussels since late 1997.
Address
http://www.feani.org/site/index.php
CPD Guidelines
FEANI CPD GUIDELINES FOR THE NATIONAL MEMBER ORGANISATIONS
FEANI encourages all National Member Organisation and their affiliated organisations
to
Include the promotion of CPD as an important element of the organisations mission.
Establish a CPD policy and communicate it to relevant national institutions and authorities,
highlighting the key role of qualified professional engineers for the development of the
economy and society.
Encourage companies, universities, professional organisations and others to invest in CPD for
engineers.
Encourage defined quality in CPD as well as innovative practises in learning.
Support individual engineers in their personal CPD e.g. by establishing a national CPD
committee to promote CPD.
Communicate Best-Practise in CPD among the National Member Organisations.
Follow the initiatives on competence recognition, mobility, employability and accreditation
of education and CPD e.g. European and National Qualification Framework.
Make the organisations CPD policy, along with the FEANI Guidelines on CPD for
Engineers in Europe, available to their members.
FEANI GUIDELINES ON CPD FOR ENGINEERS IN EUROPE
To maintain and develop their professional competence, individual engineers are
encouraged to:
Recognise the importance of CPD for their career, employability and mobility, as well as,
their professional satisfaction and well-being at all ages and stages throughout their career.
Take active ownership of their professional and personal development and invest in CPD. At
personal level, establish a Competence Development Plan and a broad idea of a Career Goal.
With the employer, negotiate a CPD plan which is realistic and in a systematic way builds
competences ensuring good execution of tasks and enabling career development.
Actively work towards realising the CPD plan. Systematically record their CPD activities and
achievements so that maintaining and/or developing professional competence can be
demonstrated, and if needed, the competence acquired may be assessed and acknowledged.
Strive for quality in their personal CPD, as well as, the use of a variety of methods e.g. formal
courses/programs, academic studies, professional visits, on-the job-learning.
Keep informed of and respond to the CPD mission, policy of their professional institution
and/or National Member Organisation. Use the CPD related services offered by the National
Member Organisation.

Events / Activities
BEST Courses
Visit companies, industrial plants and research centres
Take part in case studies
Follow interesting lectures covering many different technology fields, economics,
marketing and management
Receive ECTS credits in recognised courses
In these events, participants attend lectures given by the university's teaching staff or by
experts from companies. At the end of the course students take an exam, which is designed to
evaluate the participants' success. Read more
List of season events

You can apply for up to three BEST Courses per season, but you can only be accepted to
one of them.
Additionally, you can apply for up to three other events (BEST Events on Education or
BEST Leisure Events) per season, and get accepted to any number of them.


BEST Events on Education
BEST Events on Education are seminars that last for about 6 days. They gather engineering
students and professors from Europe with the purpose of evaluating and finding new paths for
higher engineering education in Europe.

BEST Engineering Competition
BEST Engineering Competitions are events where teams of students use their technical, soft,
social and communicative skills to compete in different categories: Team Design, Case
Studies, Negotiation and Debates.
Challenge your engineering skills through:
Local BEST Engineering Competitions
National and Regional Engineering Competitions
European BEST Engineering Competition (EBEC) final
Event Place Dates Type
Academic
complexity
[Read more]
Fee
(max)
Application
deadline
Rolling in the grid
Ekaterinburg,
Russia
1 - 10
February
2015
BEST
Course on
Technology
Basic 40.0
12 October
2014 at 23:00
CEST
CHEESE -
Choose How to
Establish an
Energy
Specialisation in
your Environment
Paris, France
5 - 14
February
2015
BEST
Course on
Technology
Basic 36.0
12 October
2014 at 23:00
CEST
Smart Antennas -
Stay Tuned!
Graz, Austria
7 - 15
February
2015
BEST
Course on
Technology
Advanced 36.0
12 October
2014 at 23:00
CEST
Follow me
Ekaterinburg,
Russia
9 - 18
February
2015
BEST
Course on
Technology
Basic 40.0
12 October
2014 at 23:00
CEST
Our prediction is
not innovative
fiction!
Kosice,
Slovakia
15 - 21
February
2015
BEST
Course on
Technology
Basic 28.0
12 October
2014 at 23:00
CEST
BEST Leisure Events
BEST also organises non-academic activities such as sailing weeks, ski-weeks, extreme
sports. These events have a higher fee and have no academic part. Only fun, fun and fun!
How to apply
In order to apply for an event, there are a few steps that you have to follow:
1. Who can apply?
o Students of technology from universities with a Local BEST Group.
2. A student can apply to:
o A maximum of 3 BEST Courses;
o A maximum of 3 Leisure Events or Event on Education.
3. A student can attend:
o A maximum of 3 BEST Courses during your period of studies;
o A maximum of 2 BEST Courses on summer seasons;
o A maximum of 1 BEST Course per single season;
o Any number of Leisure Events and Events on Education.
4. An application consists of:
o An application form with general personal information of the participant;
o A motivation letter;
o A list of studies appropriate for the event;
o An essay demonstrating the applicant's knowledge in the field of the event
(if necessary).
5. What do I have to do?
1. Go to the list of events, choose the event you want to apply to and click
apply link;
2. Enter your email address and your password if you are not already logged
in;
If you do not yet have an account, register here. After entering the
applications, contact your Local BEST Group and ask them to
validate your account;
3. Enter your applications;
4. Read the Never Alone Guide (download pdf version)
5. Pay the deposit if you were accepted to one of the events;
6. Arrange everything for your travel to the event;
7. Participate in the event (actively following the program prepared by the
organisers);
8. Pay the fee if there is any;
9. Evaluate the event (after participating in it) - you will need to login on this
website to do it.
Good luck with your application! In case of troubles, please contact us through our BEST
Helpdesk. If you have an account, please remember to mention your username and local
BEST group!
WHY AN ENGINEERING CARD?

Mobility is important for Engineers because of the demand for flexible deployment on an
international basis and different availability of engineers across national borders. Engineers
and Employers require a tool that shows a comparable educational profile whose recognition
is based on international standards and is easy to use for professionals and employers.

The Engineering Card is already available in the following countries:
Germany - www.engineering-card.de
Netherlands - www.engineering-card.nl
Czech Republic - www.engineering-card.cz
Poland
www.not.org.pl/not/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=676&Itemid=147
Croatia - www.his-hr.hr/his/eng/2012/04/20/eur-ing
Serbia - www.sits.org.rs
Slovenia - www.engineering-card.si


FEANI HAS 32 MEMBERS, REPRESENTING 32
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES : FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS,
PLEASE SELECT A COUNTRY ON BELOW MAP.

National Members
AUSTRIA sterreichisches Nationalkomitee der FEANI
BELGIUM Comit National Belge de la FEANI (CIBIC)
BULGARIA Federation of Scientific Technical Unions in Bulgaria (FNTS)
CROATIA Croatian Engineering Association (HIS)
CYPRUS FEANI Cyprus National Committee
CZECH REPUBLIC Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies
(CSVTS)
DENMARK Ingenirforeningen i Danmark (IDA)
ESTONIA Estonian Association of Engineers
FINLAND The Finnish National Committee for FEANI
FRANCE Ingnieurs et Scientifiques de France (IESF)
GERMANY Deutsches Nationalkomitee der FEANI
GREECE Comit National Hellnique de la FEANI
HUNGARY Hungarian National Committee for FEANI
ICELAND Association of Chartered Engineers of Iceland
IRELAND Engineers Ireland
ITALY Consiglio Nazionale Ingegneri (CNI)
LUXEMBOURG Association Luxembourgeoise des Ingnieurs (ALI)
FYROM Engineering Institution of Macedonia
MALTA Chamber of Engineers
NETHERLANDS Netherlands National FEANI Committee
NORWAY Norwegian National Committee for FEANI
POLAND Polish Federation of Engineering Associations
PORTUGAL Ordem dos Engenheiros
ROMANIA The General Association of Engineers in Romania (AGIR)
RUSSIA Russian Union of Scientific and Engineering
Associations (RUSEA)
SERBIA The Union of Engineers and Technicians of Serbia (UETS)
SLOVAKIA Slovak National Committee for FEANI (SNKF)
SLOVENIA Slovenian National Committee for FEANI
SPAIN Comite Nacional Espanol de la FEANI
SWEDEN Swedish National Committee for FEANI
SWITZERLAND Schweizer Nationalkomitee fr FEANI
UNITED KINGDOM British National FEANI Committee
Affiliated members
CES Caspian Engineers Society
KasZEE Kazachstan Society of Engineering Education
Associate members
SEFI Socit Europenne pour la Formation des Ingnieurs
Memorandum of Cooperation
EYE European Young Engineers
BEST Board of European Students of Technology
Membership policy
Institutions such as FEANI generally gain strength, weight and influence with growth. To be
efficient, FEANI must however assure an adequate level of homogeneity among its members.
Therefore acceptance criteria have been established which new applicants must prove they
fulfill. FEANI being a European Federation, the Guideline for the recognition of European
identity helps potential applicants to judge by themselves if they belong to this category.
CRITERIA
Conform to Article 8 and agree with 9 of the Statutes.
Being an association apolitical and representative of the profession, democratically organised
and independent.
Having an adequate level of engineering, education and professional organisation.
Association committed to bear financial burden of membership and cooperation.
A sufficient amount of people in the engineering population of the country of the applicant
should be able to speak one of the official FEANI languages.
From a democratic country in peace with its neighbouring countries and without territorial
claims.
Territory within Europe and having an European identity

Countries outside Europe may apply for membership with WFEO.