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Consulting Engineering in Europe

Consulting Engineering in Europe. Yann Leblais EFCA President. Warsaw, 30 October 2006. Agenda. Brief overview about our Industry and Europe EFCA briefly Market Trends & Challenges How we see the European Commission Policy.

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Consulting Engineering in Europe

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  1. Consulting Engineering in Europe Yann Leblais EFCA President Warsaw, 30 October 2006 SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  2. Agenda • Brief overview about our Industry and Europe • EFCA briefly • Market Trends & Challenges • How we see the European Commission Policy SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  3. Total production of engineering consulting services in EU exceeds 70 billion euro annually This intellectual services’ sector employs about 1,000,000 persons SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  4. EU Laws 75 % EU Origin NationalLaws 25 % National Origin EU Influence on National Legislation SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  5. The Institutional Triangle of Europe Initiative Policies application (Civil servants) Commission Law Budget Control Political body Council Parliament CO-DECISION (MoP) (Statesrepresentatives) SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  6. The Voice of theEuropean Consulting Engineering Industry EFCA SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  7. EFCA is the sole European representationof consulting engineers Iceland Sweden Finland Norway Ireland Denmark U.K. Neth. Poland Germany Belgium Comprises 28 national member Associations from 27 European countries Czech Rep. Slovakia Austria Switz. Hungary France Slovenia Romania Spain Bulgaria Portugal Italy Albania Turkey Greece SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  8. EFCA’s Goals 1. EFCA is influencing EU legislation which impacts on the engineering consultancy business practice 2. EFCA promotes faircompetition and transparent procurement rules 3. EFCA is a business platform/network for member associations and European firms SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  9. LEGISLATIVE WATCH BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE IMPACT ASSESSMENT RESULTS + STRATEGY NETWORKING LOBBYING COMMUNICATION EFCA’s Approach SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  10. Four Pillars of EFCA’s Work EFCA-Board Committee Public Procurement Committee Project Financing Committee Professional Liability Committee Development Cooperation EFCA Secretariat SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  11. Market Trends&Challenges SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  12. Positive Market Trends • Ever-increasing engineering consultancy needs • Countries developments (ageing in Western Europe, population growth elsewhere, urbanisation, energy, transportation, water, health, …) • Sustainability approaches • Climate change (prevention & protection) • Evolution of advanced technologies (security, IT, …) SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  13. Challenges (1) • Large & integrated projects → change in competition • Multidisciplinary & multinational teams • Integrated teams • Networks and partnerships • Consolidation of firms • Role of large contractors SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  14. Challenges (2) • New financing models→ change in role • New portfolio • Procurement expertise • Project management • Financial engineering • New clients and/or partners SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  15. Challenges (3) • Finance needs • Innovation and R&D • But … continuous pressure on price • Risk coverage • Clear risk identification • Balanced risk allocation • Risk insurability at reasonable cost • From a cost … to an adding value stakeholder SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  16. Challenges (4) • European legislation → Local legislation • The most economically advantageous tender • Transparency and fair competition • Clear project definition • Comprehensive TOR • From technical clients to cost manager clients SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  17. How we see the European Commission Policy SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  18. The Commission evolution • A global actor and the third largest donor in the world • From a marginal donor in the nineties now recognised for size and relevance by all other actors (bilateral, multilateral structures, OECD) SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  19. The Commission evolution • Very important investments in new EU member states through Structural and Cohesion funds • Deconcentration and devolution of power towards delegations SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  20. Consulting engineers expect from the Commission • More quality and output oriented project approaches • More streamlining and simplification in procedures • More partnerships than control and mistrust SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

  21. EFCA thanks you for your attention --- Enjoy the discussion SIDIR - Consulting Engineering in Europe

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