Enhance Engineers to Professionals International Standards Accreditation and

Enhance Engineers to Professionals. International Standards, Accreditation and Certification in Engineering Education & Profession Moscow 19 -10 -10 Professor J W Proper, NHTV University Breda, The Netherlands Chairman FEANI/European Monitoring Committee 1

Enhance Engineers to Professionals. Agenda • Some prerequisites to share • Introduction of a professional ? case study • • Feani INDEX EUR ING EMC developments + EURACE Engineering Card • “Professionals” test • Closing remarks and discussion

Enhance Engineers to Professionals. < Survey on Training and Regulation 0909 Ukraine l Variety of Academic Titles in Europe for Engineers/Resume Akademiingeniør Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Science Civilingeniør Civilingenjör Diplom-Ingenieur ETH Diplom-Ingenieur (FH) Diplomi-Insinöör Diplomirani Inženir Doktor-Ingenieur Dottore in Ingegneria Engenheiro Europa-Ingenieur (grad. ) Ingeniør Inginer Insinööri Инженер (inzhener) Ingeniero Químico Ingeniero Superior Ingeniero Técnico Ingénieur civil Ingénieur diplomé Ingénieur industriel Ingénieur technicien … makes comparison very difficult Inženyr Inžinier Inżynier Magister Inżynier Master of Arts Master of Engineering Master of Science Okleveles mérnök Okleveles üzemmérnök Sivilingeniør Teknikfræðingur Teknikumingeniør Verkfræðingur 3

Enhance Engineers to Professionals 1: Some prerequisites 1 -1 Set the Stage and Acces to the profession Trend in 2010 and beyond: • Number of Engineers is declining • Major Stakeholders call for reform: the renaissance engineer • Innovation, Sustainability and Entrepreneurship is needed And: In the European Union, each EU country is alone responsible for defining the Education/Formation/Academic Title as well as to regulate or not the access to the profession: - Education and access to the profession are not EU domain of responsibility - The principles of ‘Bologna’ are implemented in each country according to their national interpretation: Bologna (goals and implementation) is accepted 4

Enhance Engineers to Professionals Engineers degree and Engineers degrees • Engineers who are proficient in the more theoretical aspects dealing with research, original concepts and their creation (more theoretically orientated) • Engineers who have a firm understanding of engineering principles and an ability to apply them (more applications oriented).

Enhance Engineers to Professionals Professional / • EU Terminology Academic (as in EU Directive) Recognition (of Engineers) Qualification Recognition of professional qualifications • Engineer: two academic types - short cycle in Bologna terminology 1 st cycle or Bachelor - long cycle in Bologna terminology 2 nd cycle or Master However, in some EU countries 1 st cycle is not an “Engineer”: She/He is not authorized to work as an Engineer. Professional engineer Title given in Anglo-Saxon countries after assessment of a graduate engineer (long cycle) with 4 years professional experience (Chartered Engineer) Has no meaning in other European countries: after graduation (1 st cycle, 2 nd cycle or integrated 5 years cycle), the graduate Engineer may immediately exercise a job as an Engineer 6

Enhance Engineers to Professionals. < Acknowledged of professions by the business community Survey on Training and Regulation Results of a FEANI Survey 2005 … on Regulation of the Engineering Profession Ref: www. feani. org Publication: FEANI Special News 10/2005 7

Enhance Engineers to Professionals. 1 -2) Engineering • Engineering has two main components: • engineering knowledge, the “know what”, and • engineering process, the “know how”.

Enhance Engineers to Professionals 1 -2) Engineering • Engineering Knowledge - is the growing body of facts, experience and skills in science, engineering and technology disciplines; coupled to an understanding of the fields of application. (academic (projects) and professional (practice) related) (Life/Half Time Cycle) • Engineering Process - is the creative process which applies knowledge and experience to seek one or more technical solutions to meet a requirement, solve a problem, and then exercise informed judgment to implement the one that best meets constraints. (academic (projects) and professional (practice) related) Both components show differences in the academic and professional environment

Enhance Engineers to Professionals 1 -3) Knowledge and/or Competences Competence: ‘the ability, derived from a base of proven knowledge and practice, to do a particular activity to a prescribed standard’. Thus it is mainly concerned with what people understand can do rather than what they know and is a dynamic combination of attributes, abilities and attitudes. HOW and WHERE is this assessed? Competence as a human attribute is a collection of Competencies – discrete activities for which people possess the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding to engage in effectively. This implies that each element can be measured objectively and quantified. (Academic and Professional)

Enhance Engineers to Professionals 1 -3) All professional engineers show generic competences: • ability to serve society through a sound understanding of engineering principles based on a study of mathematics, scientific and technological subjects, • ability to apply theoretical and practical methods to the analysis and solution of engineering real life problems, • facility for multi-disciplinary working, with managerial and communications skills.

• • 2: Enhance Engineers to Professionals CASE STUDY Jan Willem Proper (Student or/and professional: knowledge, competences? ) Or/And Professor Dr. Ing. J W Proper MCTL • Professor at NHTV university of professional education, Breda • Transport and Logistics: Engineering degree in the Netherlands. (No Engineering in logistics in Belgium /USA/. . . ) • Second Cycle or master in business economics; • Ph. D in Logistics; • MCTL: UK recognition for professionals in the field of Transport and Logistics • Member of Feani-, CSCMP-, KIVINIRIA-, VLM- board

FEANI: The European Professional Engineer Organization representing: > 3. 5 million European Professional Engineers < (30 EU countries, including Russia) Feani Objectives (from the Statutes): - Through its National Members, help the Engineers to improve their career development. - To affirm the professional identity of the Engineers of Europe by ensuring the professional qualifications of Engineers of member countries are acknowledged in Europe and worldwide safeguarding and promoting the professional interests of Engineers facilitating their free movement within Europe and worldwide. - To strive for a single voice for the engineering profession of Europe, whilst acknowledging its diversity in representing the Engineers of Europe in international organizations and other decision making bodies. Professional Objectives (derived from Feani Objectives) - Formal recognition of Academic Degree in Engineering in Europe - Acknowledgment in the business community in Europe (and worldwide) - Free movement within Europe (and worldwide) - Improve career development - Network of peers 13

FEANI Contribution to Mobility, Recognition and Acknowledgement of < Professional Qualifications to support career and free movement Topics: INDEX database, EUR ING title, Professional Card FEANI Committees : The European Monitoring Committee (EMC) Experts in European engineering professional system and education: Check and approve entry of programmes in the INDEX proposed by the NMC Award EUR ING Title 13 Experts nominated by the FEANI National Members (only one expert per country) Serve in the EMC on a 3 -years term – renewable once EMC meets six times a year The decisions are definitive 14

Enhance Engineers to Professionals The FEANI INDEX Register • The purpose is: See Feani Goals a. To facilitate the movement of practicing engineers inside and outside the FEANI ambit and to establish a framework of mutual recognition of qualifications in order that engineers who wish to practice outside their country can carry with them a guarantee of ability. b. To give sufficient data about the qualification of the individual engineer for the benefit of a prospective employer. c. To encourage a continuous updating of the qualifications of engineers by setting, monitoring and reviewing standards. d. To provide a source of information about the great variety of formation systems in Member Countries to EU and Business and University communities.

FEANI Contribution to Mobility, Recognition and < Acknowledgement of Professional Qualifications to support career and free movement National Committees in charge of the INDEX • The National Monitoring Committees (NMC) In every country where FEANI has a National Member Tasks: v To keep the EMC well informed on the structure of engineering education and the standard of the individual Schools and/or programmes v To review any changes and/or additions to the approved list of schools and programmes and notify the Secretariat General 16

Enhance Engineers to Professionals 3 INDEX database • The FEANI INDEX database (started in 1980) An authoritative source of information about National engineering education systems and institutions in the European countries. • Contains today a list of +/- 1, 000 HE institutes with +/- 10, 000 engineering programmes accredited by FEANI, fulfilling the mandatory requirements for the EUR ING title • Centrally maintained at the FEANI Secretariat General • Can be consulted on-line: The INDEX comprises: – – – a short description of the national engineering educational and professional systems the names of the accepted institutions of engineering higher education and their accepted programmes the academic title in the national language the nominal duration of study, expressed in U and T the period of validity of the course

FEANI Contribution to Mobility, Recognition and Acknowledgement of Professional Qualifications to support career and free movement Procedure to analyse proposals from NMCs to update the INDEX 1. Nomination of a temporary Working Group to perform a desktop study 2. In case of major changes/new education systems/new countries. . an EMC delegation is sent for a visit 3. Detailed procedure for screening the programmes 4. Minimum requirements for the formation of an engineer: Basic Sciences: a minimum of 20% of the overall ECTS Mathematics: a minimum of 24 ECTS Engineering Subjects: a minimum of 50 -60% of the overall ECTS Non-technical subjects: a minimum of 10% of the overall ECTS Discussion on input versus competences 18

FEANI Contribution to Mobility, Recognition and Acknowledgement of Professional Qualifications to support career and free movement The FEANI EUR ING title The FEANI contribution for promoting Mobility and Recognition: EUR ING title, designed as a guaranty of competence for Professional Engineers. • Establish a framework of mutual recognition of qualifications and facilitate the movement of practicing Engineers within and outside the geographical area represented by FEANI’s member countries 19

FEANI’s ‘private’ title EUR ING aims at promoting Mobility and Recognition < 0909 Ukraine l Formation Framework for all Professional Engineers • Sufficient flexibility to meet the individual requirements of its different National Members • 7 years of Formation: Education Training Experience U T E between 3 and 5 years minimum 2 years B + 3 U = 2 U/T/E + 2 E • The FEANI professional formation framework: 4 E 3 U 3 U 2 T 2 E B 3, 5 U 5 U 0, 5 T 3 E 2 E 20

FEANI Contribution to Mobility, Recognition and < Acknowledgement of Professional Qualifications to support career and free movement Prerequisites to obtain the EUR ING title • To be a member of one of the FEANI National engineering organisations How to apply for the EUR ING Step 1: Fill in the application form on the FEANI website Transmit it to the National engineering organisation the applicant is registered in The application is verified by the NMC (National Monitoring Committee) Step 2: If ok, the NMC transmits the application to the EMC for verification and approval Step 3: If the application is approved by the EMC, the applicant receives: - a parchment - certificate - accompanying letter The applicant’s data are stored in the FEANI EUR ING database, kept and maintained at the Feani Secretariat 21

FEANI Contribution to Mobility, Recognition and Acknowledgement of Professional Qualifications to support career and free movement Future FEANI INDEX and EUR-ACE The INDEX is a FEANI proprietary system The acceptance process is exclusively done by FEANI experts Next Step: From a FEANI proprietary system of acceptance to an open European accreditation system EUR-ACE + “Feani approval” European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education > EUR-ACE labelled programmes will be inserted in the FEANI INDEX. 22

FEANI Contribution to Mobility, Recognition and Acknowledgement of Professional Qualifications to support career and free movement < A EU Socrates-Tempus financed project Objective: • EUR-ACE proposes a framework for setting up a (single) European system for accreditation of engineering education at the First Cycle and Second Cycle level (as defined within the Bologna process) • See Feani Goals to provide a ‘European Label’ of the accredited programmes as entry route to the profession to facilitate trans-national recognition of the education programme by European label marketing to facilitate recognition of the graduate by National authorities of the European Member States (in line with the EU Directive on Recognition of Professional Qualifications) to facilitate universal recognition agreements 23

FEANI Contribution to Mobility, Recognition and Acknowledgement of Professional Qualifications to support career and free movement < Remarks: • Not a European Directive • A bottom-up agreement towards a decentralized accreditation system: • Based on competences as is Index based on Input criteria + U/T distinction: Related to Academic degree 24

FEANI Contribution to Mobility, Recognition and Acknowledgement of Professional Qualifications to support career and free movement < EUR-ACE Framework Standards: based on programme outcomes (academic competences) as: • Knowledge and Understanding • Engineering Analysis • Engineering Design • Investigations • Engineering Practice • Transferable (personal) Skills 25

FEANI Contribution to Mobility, Recognition and Acknowledgement of Professional Qualifications to support < career and free movement List of EUR-ACE accredited programmes - Example 26

Enhance Engineers to Professionals • Use of EURACE + EMC Action points 2010 • (Related) Quality Assurance systems to create a up-date, quality Index: “Brussels Accord” “An international agreement about Feani related critria for accrediting engineering degree programs. It recognizes the substantial equivalency of programs accredited and recommends that graduates of programs accredited by any of the signatory bodies be recognized by the other bodies as having met the academic requirements for entry to the practice of engineering” (concept). - France: CTI

Enhance Engineers to Professionals EMC Action points 2010 • Input versus Output criteria: use of competences and including T. • Use of existing systems for judgment of working experiences. – Chartered Institute of Engineers (UK, IR) • Marketing of EUR ING and Index

Objectives of the engineer. ING card Promotion of the EU-wide mobility of engineers in accordance with Directive 2005/36/EG of the European Parliament and Council („on the recognition of professional qualifications“) Profile shaping and further development of the profession through orientation on Europe-wide standards Strengthening of the engineering community through transparency of the engineer status, individual degrees and intensified identification 29

Business and Industry Support the engineer. ING card “Comparable standards facilitate the crosscountry employment of engineers. We therefore welcome the engineer. ING card”. Christoph Dänzer-Vanotti, Chief Human Resources Officer at E. ON AG “As a globally active business we need the best engineers. We therefore support the engineer. ING card!“ Michael Dick, Board Member for Technical Development at Audi “The engineer. ING card creates more transparency on the employment market. We therefore also benefit from it as business”. Peter Smits, Regional Manager for Central Europe and CEO of ABB AG 30

Degree in engineering from university Which Requirements Must Be Met? 1 short cycle engineer long cycle engineer EUR-ACE®-accredited Bachelor‘s- / Master‘s degree programme 1 Other degrees Individual equivalence test EUR-ACE = European Accredited Engineering 31

The engineering Card as a decentralized system monitored by FEANI Germany The Netherlands Further countries will follow… Goal: The engineer. ING card is recognised at European level How: The European countries introduce the same systems (National Register Committee, uniform admission criteria, uniform design of card and register data sheet). FEANI: The monitoring of the national system is carried out by FEANI 32

engineer. ING card: Front 01 02 03 04 a 04 b 05 06 07 08 Given Name Surname Date and Place of Birth Date of Issue Date of Expiry Member of Association/ Organisation ID Number Signature Key for qualifications 33

The Register Data Sheet Features all Important Details Academic Studies Professional Experience Continuing Education Personal Details 34

- “Professionals” test: Enhance Engineers to Professionals • Do you accept the concept of Difference and Excellence: - - Europe academic qualifications and professional qualifications show diversity Europe engineers is not one unified concept Engineering knowledge and engineering know how relate to both academic and professional components Professional Engineers in Europe show some common competences Are you understanding the relevance of : - European recognition of Academic Degrees in Engineering Acknowledgment in the business community in Europe (and worldwide) Support of free movement for job opportunities within Europe Improvement of international career development Network of peers - Do you support the relevance of Index - Do you support the relevance of the EUR ING concept - Do you support the professional Engineering Card?

Then you Enhance Engineers to be: Professionals • Success is a journey, not a destination • Don’t just solve problems, create opportunities • If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem Thank You