FIDIC presentation, 23 Feb' 2005

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FIDIC Events 2005-2006
FIDIC offers a broad range of training-related
activities.
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• Types of training activities

• Courses in-depth presentations supplemented by
  break-out sessions and well-documented cases
  studies
• Workshops sharing of experience in moderated
  working groups
• Seminarsa broader coverage of topics around a
  core theme by providing a series of presentations
  
• Conferences plenary presentations that expose
  participants to leading authorities in the field

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• Types of training activities

• Training centres make use of established
  educational institutions to extend training to
  cover business practice through collaboration
  with FIDIC and its Member Associations
• (examples China, Korea, Australia)
• Training Programmes a broader range of topics
  covered and a more flexible organisation
• (example Young Professionals)
• In-house tailored for specific needs
• (mainly firms)

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• Organisation

• FIDIC generally works in partnership with other
  organisations, usually one or two for a given
  activity and rarely more than three.
• Member Associations
• International Agencies
• Organisations and financing institutions
• Commericial suppliers of training events

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• Content

• The content for FIDICs training activities is
  based on the FIDIC Guide to Practice training kit
  modules
• financial management
• firm management
• business development
• preparing for the future
• and resources for contracts-related training
• procurement and tendering
• contracts and dispute resolution.

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• Content

• Business practice principles a broad coverage of
  business practice principles followed by the
  in-depth treatment of specific topics.
• Industry capacity development the main business
  practice and contracts-related requirements are
  presented, followed by a more detailed treatment
  of key topics. Then follows discussion to
  formulate a capacity building plan.

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• Training overview

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• Audience

• Courses professional staff young professionals
• Workshops senior professional staff
• Seminars and Conferences senior professional
  staff managers and principals
• Training Centres recent graduates young
  professionals
• Training Programmes recent graduates young
  professionals professional staff managers

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• Benefits to MAs of organising a FIDIC event

• Broaden membership
• Enhance image
• Potential revenue source
• Support from FIDIC

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• FIDIC support to MAs

• Standard agreements
• Programmes
• Content
• Marketing tools (web site, brochure, DB)
• Administrative support for budget planning and
  participant registration
• Broaden the courses and workshops content

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• Organising an event

• Organisers or providers wishing to organise an
  event in association with FIDIC are asked to
  contact FIDIC Secretariat or to submit proposals.
• Participants interested in FIDIC training
  activities are invited to make known their
  requirements to FIDIC Events www.fidic.org/events