President: Drs.ing.Jan Willem PROPER
Secretary General : Drs. ing. Bouke BOSGRAAF
c/o KIVINIRIA
PO Box 30424
NL-2500 GK Den Haag
Tel. : +31 70 391 99 00
Fax : +31 70 391 98 40
boukebosgraaf@kiviniria.nl
http://www.kiviniria.nl
Adhesion: 1959
Declared Engineers: 22.257 (excluding
1617 student members)
Number of EUR INGs: 597 (as
at May 2008)
In discussions about engineering education, international recognition of engineers, the promotion of engineering and technicians they frequently present their views to government and parliament, and not seldom they are invited to do so. Representatives of the organisations take part regularly in meetings about the afore mentioned subjects which are organized by government. They play an active part in the 'Bèta Federation' of organisations for Science and Technology. This federation repeatedly held informal discussions with ministers of Education and Economic Affairs and their main advisers.
The Royal Institution is one of the participants in the realization of the 'Regulation for the relationship between consulting engineers and principals'. The other one is the Netherlands Council of Consulting Engineers ONRI.
Thus the engineering organisations affiliated to FEANI and the 'ONRI' are fully representative for the engineering profession in Holland.
Finally it should be emphasized that in Holland the engineering profession is not a regulated one according to the European Communities' Council Directive of 21 December 1988, except rare cases. This means that Dutch legislation according to this directive does not imply any formal role for the engineering associations.