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Latest Activities

	18 September 2009 On 18 September 2009, EIC met with a delegation of the Chinese International Contractors' Association ("CHINCA") led by Mr. Huang Baodong, Vice Chairman of CHINCA and Vice President of Sinohydro Corporation, for talks in Berlin.
	04 June 2009 On 4 June 2009 an EIC Delegation led by President Démarre met with representatives of EuropeAid in Brussels as a follow-up to the “EC-EIC Round Table on Infrastructure in ACP Countries” held on 26 March 2009.
	28 April 2009 EIC Board met with the CEO of the International Finance Corporation
	26 March 2009 On 26 March 2009, EIC and the European Commission met in Brussels for an "EC-EIC Round Table on Infrastructure in ACP Countires" in order to analyse jointly the legal, economic and technical framework conditions for infrastructure projects financed under
	13 December 2008 CICA / World Bank Meeting 2008 in Washington D. C. The EIC delegation met with various European decision-makers in the World Bank Group.
	11 September 2008 EIC Comments on the new FIDIC DBO Contract (First Edition 2008)
	03 September 2008 EIC participates as the only private-sector representative at the "Third High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness" in Accra (Ghana)
	17 April 2008 EIC and RUB organise Business Seminar in Russia
	08 December 2007 EU-Africa Business Summit in Lisbon
	22 June 2007 EU-Africa Business Forum on 21-22 June 2007 in Accra
	19 March 2007 EIC President met with DG DEVELOPMENT in Brussels
	17 November 2006 EU-Africa Business Forum on 16-17 November 2006 in Brussels

Basics

Founded in 1970, EIC today represents Member Federations from 16 European countries. The association is registered since 1984 as a non-profit organisation under German law in Berlin.

The goals of EIC are:

to represent and promote the interests of the European construction industry in all matters relating to the international construction business;
to foster the exchange of views with international and other relevant organisations in order to improve the political, financial, economic and legal environment for European international contractors; and
to offer European contractors a unique forum for the exchange of experience in all matters relating to the international construction business.

The policy of EIC is determined by the Board in accordance with the general guidelines set by the General Assembly.

In order to achieve its goals, EIC is active in communicating with with all international, European and professional organisations whose policy is of relevance to the international construction business.