1. European Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations

2.  EFCA is …  EFCA membership  What EFCA stands for  Four pillars of EFCA’s work  Added value for members  EU industry of consulting engineering and architectural services

3. EFCA is the only association for the engineering consultancy industry in Europe represents 28 professional associations from 27 European countries 10,000 companies more than EUR 26 billion annual turnover The European engineering consultancy industry employs about 700,000 staff.

4. Associations from 27 European countries Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg The Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Albania Greece Turkey Bulgaria Romania Hungary Austria Switz. ItalySpain Portugal Ireland Iceland U.K. Norway Sweden Finland Belgium France Neth. Denmark Germany Poland Czech Rep. Slovakia Slovenia

5. Goals Strategy Mission EFCA is the sole and representative federation promoting the European engineering consulting industry to the European institutions EFCA aspires to positively influence EU legislation that impacts on engineering consultancy EFCA promotes fair competition and transparent procurement rules EFCA is a business platform/network for member associations and European firms support the EU institutions as an expert knowledge broker assist member associations in achieving common European goals communicate the views of engineering consultants externally to the European institutions & lending agencies and internally to the national member associations establish alliances/partnerships with other interest groupings What EFCA stands for

6. Four pillars of EFCA’s work EFCA-Board Committee Public Procurement Committee Project Financing Committee Professional Liability Committee Partnership for Development EFCA Secretariat

7. For the national associations Exchanges of best practice and experience National interests reinforced at pan-European level through EFCA Committees, papers and guidance on EU legislation Visibility & representation of key business interests to EU Institutions For the professionals Position papers and representation - to influence policy-making at European and national level A unified & influential voice – to enhance the profile of the profession An European-wide business network Access to latest information on EU issues affecting business Added Value for Members

8. EU 15 (2001) 376 million inhabitants Source: EFCA estimations G. D. P. : 7 000 b€ Construction and Equipment 1 300 b€ Demand of architectural and engineering services Medium rate 9 % : 115 b€ Consulting Engineering and architectural services 700 000 employees Owners services 23 b€ Professional Domestic services 70 b€ Exports 10 b€ Suppliers services 21 b€ b = Billion

9. EU industry of consulting engineering and architectural services Industrial unit Infrastructure Building Domestic Consulting engineering and architectural services : 70 b€ Domestic in-house services : 44 b€ 280,000 employees 70,000 employees 350,000 employees Domestic 24 Domestic 35 Domestic 11 Export 8 Export 1.5

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