Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC)

FIDIC is the umbrella body representing the business interests of the global consulting engineering industry. Its membership consists of nearly 100-member association (MA) countries that represent 4 million professionally qualified engineering and consultancy professionals. FIDIC was formed in 1913 and is governed by an elected board of directors, with its operations undertaken by a team based at FIDIC’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, under the leadership of the senior management team. FIDIC operates through five geographical regions namely: Europe (EFCA), FIDIC Africa, Asia Pacific (ASPAC), Latin America (FEPAC) and North American (USA & Canada) groups. Full details of the FIDIC governance structure and activities are available at www.fidic.org. FIDIC owns and publishes business practice documents and international standard forms of contracts for works and for clients, consultants, sub-consultants, joint ventures, and representatives, together with related materials such as standard pre-qualification forms. FIDIC also provides adjudicator appointment services as part of its contract services activities.