Last week, the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) submitted a response to the public consultation of the EU Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) on draft indicators for the assessment of the environmental performance of buildings. While welcoming this initiative, ACE calls for...[more]
On 20-21 September, six ACE delegates took part in the Madrid Leaders’ Summit, hosted by the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (COAM). The event was organised in the framework of the BUILD UPON project and gathered 170 experts from central and local...[more]
As part of the EU Commission’s mutual evaluation exercise, over the past two years EU countries have been undergoing an evaluation of their regulatory framework governing access to professions. This exercise resulted in the publication of National Action Plans (NAPs), in which Member States...[more]
During the summer, ACE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Korea Institute of Registered Architects (KIRA). KIRA is a non-profit and representative organisation for Architects that established pursuant to the Certified Architects Act. Its membership consists...[more]
In furtherance of the Single Market Strategy published in October 2015, the Directorate-General for Internal Market (DG GROW) launched in May 2016 a public consultation on a proposal to introduce a Services Passport and addressing regulatory barriers in the construction and business...[more]