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 of Ce...[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 servic...[more]
Since 2008, the construction sector has been severely impacted by the economic crisis. Strong and targeted actions at EU level are necessary to create a coherent legislative framework, which will accelerate and consolidate the recovery of the sector, while ensuring safety and quality in the built ...[more]
On Tuesday 31 May, police arrested 15 people in the building of the Istanbul Chamber of Architects, including the President of the Chamber of Architects of Turkey (CAT) and Board Members and employees of the CAT Istanbul Branch. The Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) expresses grave concerns at t...[more]
While the German Federal State just informed the EU Commission that it will not repeal the fee-scales system for architects and engineers (‘HOAI’), the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) expresses its support to Germany for wanting to maintain the HOAI. During the last ACE General Assemb...[more]