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PIANCPIANCThe World Association for The World Association for

Waterborne Transport InfrastructureWaterborne Transport Infrastructure

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What PIANC Stands For

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• PIANC is the forum where professionals from around the world join forces to provide expert advice on cost-effective, reliable and sustainable infrastructure to facilitate the growth of waterborne transport.

• Established in 1885, PIANC is the longest-standing organisation in its field, and continues to be the leading partner for governments and private sector in the design, development and maintenance of ports, waterways and coastal areas.

The global organization providing guidance for sustainable The global organization providing guidance for sustainable waterborne transport infrastructure for ports and waterwayswaterborne transport infrastructure for ports and waterways


Our Mission• To provide expert guidance and technical advice

– Bringing together the best international experts, both public and private, on technical, economic and environmental issues pertaining to waterborne transport infrastructure

– High-quality technical reports

– International commissions and working groups

• To keep the international waterborne transport community connected

– Four-yearly International Congresses

– Four-yearly PIANC-COPEDEC International Conferences onCoastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries

– Quarterly magazine “On Course”

– E-Newsletter “Sailing Ahead”

– Our website: www.pianc.orgwww.pianc.org

• To support young professionals and countries in transition

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To remain the leading To remain the leading international sourceinternational source

of waterborne of waterborne transport-related transport-related

information in the information in the 2121stst century century


Waterborne transport,a vital solution for today

A powerhouse for the world economy

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Waterborne transport depends on the quality of its infrastructure. PIANC is the only global organisation providing guidance for the development of reliable and cost-effective infrastructure for waterborne transport.

An unrivalled environmental footprint

Today, waterborne transport offers the most sustainable options for freight transport worldwide. PIANC greatly contributes to this from an infrastructural point of view.

Putting safety first

PIANC actively promotes a common technical culture of coastal engineering through its international working groups.


Our Membership

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More than 30 More than 30 Qualifying MembersQualifying Members

(i.e. governmental and non-governmental organisations

representing a country)

More than 450 More than 450 Corporate Members Corporate Members (port authorities, chambers of commerce, universities, other

public- and private-sector organisations)

and 5and 5 Platinum PartnersPlatinum Partners

More than 2,000 More than 2,000 Individual Members Individual Members

(professionals and students (professionals and students included)included)


How we work• MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT

Annual General Assembly: Annual General Assembly: 1 meeting per year (May)

2009 : Helsinki (Finland)2010 : Liverpool (United Kingdom)

* Delegations of all qualifying members represented

* Highest decision power.

Council Council :: 1 meeting per year (May)

* First delegates and ExCom members.

ExCom :ExCom : 3 meetings per year (February, May, 3 meetings per year (February, May, October)October)

* President, Secretary-General, 4 Vice-Presidents,

Commission Chairpersons

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How we work• Our commissions and working groups reflect the Our commissions and working groups reflect the

unique variety of topics and issues covered by PIANCunique variety of topics and issues covered by PIANC– 4 commissions for technical and scientific activities,

focusing on: inland navigation, maritime navigation, recreational navigation and environmental matters.

– 1 commission for international cooperation and relations with countries in transition.

– Commissions execute PIANC’s Strategic Plan, coordinate the work of our technical working groups, and provide reference information for conferences and publications.

– Participation open to delegates from each member country.

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How we work

• Special focus on young professionalsSpecial focus on young professionals– Specific commission (YP-Com) created in 2006 to

better serve their needs and develop their involvement in PIANC’s activities.

– Our objective: create an international network of young professionals, to share knowledge and facilitate contacts with the world’s leading specialists across all working fields.

– PIANC De Paepe-Willems Award: special prize established as a recognition of outstanding technical research on waterborne transport infrastructures by young engineers.

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Our Technical Reports

The Core Business of PIANCThe Core Business of PIANC

• Provide state-of-the-art guidance on waterborne transport-related topics for professionals

• Drafted by international working groups supervised by a commission

• An average of 15 to 20 working groups active at any time!

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Our Magazine “On Course”

4 issues per year 4 issues per year (January, April, July, October)

• Full colour publication

• April issue dedicated to host country of yearly AGA (Annual General Assembly)

• Articles dealing with case studies, recent technical developments, news from the waterborne transport community...

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Our eNewsletter “Sailing Ahead”

Currently Currently 6 issues per year 6 issues per year • ContentsContents

– Reports on activities at the international and national levels

– News from the National Sections– News from the Commissions

• ObjectivesObjectives– To provide members and non-members

with an overview of latest PIANC activities

– To become the means of communication between management and membership

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• PIANC cooperates regularly with many other national and international organisations, including the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and international dredging organisations (IADC, CEDA, WODA).

• PIANC has also signed memorandums of understanding with four sister sister organisationsorganisations:

Sister Organisations

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7 reasons 7 reasons to join PIANCto join PIANCJoin a worldwide network of fellow experts and professionals

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11Benefit from more than a century of expertise22Gain access to advanced technical information33

Share your knowledge and experience through working groups, commissions and national sections

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Make your voice heard within the community and on the international scene

55Use a unique springboard for young professionals66Team up with public decision-makers77


Your Contacts1. PIANC Headquarters PIANC

General SecretariatBlvd. du Roi Albert II, 20-B3B-1000 Brussels (Belgium)Tel.: +32 2 553 71 61Fax: +32 2 553 71 55E-mail: [email protected]

2. PIANC Management

President Mr Eric Van den Eede E-mail: [email protected]

Secretary-General Mr Louis Van Schel E-mail: [email protected]

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Visit our Website

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PIANC MMXPIANC MMXLiverpool, United KingdomLiverpool, United Kingdom

10-14 May 201010-14 May 2010

See you at PIANC’s next International CongressSee you at PIANC’s next International Congress

See you at our next PIANC-COPEDEC CongressSee you at our next PIANC-COPEDEC Congress

PIANC-COPEDEC VIIIPIANC-COPEDEC VIIIChennai, IndiaChennai, India

20-24 February 201220-24 February 2012


Events planned at the occasion Events planned at the occasion of PIANC’s 125of PIANC’s 125thth Anniversary Anniversary

in 2010in 2010

February 2010 Brussels – Belgium ExCom, CouncilSecretaries meeting

April 2010 Buenos Aires – Argentina Seminar

May 2010 Liverpool – UK ExCom, AGA32nd International

Congress

September 2010 Nagoya – Japan ExCom, Council

October 2010 Valencia – Spain Mediterranean Days


THANK YOU

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