• I am a member of an ASCE Domestic Section. How can my Section establish an International Committee?
• I am a Civil Engineer in the U.S. and want more information on working abroad. Who can I contact to get this information? Where can I find out about licensing and registrations procedures abroad?
• I am traveling abroad and would like information on conferences and seminars in the area I will be visiting. Who do I contact for that information?
• How can I become a member of ASCE?

I am a member of an ASCE Domestic Section. How can my Section establish an International Committee?

You can place an article in your Section Newsletter advising of plans to establish a Section International Committee and inviting interested members to apply for membership and for chair positions. Then you can create a Committee from your interested members and hold an election of officers. Currently, the Metropolitan Section (New York), the National Capital Section (Washington, D.C.) and the Los Angeles Section (California) have established International Committees. For more information on establishing an International Committee in your Section, you may contact these Sections directly or contact ASCE's International Affairs Department at international@asce.org.

Alternatively, a domestic Section can join the Partnering Program. Any ASCE Section may select one of the eight International Sections or fifteen International Groups for the purpose of exchanging professional, technical and cultural information. There are no stringent guidelines that the Sections must follow. The level and the type of activities are determined by the Sections involved.

The following are a few suggestions of possible activities to get started:

1. Section or individual member of Section could donate an annual subscription to a journal or set of journals. This is desperately needed in most countries due to the high cost incurred by exchange rates.
2. Exchange Section newsletters.
3. Welcome visits/speakers from host countries.
4. Have a "pen pal" from a Section regarding engineering issues, or use the Internet for "chat room" sessions and exchange information via e-mail.
5. Assist in award nominations for members from your partner country.
6. Assist your partner country in educating about ASCE's committee structure and suggest/recommend committee for international corresponding members.
7. Initiate an exchange program or clearing house for job and/or contract opportunities between the two countries.
8. Section or Section Member donation of continuing education (cassette) program to the partner country.

To participate in the program, or obtain additional information, you can contact International Affairs by calling 703-295-6300, by fax at 703-295-6128, or by e-mail at international@asce.org.

I am a Civil Engineer in the U.S. and want more information on working abroad. Who can I contact to get this information? Where can I find out about licensing and registrations procedures abroad?

• Contact the Embassy (in Washington, D.C.) of the country you wish to visit. Each Embassy usually has a Counselor or Secretary designated to oversee the areas of science and technology.
• The American Consulting Engineers Council maintains records of U.S. firms doing business overseas. You may contact ACEC at 1015 15th St., N.W., Suite 802, Washington, D.C. 20005, by phone 202-347-7474, or by fax at 202-898-0068.
• You may contact ASCE's International Affairs Department by writing to 1801 Alexander Bell Dr., Reston, Virginia 20191-4400 or you contact us by calling 703-295-6300, by fax at 703-295-6128, or by e-mail at international@asce.org. We will be glad to provide you with contact information in your country of interest.

I am traveling abroad and would like information on conferences and seminars in the area I will be visiting. Who do I contact for that information?

• You may contact ASCE's International Affairs Department by writing to 1801 Alexander Bell Dr., Reston, Virginia 20191-4400 or contact us by calling 703-295-6300, by fax at 703-295-6128, or by e-mail at international@asce.org. We will be glad to provide you with contact information in your country of interest.
• Otherwise, you may contact the counterpart society with which ASCE has an Agreement of Cooperation and ask them yourself.

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