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REPORT OF THE CROATIAN FEANI
NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Croatian Engineering Association (HIS)
Year of Adhesion: 2010
Declared engineers: 20 000 Member associations: HIS is non-governmental and
non-for-profit association founded in 1878. HIS is association of 37 members,
Engineering societies of different professional orientation and 10 supporting members
mostly from HEI.
Berislaviċeva 6, HR - 10000 Zagreb
Tel: + 385 1 48 80 985 - Fax: + 385 1 48 72 491
tajnistvo@his-hr.hr
www.his-hr.hr

HIS, Croatian Engineering Association following its strategic obligation to maintain their professional competences and
process in order to gathering and bring together of skills by continuous professional development commitment.
engineers/engineering societies and organizations for better
positioning of engineering profession and stronger influence 22 February 2019: the Engineers’ day held for the fifth time
to economy growth and quality of life enhancement. brought together engineering and science, universities and
companies this time took place at the University of Zagreb,
European Young Engineers -EYE Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology. The focus
13 January 2018 HIS supported participation of EYE Croatia was on question and importance of all Croatian engineering
to join EYE Council meeting in Luxemburg, where EYE Croatia professions to have equivalent regulatory framework due
became a 23rd member of EYE. to equivalent competition to the labour market. Topics
were also on regulated professions. Special attention were
CROATIA ENGINEERS’ DAY devoted to continuation on activities and cooperation with
2 March 2018: under the auspices of Government of the FEANI in projects for international mobility relaying on the
Republic of Croatia, HIS together with Croatian Academy competence. Also engineering education in Croatia, formal
of Engineering, marked their day at University of Zagreb, and non-formal and CPD is always under the interest of HIS
the Faculty of Civil Engineering, covering key topic of: how members with a number of ideas to be considered.
to track challenges and perspectives of “INDUSTRY 4.0”. A
fourth era of change characterized by quantum jump driven Projects
by trends of digitalization, connectivity, service orientation, EU Project (CPD4GB) concerned “Continuous Professional
advanced materials, innovative processing technologies as Development in Green Building Through Lectures and
well as collaborative advanced manufacturing networks Presentations”. Support was given to the partnerships of
needs the creative new professions and engineers with civil society organizations and HEI for the implementation of
socially useful learning programs.