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REPORTS OF THE NATIONAL MEMBERS 59

REPORT OF THE ROMANIAN FEANI
NATIONAL COMMITTEE

The General Association of Engineers in Romania (AGIR)
Year of Adhesion : 1996
Declared engineers: 12 500
Number of EUR INGs: 245
Member associations: In Romania, the first durable, professional engineering
association, was founded in 1881, under the name of Polytechnical Society. The
Romanian General Association of Engineers was founded in 1918. Both associations
coexisted until they merged in 1949. In 1989, the Romanian General Association of
Engineers has been reconstituted as a lawful successor of the original associations.
Calea Victoriei nr. 118 - RO-010093 Bucharest
Tel: +40 21 3168993/4 - Fax: +40 21 312 55 31
office@agir.ro
www.agir.ro

Major activities in 2018-2019
Scientific Symposium of the Romanian Engineers from
Everywhere - SINGRO
th
The 13 edition of the Symposium was organized in collabo-
ration with the Transilvania University of Brasov, dedicated
to the 100 anniversary of the reunification of Romania in
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1918 and to the AGIR Centenary. The theme was “The Role
of Engineering in the Development of Romania”.

The AGIR Centenary
This 100 AGIR anniversary event was celebrated in
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SINGRO 2016
November 2019 at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University,
where it was founded. The General Assembly 2019 of AGIR
Through the GA meeting, the importance of the AGIR struc-
Workshop: ”Natural Resources Intended for Textile tures at central and territorial level was emphasized in order
Industry - Present and Future” to increase the contribution of the engineering community
The event was organized by AGIR, Academy of Technical to identify and address the major problems of the devel-
Sciences of Romania (ASTR), Academy of Agricultural and opment of the Romanian society at present. The adopted
Forestry Sciences Gheorghe Ionescu-Șişești (ASAS) and the documents create the necessary prerequisites for the further
National Institute for Research and Development of Textiles improvement of the activity of AGIR and in the context of
and Leather Products (INCDTP). Topics were the devel- Romania’s membership in the European and Euro-Atlantic
opment in the production of textile fibres, natural leather structures.
and the capacity to put them into value for Romania.