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CONFEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONS (CICA)
WE WANT TO REPRESENT the construction industry on A GLOBAL SCALE The mission of the Confederation of International Contractors’ Associations (CICA) is to serve, promote and enhance the image of the construction industry across the world and be the voice of the sector on technical, financial and socioeconomic topics. And to understand the importance of its management, what it is doing and the proposals for contractors, we spoke with Fanny Dastugue, General Director of CICA, who answered all our queries
Fanny Dastugue, Director General of CICA
How would you define CICA for contractors who are interested in learning about your international organization? CICA was created in Tokyo in 1974 to represent the construction industry on a global scale and its headquarters are statutorily in Paris, in the offices of the French federation of public works (FNTP). Its current president is Irwin Perret, an Engineer graduated from the Metropolitan University of Caracas in Venezuela. CICA originally brought together all the continental construction associations. As a result, CICA is a confederation of continental
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federations but its action is not limited to international issues because it represents all the companies of these associations, both the major construction companies and the smaller companies of civil engineering and housing in the world. The most active members are currently the European Federation of the Construction Industry (FIEC) and the Inter-American Federation of the Construction Industry (FIIC). Additionally, among others, the Chilean Chamber of the Construction Industry (CChC) is a strong supporter of CICA. Two Chairmen of CICA working groups are from
CChC: namely Alex Wagemann who is leading the CICA works on construction contracts and Carlos Bascou who is in charge of the group « Construction 5.0 » to deal with innovation and sustainable construction. CICA members meet at least twice a year for the general assemblies : in Paris in Autumn and in a host country in Spring. The last CICA General Assembly was held in Tel Aviv in May 2022. In the margins of the general assemblies, thematic seminars are organized to discuss the main issues and concerns that the construction industry is fa-
