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The conference was attended by Eng. Khaled Al-Marzouqi Chairman of the Committee for Acceptance of Engineers and Consulting Offices Eng. Khaled Al-Nasr President of the Qatar Society of Engineers and a number of Ministry officials involved in this field. In his opening speech during the press conference Eng. Khalid Al-Marzouqi said that this step comes within the framework of the directives of His Excellency the Minister of Municipality to enable Qatari engineers to join the membership of the Qatar Society of Engineers which is one of the professional societies established under Law No. 122004 regarding private associations and institutions as one of the requirements for joining Membership of any professional association such as the Qatar Society of Engineers may be registered in a register of engineers and since the register available to engineers working in the state is the register of engineers regulated by Law No. 192005 regulating the practice of engineering professions but this law regulates the work of engineers in the state in the private sector only. It does not apply to engineers working in government agencies and since most of the Qatari engineers in the country work for government agencies it was not possible to register them in the Engineers Register which is regulated by Law No. 192005 regarding regulating the practice of engineering professions.Qatari engineers because they are not registered in the Engineers Register according to the requirements of the Law of Private Societies and Institutions.Considering that the Ministry of Municipality is authorized to regulate the practice of engineering professions in the country according to its competencies set out in Emiri Resolution No. 572021 defining the competencies of ministries the Minister of Municipality Resolution No. 1392022 came to establish another register of engineers dedicated to registering Qatari engineers for the purpose of joining the Qatar Society of Engineers. He said that the Committee for Acceptance and Classification of Engineers and Engineering Consultation Offices pursuant to the aforementioned decision of the Minister of Municipality will undertake the tasks of receiving studying and deciding on applications for registration in the register determining engineering specializations issuing and renewing registration certificates preparing and approving application forms for registration and renewal applications in addition to registration certificate forms. in the record.During the press conference Al-Marzouqi explained that the requirements that must be met by those wishing to join the register of engineers wishing to join the Qatar Society of Engineers are to be of Qatari nationality not to be less than 18 Gregorian years and to have a bachelors degree or its equivalent in engineering from a recognized university or institute. them in the state. The applicant requires a copy of the ID card university degree and work experience certificates.He stressed that the registration in the register of Qatari engineers wishing to join the Qatari Society of Engineers is only for the purpose of joining the association and is not considered a license to practice engineering professions in the private sector in the country which is regulated by another law which is Law No. 192005 regulating the practice of engineering professionsEng. Khaled Al-Marzouki also spoke about the Committee for the Acceptance and Classification of Engineers and Engineering Consultation Offices and explained that it is a permanent committee formed under Law No. 192005 regulating the practice of engineering professions with the aim of regulating the work of engineers in the private sector in addition to regulating the work of engineering consultancy offices. He explained that the number of engineers working in the private sector Those registered in the Engineers Register reached 32035 including 24631 engineers whose registration is valid and the rate of registration of new engineers has reached an annual increase of 13. Also the registration of 8 local engineering consultancy offices has been added to the records of the committee where the census of the previously registered reached 379 local offices of which 243 offices are in effect and 13 are under renewal. The number of the previously registered international engineering consultancy offices reached 50 international offices of which 33 are currently in force.He added that the committee is responsible for accepting and registering engineers and engineering consultancy offices as well as defining engineering professions according to their technical specializations.For his part Eng. Khaled Al-Nasser Chairman of the Qatar Society of Engineers expressed his happiness with the decision of His Excellency Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Subaie Minister of Municipality No. 139 of 2022 which included the establishment of a special registry for Qatari engineers wishing to join the Society. Al-Nasser explained that all private associations and institutions are affiliated with the Ministry of Social Development and the Family and among the requirements for membership in professional associations according to the law is that the member be registered in the professions register through the issuance of a profession registration card for engineers through the Committee for the Acceptance and Classification of Engineers and Engineering Consultation Offices and according to the procedures followed Engineers working in the government sector are not registered and therefore a large segment of them will not meet the conditions of membership because they did not obtain the occupations registration His Excellency the Minister of the Municipality.
