What we do
Our activities can be summarised as follows:
- We provide an independent forum where all those involved in any kind of activity related to dedging and marine construction can meet and discuss dredging issues
- We generate and disseminate quality, impartial knowledge and information about all aspects of dredging to those who either want it or need it.
We engage in a variety of activities always with input from all groups within our membership. An overview of the main areas of our work is given below. Most of these activities benefit the whole profession, however some of our programs are exclusive for members.
Congresses, conferences, seminars, workshops: Every year, we organise several international technical meetings on a wide variety of topics of dredging and marine construction in various locations within our geographical region (Africa, Europe and the Middle-East).
Regional and National Section meetings and site visits provide our members with a valuable platform for regular networking and knowledge exchange. Each of the four Sections of CEDA has a very different programme of events which reflects its own culture and all have proven very successful.
Site visits: As a new initiative, “self-standing” site visits are now organised once a year exclusively for CEDA members in countries where there are no national sections.
Training courses and workshops both in developing as well as in developed countries are very important part of our work.
Publications: Researchers and practitioners worldwide rely on our publications, conference proceedings with leading-edge peer-reviewed papers, guides, books and briefing sheets. In addition to our own publications CEDA members receive discounts on a range of publications by others.
Providing independent technical and scientific advice: As an independent organization, we have a well-deserved reputation for quality and integrity of information and we aim to maintain that as our work with regulatory bodies on international and national level develops.
Best Paper Award of the Environment Commission was established in 2006 with the aim to stimulate the dissemination of good quality information related to dredging and the environment, including technical, regulatory and managerial aspects of dredging operations and dredged material management.
Web-based Access to Knowledge and Information. Web-based Network: We seek to take advantage of the ever expanding opportunities provided by advances in IT technology to disseminate information to and to connect our members in an efficient manner.
Opportunities for Corporate Members to promote their products and services within and outside CEDA.
Promoting dredging as a tool for sustainable development: CEDA representatives emphasize/ explain this, based on impartial technical and scientific information when participating at various international and national regulatory forums, in professional groups or when contributing to printed or digital media.
Developing documents and other means to facilitate the broad understanding of dredging by the general public and professional groups:
Supplying information on request to members and other interested parties:
Last update: 19 May 2009